Ernest Race: career timeline

British · 1913–1953 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 8 of 20 lots (44% 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.

Ernest Race: 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
1940s	5	5	$1.3kSign up	Other
1950s	3	3	$513Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 30.5 × 34 in (77 × 86 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Multiple (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1945 'BA' shelving unit$2.7kSign up
c. 1945 Wall-mounted 'BA' shelving unit$1.3kSign up
c. 1945 'B3' armchair$444Sign up
1945 BA chairs, set of four$978Sign up
c. 1946 'BD1' cabinet$2.9kSign up

1950s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $513Sign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 33 × 36 in (84 × 92 cm)
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Antelope chairs, pair$64Sign up
1950 A PAIR OF SPRINGBOK CHAIRS, designed$513Sign up
c. 1953 Folding 'Neptune' deck chair, designed for P. & O., Orient Line$4.8kSign up

Creation date not recorded

10 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 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $465Sign up
Average: $465Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2004 A Heron Chair$465Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2012 BA3 Dining suite.$2.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 21 in (55 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Other (8)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 `PENGUIN DONKEY` MARK II OPEN BOOKCASE, 1960S$453Sign up
sold 2020 Freestanding 'Bottleship Mark 2' cocktail cabinet, model no. 221/222$1.4kSign up
sold 2021 Penguin Donkey Mark II, designed 1963$1.1kSign up
sold 2022 'Cormorant' folding chair$4.8kSign up
sold 2023 'Cormorant' folding chair$1.1kSign up · sold 3×
sold 2024 'Cormorant' folding chair$994Sign up

Show 2 more (2020s)

sold 2025 Paire de chaises Antilope$597Sign up
sold 2026 'BOTTLESHIP MARK 2' COCKTAIL CABINET, DESIGNED 1963$1.7kSign 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 Ernest Race auction results →