Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Dragon's Back dining table, 1998
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Dragon's Back table
Albert Paley (American, b. 1944) · 1998
$20,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £14,648≈ €16,450
Hammer $16,000 · with buyer’s premium $20,000
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “formed and fabricated steel, stainless steel, glass”
- Category
- Furniture (named makers)
- Dimensions
- 30¾ h x 69 dia in (78 x 175 cm)
- Auction house
- Rago Auctions
- Sale
- Modern Design (auctions/2021/01/modern-design)
- Date
- January 22, 2021
- Location
- Lambertville, New Jersey, United States
- Lot
- 584
- Estimate
- $15,000 – — (≈ £10,986) (≈ €12,338)
- Source
- Auction house ragoarts.com ↗Retrieved Oct 7, 2026
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