Beautifully created furniture made by a respected designer can only increase in value.
Most expensive furniture sold at auction.
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The badminton cabinet is the most expensive piece of antique furniture sold of all time.
2 the dragon s chair 27 8m the dragon chair produced in around 1917 1919 by art deco designer eileen gray is the most expensive piece of 20th century furniture ever auctioned.
Badminton cabinet 36 7 million.
This beautiful chinese vase was finally sold for 80 263 506.
This intricately ornate cabinet was constructed in florence and is inlaid with precious stones.
In 1990 it sold for 16 6 million.
Then in 2004 it sold for 36 million.
The record was previously held by danish architect and designer finn juhl s 1949 chieftain armchair which sold for 422 500 in 2013.
This piece of antique furniture twice set records for most expensive sale.
The vase was exhibited to be sold at an auction in the united kingdom in 2010.
The cabinet was commissioned by henry somerset scudamore 3 rd duke of beaufort in 1726.
Deemed as the most expensive furniture sold at an auction the badminton cabinet is essentially a florentine ebony cabinet chest dating back to the year 1732 which was sold by christie s in the year 2004 for a whopping 36 million.
This vase is very old and it is said that it returns back to the 18th century year 1740.
Projections suggest that by 2064 it will be worth 1 billion.
Until now the highest selling moos piece was a 1956 cabinet.
It is ranked as the most expensive sold antique in the whole world.
Christie s recorded a price of 2 729 250 for the george ii parcel gilt padouk cabinet when it sold in 2008 putting it firmly in our list of most expensive furniture sold at auction.
It sold for 12 1m at christie s new york in 1989 and retains the record price for a piece of american furniture at auction even now 25 years on.
The lacquered chair became the most expensive chair ever sold at an auction in february 2009 at an event held by christie s in paris in the grand palais.
It was also the second most expensive piece of furniture ever sold at an auction being surpassed only by the badminton cabinet sold in 2004 for 36 million.
It took 30 florentine expert craftsmen six.