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Auction result
Grand console
Paolo Buffa (Italian, 1903–1970) · c. 1957
$12,600 price realized incl. premium
≈ £7,202≈ €10,427
Hammer $10,500 · with buyer’s premium $12,600
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “palisander, marble, brass”
- Category
- Furniture (named makers)
- Dimensions
- 38½ h x 91 w x 15¾ d in (98 x 231 x 40 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Modern + Contemporary Design (auctions/2006/03/modern-contemporary-design)
- Date
- March 28, 2006
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 468
- Estimate
- $7,000 – — (≈ £4,001) (≈ €5,793)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 2, 2026
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