Photo © Billings — view this lot on Billings ↗'Action Office' Desk, 1960s
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Billings · Sep 19, 2026$1,200 ≈ £899 ≈ €1,047Sign up free to see price
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Coconut chair
George Nelson (American, 1908–1986) · 1956
$2,016 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,584≈ €1,838
Hammer $1,600 · with buyer’s premium $2,016
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “upholstery, chrome-plated steel, fiberglass, aluminum”
- Category
- Furniture (named makers)
- Dimensions
- 33 h x 41 w x 33 d in (84 x 104 x 84 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Mass Modern (auctions/2023/08/mass-modern)
- Date
- August 9, 2023
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 371
- Estimate
- $1,000 – — (≈ £786) (≈ €912)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 9, 2026
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