Carl Malmsten: career timeline

1888–1972 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 32 lots (84% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Carl Malmsten: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	3	2	$6.7kSign up	Other
1940s	6	2	$31.2kSign up	Other
1950s	8	7	$4.4kSign up	Other
1960s	10	9	$508Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1930s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $6.7kSign up
Average: $6.7kSign up
Typical size: 30.5 × 69 in (78 × 176 cm)
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

1940s 6 works

Sold: 2 of 6
Median: $31.2kSign up
Average: $31.2kSign up
Typical size: 34.5 × 29 in (87 × 73 cm)
Mediums: Other (6)
Subjects: —

c. 1940 Pair of armchairsUnsold
c. 1940 Side tableUnsold
c. 1940 SofaUnsold
c. 1940 Highback armchairUnsold
1943 Set of ten 'Chefen större' armchairs, from the Atlas Copco boardroom, Nacka, Stockholm$34.4kSign up
c. 1946 Early 'Berlin' two-seater sofa and pair of chairs$28.1kSign up

1950s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $11.7kSign up
Typical size: 33 × 40.5 in (84 × 103 cm)
Mediums: Other (8)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Sofa$4.4kSign up
c. 1950 Visingsö bench$1.2kSign up
c. 1950 Sofa$4.8kSign up
c. 1950 Chest of drawers$7.7kSign up
1953 Bench$508Sign up
1954 'Malmstens ny rölakan' (Malmsten´s new flat weave) rug$60.6kSign up
c. 1955 Armchairs, pair$2.4kSign up
1955 'Calmare Nyckel' cabinet, designed 1955, produced 1955-1991Unsold

1960s 10 works

Sold: 9 of 10
Median: $508Sign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 63 in (76 × 160 cm)
Mediums: Other (10)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Samsas sofa$445Sign up
c. 1960 Samsas lounge chairs, pair$2.5kSign up
c. 1960 Samas settee$3.2kSign up
c. 1960 Samsas sofa$2.3kSign up
1964 'Samsas' table, designed 1964Unsold
c. 1965 Visingsö sofa$1.5kSign up
c. 1965 Bench$462Sign up
c. 1965 Visingsö sofa$191Sign up
c. 1965 Bench$508Sign up
c. 1965 Bench$445Sign up

Creation date not recorded

5 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 39 × 28.5 in (99 × 72 cm)
Mediums: Other (5)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Sled nesting tables, set of three$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 Swedish Grace Period Commode$3.3kSign up
sold 2024 Vår Fru lounge chairs, pair$945Sign up
sold 2024 Var Fru lounge chairs, pair$945Sign up
sold 2025 Patron SofaUnsold

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Carl Malmsten auction results →