We need like 30 IKEAs (with different styles) (in order not to crash)

As well as Auction Observer 107

Lots of hits today including something quite similar to this Sottsass trash basket but for the desk and more accessible…

Howdy, quick housekeeping before a banner week for auctions:

• Did an interview with

  Katie Stone
  ’s Plant Based here:

  Into the Fridge 😏

  People were so upset that I drink r*w milk. Thank you Katie, hope I didn’t get in your way here.

I don’t have any response to the comments honestly… except that I am off RM because it is CUTTING SEASON.

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AUCTION RESULTS

Below, the intelligence on auctions paying subscribers were alerted to in the previous weeks’ email:

Arflex one-arm settee by Mario Marenco $800, Florence Knoll convertible sofa $375 (2-hour drive from Brooklyn), Vase (stainless steel) By Hiromichi Konno for Georg Jensen $200 (quite good), Dino Gavina sofa €750 (super Cini Boeri styles), unknown single bed €550 (batshit), Kazuhide Takahama table €600 (prob worth $10K), Emilio Guarnacci sofa €800 (really good), Formanova desk €1,000 (wild, regal), Raphaël Raffel Poltrona chair €500 (my fav. of the whole week), Kazuo Motozawa Saturn lamp €650, Stanley J. Friedman Mao chair $100 (pictured; not OK), Poul Henningsen for Poulsen lamp $1,900, Pierre Jeanneret Scissor chair for Knoll $1,800 (deep deal), Sergio Mazza for Artemide Bacco cart (plus extra) $250 (insane… insane), Stoppino Kartell magazine holder $200… many items that did not sell include Cassina sofa for $1,200 in LA, this Mexican water pitcher/sculpture, HBF cantilever chair for $400, Takahama chairs in Europe for 4, Citterio office chairs pair, Saarinen exec. stool…

How to use LiveAuctioneers / auction archive.

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Obs 107

Uri by Ivar Ledang Memphis style IKEA stools, NYC: Among the better low key pieces of furniture on auction out there at the moment… perhaps since it’s Ikea? Ledang is an excellent vase designer… he does mostly vases and chairs…. his work is exemplary… a case of how Ikea is a backdoor to legitimately excellent vintage furnishings, hidden in plain sight. I’d say some of the best deals still on the market, on auction, are for Ikea. The reason behind this is because popular perception around Ikea is that their pieces don’t last, and that the archival stock is all dour and Danish. This isn’t the case, however. The market for Ikea products that’s worth chasing, and which is most rewarding is centered around items that