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At a Stockholm auction house 122 second-hand items made by Ikea in the 1950s right up to the turn of the millennium sold for a total of £32,000 - smashing the expected price.
Vintage furnishings from flatpack furniture retailer Ikea were sold for a total of 37,000 euros (£32,000). Collectors' interest has blossomed over the years for Ikea pieces that have become design icons
Vintage Ikea furnishings took center stage at a chic Stockholm auction house, attracting collectors' interest and fetching a total of
At a chic Stockholm auction house, 122 carefully-curated items with unusual provenance went under the hammer on Monday evening: vintage furnishings from flatpack furniture retailer Ikea was sold for a total of 37,000 euros ($40,000). A red sofa sold in Ikea stores in 1972 for the equivalent of 120 euros went under the hammer for 2,000 euros.
At a chic Stockholm auction house, 122 carefully-curated items with unusual provenance went under the hammer on Monday evening: vintage furnishings from flatpack furniture retailer Ikea was sold for a total of 37,000 euros ($40,000).