Eero Saarinen

Tulip Armchair, Model 150

Found at Sothebys, London
Portrait of the Artist, Lot 312
24. Oct - 24. Oct 2017
Estimate: 100 - 200 GBP
Price realised: 813 GBP
Eero Saarinen
TULIP ARMCHAIR, MODEL 150
lacking cushion seat
molded fiberglass, cast aluminium, white paint
Designed in 1957

Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price

When the work Tulip Armchair, Model 150 by Eero Saarinen was auctioned at Sothebys in London in October 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 200.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 813.00 (€ 926.98). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Eero Saarinen achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection in May 2012 with an auction result of GBP 11,875.00 (€ 14,795.73).

Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Tulip Armchair, Model 150 von Eero Saarinen im Oktober 2017 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 200,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 813,00 (€ 926,98) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Eero Saarinen erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Eight `Tulip' Side Chairs From The `Pedestal' Collection im Mai 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 11.875,00 (€ 14.795,73).

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