Most Expensive Furniture Ever Sold

This goddard and townsend desk was made during the 1760s.

Most expensive furniture ever sold.

It is one of two of the only known surviving examples. This is a wood that most people have never even heard of before. 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. The poster surpassed the previous auction record of 478 000 which was also set twice by heritage auctions.

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. At that time it was the most money paid for an american made piece of furniture of all time. Goddard townsend were families of quakers living in a cabinetmaking community in america. It was sold to the brown family back in 1989 during a christie s auction in new york.

The world s most expensive painting to sell at auction is leonardo da vinci s salvator mundi which sold for 450 3 million on november 15 2017 at christie s shattering previous records and exceeding auction expectations the sale underscored market demand for the artist s rare auction appearances and the competition among collectors to own a work of such caliber and distinction. In 1989 one of these desks sold at christie s for a whopping 11 480 675. This chippendale style antique secretary desk is a 112 inches tall mahogany desk bookcase the most expensive piece of american furniture ever auctioned and sold. 2004 an item like this really ties the room together with money.

Heritage auctions sold the poster in 2017 for 525 800. It was in 1989 that one of the desks got sold at christie s for a price tag of us 11 4 million and was then the most expensive american piece of furniture to have ever been sold. Only 9 of these desks were ever made which has made this a rare and expensive item to buy. This beautiful chinese vase was finally sold for 80 263 506.

Only nine of this antique secretary desk was ever made making it a rare and expensive piece of furniture. When the 18th century florentine ebony chest inlaid with amethyst quartz agate lapis lazuli and other stones sold for 36 million at a 2004 christie s auction it broke its own record as the most expensive piece of furniture sold at auction. 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. This dracula movie poster from 1931 broke the world record for the most expensive ever sold at auction.

Beautifully created furniture made by a respected designer can only increase in value. The takeaway from that is that you end up paying more for each piece of furniture but you re also more likely to have it for a much longer period of time. Badminton cabinet winning bid. The vase was exhibited to be sold at an auction in the united kingdom in 2010.