{"id":409005384,"date":"2019-07-03T14:52:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T19:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/?p=409005384"},"modified":"2019-11-11T20:46:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T02:46:48","slug":"5-most-expensive-antique-furniture-ever-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/vintage-style\/5-most-expensive-antique-furniture-ever-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Most Expensive Antique Furniture Ever Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Badminton_Cabinet_%E2%80%93_367_million\"><\/span>1. Badminton Cabinet \u2013 $36.7 million<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_50 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-64911bbac5da0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-64911bbac5da0\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-visibility-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/vintage-style\/5-most-expensive-antique-furniture-ever-sold\/#1_Badminton_Cabinet_%E2%80%93_367_million\" title=\"1. Badminton Cabinet \u2013 $36.7 million\">1. Badminton Cabinet \u2013 $36.7 million<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/vintage-style\/5-most-expensive-antique-furniture-ever-sold\/#2_The_Dragon%E2%80%99s_Chair_%E2%80%93_266_million\" title=\"2. The Dragon\u2019s Chair \u2013 $26.6 million\">2. The Dragon\u2019s Chair \u2013 $26.6 million<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/vintage-style\/5-most-expensive-antique-furniture-ever-sold\/#3_Antique_Secretary_Desk_%E2%80%93_114_million\" title=\"3. Antique Secretary Desk \u2013 $11.4 million\">3. Antique Secretary Desk \u2013 $11.4 million<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/vintage-style\/5-most-expensive-antique-furniture-ever-sold\/#4_The_Harrington_Commode_%E2%80%93_5_million\" title=\"4. The Harrington Commode \u2013 $5 million\">4. The Harrington Commode \u2013 $5 million<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/vintage-style\/5-most-expensive-antique-furniture-ever-sold\/#5_George_II_Parcel_Gilt_Padauk_Cabinet_%E2%80%93_39_million\" title=\"5. George II Parcel Gilt Padauk Cabinet \u2013 $3.9 million\">5. George II Parcel Gilt Padauk Cabinet \u2013 $3.9 million<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_409005385\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409005385\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-409005385 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-Badminton-Cabinet-\u2013-36.7-million.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-Badminton-Cabinet-\u2013-36.7-million.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-Badminton-Cabinet-\u2013-36.7-million-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-409005385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/2CsLKtM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is a unique masterpiece was made out of ebony, gilt-bronze and hard stone by 30 craftsmen in Florence.<br \/>\nIt was commissioned in 1726 by the 19-year-old Duke of Beaufort, Henry Somerset. It took six years to make.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_The_Dragon%E2%80%99s_Chair_%E2%80%93_266_million\"><\/span>2. The Dragon\u2019s Chair \u2013 $26.6 million<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_409005386\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409005386\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-409005386 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-The-Dragon\u2019s-Chair-\u2013-26.6-million.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-The-Dragon\u2019s-Chair-\u2013-26.6-million.jpg 620w, https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-The-Dragon\u2019s-Chair-\u2013-26.6-million-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-The-Dragon\u2019s-Chair-\u2013-26.6-million-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-409005386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/kjBmQ6R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This Dragon\u2019s Chair was Bought For $28 Million At Christie&#8217;s Yves Saint Laurent <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/auctions\/\" title=\"Auction\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Auction<\/a><br \/>\nIt was designed by the Irish architect and designer Eileen Gray between 1917 and 1919.<br \/>\nThe chair was described by auctioneers Christie&#8217;s as being:<br \/>\n&#8220;In the form of unfurling petals, upholstered in brown leather, the frame in sculpted wood, lacquered brownish orange and silver and modelled as the serpentine, intertwined bodies of two dragons, their eyes in black lacquer on a white ground, their bodies decorated in low relief with stylised clouds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Antique_Secretary_Desk_%E2%80%93_114_million\"><\/span>3. Antique Secretary Desk \u2013 $11.4 million<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_409005387\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409005387\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-409005387 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-Antique-Secretary-Desk-\u2013-11.4-million.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"493\"\/><p id=\"caption-attachment-409005387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/OulBJX5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This Goddard and Townsend secretary desk was made by Nicholas Brown in 1760.<br \/>\nOnly 9 of these desk was ever made this is the reason that this american desk was sold for a whopping $11,480,675.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_The_Harrington_Commode_%E2%80%93_5_million\"><\/span>4. The Harrington Commode \u2013 $5 million<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_409005388\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409005388\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-409005388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-The-Harrington-Commode-\u2013-5-million.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-The-Harrington-Commode-\u2013-5-million.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-The-Harrington-Commode-\u2013-5-million-500x347.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-409005388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/BtUQmHx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This 18th-century English furniture was made by famous craftsman Thomas Chippendale.<br \/>\nThis Harrington Commode was sold during a sale at Sotheby\u2019s in London for $5 million.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_George_II_Parcel_Gilt_Padauk_Cabinet_%E2%80%93_39_million\"><\/span>5. George II Parcel Gilt Padauk Cabinet \u2013 $3.9 million<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_409005390\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409005390\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-409005390 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-George-II-Parcel-Gilt-Padauk-Cabinet-\u2013-3.9-million.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"371\"\/><p id=\"caption-attachment-409005390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/AfMMJLx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This beautiful furniture was made by Thomas Chippendale.<br \/>\nThomas Chippendale was very popular for his work and this<br \/>\nis why George II Parcel Gilt Padauk Cabinet was sold at a whooping $3.9 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Badminton Cabinet \u2013 $36.7 million This is a unique masterpiece was made out of ebony, gilt-bronze and hard stone by 30 craftsmen in Florence. It was commissioned in 1726 by the 19-year-old Duke of Beaufort, Henry Somerset. It took six years to make. 2. The Dragon\u2019s Chair \u2013 $26.6 million This Dragon\u2019s Chair was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1555,"featured_media":409005394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1207],"tags":[3880,3879],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409005384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1555"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409005384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409005384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409011038,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409005384\/revisions\/409011038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409005394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409005384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409005384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sammydvintage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409005384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}