Polar Bear Chair by Jean Royère

Ours Polair

Polar Bear Chair by Jean Royère

Almost twice the lower estimate was what the “Ours Polair” Or “Polar Bear” Chair fetched at the June 2014 design auction of Phillips. It fetched $233,000, whereas the estimate was $120,000 – 150,000.

Nano Crystalline Chair by Max Lamb

Nano Crystalline Chair by Max Lamb P1010480

Nano Crystalline Chair by Max Lamb P1010484

Nano Crystalline Chair by Max Lamb

I took the photo’s of this Nano Crystalline Chair in 2008 at Pillips, where this bronze chair was sold for £15,000.

Armchair by Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud

Armchair by Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud SideJacobus Johannes Pieter Oud Side

Armchair by Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud

Found this on Pinterest where they assumed there were more Ouds. No, that’s incorrect Jacobus Johannes Pieter was just the one and only Oud, a Dutch Architect who co founded De Stijl Movement and designed several chairs.

Sofa by Vilhelm Lauritzen

Sofa by Vilhelm Lauritzen

Lot 30 of the Phillips Nordic Design auction scheduled for September 24 in London is this sofa from the Royal Suite of the Radiohuset in Copenhagen, Denmark. Estimate £150,000 – 250,000.

SOLD FOR £194,500

Armchairs by VILHELM LAURITZEN

For a little bit more you can combine the sofa with two armchairs and a hocker: Lot 31.

Ercol Butterfly Chair

Ercol Butterfly

Ercol Butterfly Chair

If you say Ercol, you say Lucian R Ercolani, from Italian origin, the founder of the Great Britain based company and the designer of this classic mid century chair.