Comments on: The Right Time to Invest in Antiques? http://blog.antique-marks.com/2009/invest-in-antiques.html/ Old, Vintage or Antique then Welcome to the Antique Marks Blog Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:04:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rji http://blog.antique-marks.com/2009/invest-in-antiques.html/comment-page-1/#comment-36 rji Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:31:41 +0000 http://blog.antique-marks.com/?p=44#comment-36 Recession... not according to the high-end antique market. A 90-year-old armchair by EILEEN GRAY (1878-1976), named FAUTEUIL AUX DRAGONS and made of leather and wood, sold at Christies Paris auction this past week for a lot more than the auction estimate of $3.8 million. The final sale price... $28.3 million USD. With single chairs selling for $28 million, perhaps this really is the time to jump into the antiques business. Recession… not according to the high-end antique market. A 90-year-old armchair by EILEEN GRAY (1878-1976), named FAUTEUIL AUX DRAGONS and made of leather and wood, sold at Christies Paris auction this past week for a lot more than the auction estimate of $3.8 million.

The final sale price… $28.3 million USD.

With single chairs selling for $28 million, perhaps this really is the time to jump into the antiques business.

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