Most expensive chair sold at auction
- Quem
- Cheska Vallois
- Resultado
- 21900000 euro(s)
- Onde
- France (Paris ,)
- Quando
- 26 February 2009
An armchair made by Irish-born designer Eileen Gray around 1917 to 1919 and belonging to Yves Saint Laurent (France), sold at auction for €21.9 million (then £19.4 million; US$28 million). The buyer, Cheska Vallois (France), was the same dealer who originally sold the chair to the French designer in the 1970s. The auction took place at Christie's in Paris, France, on 24-26 February 2009.