Marcel Breuer, Wassily Chair

Marcel Breuer

American · 1902–1981 · Painter, Draughtsman

Marcel Lajos Breuer was a Hungarian-American modernist architect and furniture designer. He moved to the United States in 1937 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1944. (Wikipedia)

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167lots offered2001–2026years recorded82%sold (135)$2kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Marcel Breuer, Early and rare 'Long Chair', designed 1935-1936, produced circa 1935, Laminated birch plywoodEarly and rare 'Long Chair', designed 1935-1936, produced circa 1935Bonhams · £24,225≈ $30,112≈ €28,719Sign up to see
  2. Marcel Breuer, Delfi table from the Ultrarazionale collection, 1969, Cararra marbleDelfi table from the Ultrarazionale collectionWright · $23,750≈ £14,646≈ €18,448Sign up to see
  3. Marcel Breuer, Dining table, Custom c. 1970Dining tableLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $19,600≈ £13,650≈ €15,858Sign up to see

Marcel Breuer’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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Average price
median $2kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
135
of 164 offered · 2001–2026
Sell-through
82%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k200420072010201320162019202220252001-06-10 · $2,4152001-10-28 · $2,6452004-11-25 · $6,8702006-10-10 · $8,1002007-03-25 · $9,6002010-05-23 · $6,1252010-05-23 · $3,6752010-05-23 · $19,6002010-05-23 · $8,5752010-05-23 · $6,4322010-05-23 · $4292010-10-17 · $3,0632011-03-06 · $8752012-05-20 · $9882012-05-24 · $2652012-09-27 · $23,7502013-05-19 · $3,4382013-12-17 · $10,0002013-12-17 · $10,0002013-12-17 · $4,0002014-04-29 · $12,9282014-05-18 · $3,1252015-03-01 · $7,5002015-03-01 · $1,8752015-05-17 · $1,8752015-05-17 · $1,3752015-12-15 · $10,0002016-09-16 · $1002016-10-09 · $1,5002018-01-18 · $2,0002018-01-27 · $3002019-01-17 · $3,2502019-02-10 · $1,8152019-02-17 · $1,3752019-05-19 · $2,5002019-05-30 · $16,7012019-05-30 · $13,2222019-05-30 · $11,1342019-05-30 · $11,1342019-05-30 · $11,1342019-05-30 · $7,6552019-05-30 · $6,9592019-06-05 · $3,0002019-06-05 · $5,0002019-06-30 · $6002020-01-16 · $5,3132020-03-28 · $6002020-04-01 · $5252020-04-01 · $1,5452020-07-29 · $16,2502020-07-29 · $4,5502021-02-25 · $2,5002021-05-19 · $1,9502021-06-10 · $7002021-07-08 · $2,0002021-07-08 · $2,5002021-07-08 · $1,5002021-08-26 · $3,3802021-08-26 · $8752021-10-06 · $6,0002021-10-20 · $1,0322021-11-11 · $5502022-02-23 · $7152022-02-25 · $2,1252022-03-01 · $1,6752022-04-21 · $1,8902022-04-28 · $30,1122022-04-28 · $7,6072022-09-27 · $1,1032022-10-13 · $502022-10-28 · $2,1842022-11-03 · $6602022-11-15 · $3,2502023-03-25 · $1,9002023-06-17 · $1,8002023-07-13 · $3782023-07-13 · $8192023-07-17 · $1,4992023-07-26 · $8,2552023-08-15 · $7,5602023-10-03 · $1,3132023-10-26 · $1,5812023-10-26 · $1,4762023-10-27 · $9,9212023-10-27 · $14,4992023-10-27 · $1,2212023-11-17 · $2,0552023-12-09 · $2,2502023-12-09 · $7002024-02-22 · $8262024-03-06 · $7742024-03-22 · $8962024-04-25 · $1,4982024-04-30 · $1,8902024-06-19 · $1,9652024-10-16 · $1,1502024-10-23 · $1,2432024-10-23 · $1,6572024-10-24 · $14,4102024-12-12 · $1,2602025-01-16 · $1,0002025-01-28 · $2,2992025-03-15 · $2252025-03-17 · $3,5842025-04-23 · $6,3502025-04-29 · $1,4782025-06-05 · $7,6202025-09-04 · $1,5242025-09-23 · $2,0322025-10-07 · $2,0322025-10-16 · $6002025-10-30 · $2,4802025-11-06 · $4,8262025-12-09 · $9,5252026-01-08 · $2,5402026-02-05 · $4612026-03-19 · $1,7922026-03-19 · $1,0242026-03-26 · $9,6002026-05-01 · $5002026-05-01 · $2,0592026-05-01 · $7212026-06-10 · $1,7002026-06-10 · $8002026-06-20 · $3,7502026-06-23 · $1,1932026-07-23 · $2,4322026-07-23 · $2,0482026-07-24 · $3002026-07-24 · $2752026-08-17 · $1,8522026-08-20 · $3,5842026-09-30 · $1,4002026-09-30 · $650
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

5 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

3 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings161381%$2.8kSign up$1.8kSign up$14.4kSign up
Works on paper100%—Sign up—Sign up—
Sculpture13754%$6.4kSign up$2.5kSign up$23.8kSign up
Other13411586%$4kSign up$2kSign up$30.1kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
20262220$1.6kSign up
20252215$2.2kSign up
20241411$1.3kSign up
20232016$1.7kSign up
20221311$1.9kSign up
20211211$1.9kSign up
202066$3kSign up
20191614$6kSign up
201832$1.1kSign up
201622$800Sign up
201555$1.9kSign up
201432$8kSign up
201364$7kSign up
201243$988Sign up
201131$875Sign up
201087$6.1kSign up
200711$9.6kSign up
200611$8.1kSign up
200411$6.9kSign up
200122$2.5kSign up

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