Piet Hein

1905–1996

20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet (1905–1996)

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5auction results2008–2026years recorded100%sold (5)$2.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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Set of six bar stools, model no. FL 9511Phillips · Apr 2016£12,500≈ $18,240≈ €16,059Sign up to see
CandelabraLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Feb 2008$3,000≈ £1,539≈ €2,063Sign up to see
Set of six bar stools, model no. FL 9511Bonhams · Oct 2022£2,040≈ $2,312≈ €2,337Sign up to see

Piet Hein’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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Lots sold

of 5 offered · 2008–2026

Sell-through

100%

sold ÷ offered

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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.

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Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Other	5	5	100%	$5.1kSign up	$2.3kSign up	$18.2kSign up

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

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	1	1	$245Sign up
2024	1	1	$1.5kSign up
2022	1	1	$2.3kSign up
2016	1	1	$18.2kSign up
2008	1	1	$3kSign up

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