Eero Aarnio: career timeline

Finnish · b. 1932 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 36 lots (69% 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.

Eero Aarnio: 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
1960s	17	17	$1.3kSign up	Other
1970s	6	6	$3kSign up	Other
2010s	2	2	$1.7kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1960s 17 works

Sold: 17 of 17
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 34 in (53 × 86 cm)
Mediums: Other (10), Sculpture (7)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Vintage 1960’s cognac chair$325Sign up
c. 1960 Pastille chair$978Sign up
c. 1960 stools$1.3kSign up
c. 1960 stools, pair$1.8kSign up
1961 Stools, set of four$191Sign up
1961 Wicker chair$1.1kSign up
c. 1963 "Ball" chair$9.5kSign up
1963 Ball chair$4.7kSign up
1963 Ball chair$3.3kSign up
c. 1965 Lounge chairs, pair, and three stools$7kSign up
1965 Kantarelli table$1kSign up
c. 1965 lounge chair and ottoman$2.3kSign up

Show 5 more (1960s)

c. 1965 stools, set of three$1.2kSign up
1967 Pastille chair$399Sign up
1968 Ball chairs, pair$3.8kSign up
1968 'Ball' Chair$2.8kSign up
1968 Pastille chair$805Sign up

1970s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 34.5 × 26 in (88 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 "Abakus" bed, model no. 33030$5.3kSign up
1970 Pony chair poster$288Sign up
1970 Pony$5.5kSign up
1973 Pony chair$1.8kSign up
1973 Pony chair$1.8kSign up
1973 Pony chair$4.1kSign up

2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: —

2011 'Bubble' chair$2.3kSign up
2011 'Bubble' Chair$1.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

11 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 2010s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (5)
Subjects: —

sold 2014 Senza titoloResult not published
sold 2018 'BUBBLE' CHAIR FOR EERO AARNIO ORIGINALS$1.3kSign up
sold 2018 'SCREW' TABLE FOR EERO AARNIO ORIGINALS$1.3kSign up
sold 2018 'BUBBLE' CHAIR FOR EERO AARNIO ORIGINALS$1.5kSign up
sold 2019 'BUBBLE' CHAIR FOR EERO AARNIO ORIGINALS$1.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $828Sign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 34.5 × 33.5 in (88 × 85 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Sculpture (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Pair of Cognac Chairs$981Sign up
sold 2020 Bubble chair$2.3kSign up
sold 2023 Fauteuil pivotant$828Sign up
sold 2026 UntitledUnsold
sold 2026 Captains chair$722Sign up
sold 2026 Untitled$476Sign up

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 Eero Aarnio auction results →