George Nakashima

1905–1990

Japanese-American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker (1905-1990)

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1,632auction results2001–2026years recorded98%sold (1,605)$15.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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Exceptional Conoid dining tableWright · Oct 2025$355,600≈ £266,587≈ €306,737Sign up to see
Important Conoid Dining TableBonhams · Dec 2021$250,313≈ £188,901≈ €221,339Sign up to see
Three-door room dividerPhillips · Jun 2025$209,550≈ £155,188≈ €183,349Sign up to see

George Nakashima’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Walnut
32" h x 72" w x 20" d
Clarke Auction Gallery · Dec 7, 2025 · Lot 418
$15,000≈ £11,256≈ €12,881HammerSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–9,000View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
NAKASHIMA STUDIO, Desk with burl slab top
but the top appears to be the original oak burl top · Panel
26.5" h x 72" w x 44" d
Clarke Auction Gallery · Dec 7, 2025 · Lot 419
$30,000≈ £22,512≈ €25,762HammerSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
NAKASHIMA STUDIO Pedestal Stand on casters
24.75" h x 15.5" w x 19.5" d
Clarke Auction Gallery · Dec 7, 2025 · Lot 420
$2,800≈ £2,101≈ €2,404HammerSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–3,000View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
George Nakashima Slab-Arm Lounge Chair
33" h x 24" w x 30" d
Clarke Auction Gallery · Dec 7, 2025 · Lot 421
$11,000≈ £8,255≈ €9,446HammerSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–15,000View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
Coffee table, 1959
American black walnut
13¾ h x 80 w x 31 d in (35 x 203 x 79 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Nov 20, 2025 · Lot 107
$33,020≈ £25,279≈ €28,678Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $20,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Round Cluster Base dining table, 1966
American black walnut
28½ h x 60 dia in (72 x 152 cm)
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Nov 20, 2025 · Lot 114
$33,020≈ £25,279≈ €28,678Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $10,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Origins coffee table, model 243, c. 1958
walnut
16¼ h x 20¼ w x 30 d in (41 x 51 x 76 cm)
Wright · Nov 6, 2025 · Lot 196
$1,980≈ £1,512≈ €1,717Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Wright ↗
Origins mirror, model 270, 1961
walnut, mirrored glass
43¼ h x 51 w x 4¼ d in (110 x 130 x 11 cm)
Wright · Nov 6, 2025 · Lot 208
$4,064≈ £3,103≈ €3,524Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,000–View at Wright ↗
'Swett' nightstand, 1977
Walnut
55 x 55 x 55 cm (21 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Phillips · Nov 4, 2025 · Lot 101
£9,675≈ $12,640≈ €11,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £4,000–6,000View at Phillips ↗
'Slab II' coffee table, 1967
American black walnut, East Indian rosewood
35.8 x 188 x 88 cm (14 1/8 x 74 x 34 5/8 in.)
Phillips · Nov 4, 2025 · Lot 26
£70,950≈ $92,696≈ €80,669Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £18,000–24,000View at Phillips ↗

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George Nakashima signature

44 catalogued lots by George Nakashima record a signature line. Most often: signed.

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signed35
signed and dated5
signed in pencil4

Signed with client's name — Free-Edge Twin Headboard, Billings, Jun 20, 2026
Signed with client's name in faint marker — Twin Spindle Headboard, Billings, Jun 20, 2026
Signed with client name underneath — Untitled, Clarke Auction Gallery, Dec 7, 2025

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