Another Miss Blanche Chair by Shiri Kuramata on Auction

Miss Blanche Chair by Shiri Kuramata. Sold for US$227,175 inc. premium at Bonhams in December 2022

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Chairs!
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Chair Auction Season is Open!

Early-Gustave-Stickley-Bench
Early Gustave Stickley Bench at Treadway Toomey Galleries

Acrylic Stool by Shiro Kuramata
Acrylic Stool by Shiro Kuramata at Phillips (the Pury & Company)

Mitak-Chair-by-Christian-Astuguevieille
Mitak Chair by Christian Astuguevieille at Wright Auctions

Chair Auction Season is Open!

Traditionally when autumn is there, several chair auctions, at least auctions where they offer a reasonable number of chairs, are scheduled:

  • September 15, 2012: Treadway Toomey Galleries:”20th Century Art and Design” in Oak Park, Illinois.
  • September 27, 2012: Phillips the Pury & Company: Nordic Design Auction in London.
  • September 27, 2012: Wright: Living Contemporary in Chicago.
  • October 1, 2012: Bonhams, 20th Century Decorative Arts in Los Angeles.
  • October 2, 2012: Christie’s Interiors in NYC.
  • October 2, 2012: Christie’s Interiors in London.
  • October 7, 2012: Lama’s 20ieth Anniversary Auction in los Angeles.
  • October 10, 2012: The first Design Auction at the Venduehuis The Hague. I’m thrilled because its a first, its around the corner from where I live and it features almost only chairs!
  • October 16, 2012: Phillips the Pury & Company: Moss Gallery curated auction “Dialogues between Art and Design” in NYC.

More to come. Stay tuned!

Leather Button Upholstered Porters Chair at Bonhams

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Bonhams Sale 17296 – Art & Antiques, 20 Oct 2009, Oxford Estimate: £200 – 300
I like this high back chair (and it’s estimate). This reproduction leather button upholstered porters chair reminds me of the Scheveningen High Back Beach Chair that I would love to be revived. This post starts my adventures into the huge Bonham aucion site.