Eero Saarinen

Pair Of `Tulip' Stools From The `Pedestal' Collection

Found at Sothebys, London
The Gunter Sachs Collection Day Auction, Lot 114
23. May - 23. May 2012
Estimate: 200 - 300 GBP
Price realised: 3.750 GBP
Eero Saarinen
1910 - 1961
PAIR OF `TULIP' STOOLS FROM THE `PEDESTAL' COLLECTION
for Knoll International, each with label to the underside `Knoll International Fabriqué en Suisse par WB Form Selection', and dated `12 Nov 1968'
Quantity: 2
white enameled cast aluminium, upholstery
44 by 39.5cm. 17¼ by 15½in.
designed in 1957, executed in 1968

Artwork auctioned at 12 times the upper estimate price

The work Pair Of `Tulip' Stools From The `Pedestal' Collection by Eero Saarinen was worth GBP 3,750.00 (€ 4,672.34) to a buyer in May 2012. This price was achieved in the auction The Gunter Sachs Collection Day Auction at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 300.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Eero Saarinen - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection, which sold at auction in May 2012 for GBP 11,875.00 (€ 14,795.73).

Kunstwerk zum Zwölffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit Pair Of `Tulip' Stools From The `Pedestal' Collection von Eero Saarinen war einem Käufer im Mai 2012 GBP 3.750,00 (€ 4.672,34) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Gunter Sachs Collection Day Auction bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 300,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Eero Saarinen mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection beobachtet, die im Mai 2012 für GBP 11.875,00 (€ 14.795,73) versteigert wurde.

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