# Eliel Saarinen - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T06:20:24.503Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 111
- Lots with prices: 74
- First auction date: 2002-03-10
- Latest auction date: 2025-12-03
- Median realised price: $3,750
- Price range: $150 to $160,000

## Market Takeaway
Eliel Saarinen shows solid auction liquidity with 107 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $920 and $12,500.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 25.4% (18 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 43.7% (31 sales)
- $10,000\+: 31% (22 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $1,600
- Previous 12 months median: $6,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-03
- Days since latest sale: 77
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Piasa: 22 lots
- Toomey & Co. Auctioneers: 13 lots
- Wright: 13 lots
- Annmaris Auctions: 12 lots
- Sotheby's: 9 lots
- Christie's: 6 lots
- Tajan: 6 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- Phillips: 4 lots
- DuMouchelles: 3 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-03 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\) High\-back 'Jugend chair' | Piasa | N/A
2. 2025-12-03 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\) Set of six chairs | Piasa | N/A
3. 2025-10-22 | ELIEL SAARINEN \(1873\-1950\) Saarinen House Armchairmodel designed 1929, this example executed 1990smanufactured by Charles Phipps & Sons for Arkitektura, maple, mahogany, ebonized wood, upholstery, metal studs, with Arkitektura label on underside h... | Bonhams | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-eliel-saarinen-1873-1950-saarinen-house-armchairmodel-designed-1929-this-example-executed-1990smanufactured-by-charles-phipps-sons-for-arkitektura-maple-mahogany-ebonized-wood-upholstery-metal-studs-with-arkitektura-label-on-underside-h-48-c-ba6de77e0b
4. 2025-07-02 | Eliel Saarinen, Inlaid chair | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-eliel-saarinen-inlaid-chair-113-c-d834d41874
5. 2025-07-02 | Eliel Saarinen, Inlaid sofa | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $1,000
6. 2025-07-02 | Eliel Saarinen, Cranbrook dining suite | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $3,200
7. 2025-06-18 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\) Sofa \- Model 'Railway Station' | Piasa | €3,500
8. 2024-12-04 | ELIEL SAARINEN CRANBROOK MAPLE DINING CHAIR | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $700
9. 2024-09-25 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\) Pair of 'Jugend' chairs | Piasa | €6,000
10. 2024-09-25 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\), attributed to Pair of chairs | Piasa | €9,500
11. 2024-09-25 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\), attributed to Bench | Piasa | €11,000
12. 2024-06-23 | Eliel Saarinen "Cranbrook" Style Dining Set | World Auction Gallery | N/A
13. 2024-03-26 | Eliel Saarinen \(Finnish/American, 1873\-1950\) Pair of Armchairs, height 77.5 cm width 62 cm | Shapiro Auctioneers | N/A
14. 2024-03-06 | Eliel Saarinen, Blue Sofa, pair | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,200
15. 2023-12-15 | Eliel Saarinen \(American\) Art Deco Designed Set of 6 Side Chairs, H 37" W 17.5" 6 pcs | DuMouchelles | $2,250
16. 2023-11-27 | Eliel SAARINEN \(Attribué à\) 1873\-1950 Paire de tables d’appoint \- circa 1930 | Artcurial | N/A
17. 2023-10-20 | Eliel Saarinen \(American\) Lacquer Maple Arm Chairs, H 32" W 25" Depth 21" 2 pcs | DuMouchelles | $2,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-eliel-saarinen-american-lacquer-maple-arm-chairs-h-32-w-25-depth-21-2-pcs-1057-c-c08482ea53
18. 2023-01-20 | Eliel Saarinen \(Finnish\-American, 1883\-1950\) Authorized Edition, Art Deco Designed Set Of Four Side Chairs, H 37'' W 17.5'' 4 pcs | DuMouchelles | $3,750
19. 2022-11-20 | ELIEL SAARINEN \(1873\-1950\) Service à thé composé d’un samovar, | Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles | €11,000
20. 2022-10-27 | Eliel Saarinen, J. Robert Swanson and Pipsan Saarinen Swanson, Fireplace set | Wright | $2,600
21. 2022-05-18 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\) for International Silver Co., Wilcox Silver Plate Division tea urn 10 1/4"w x 11 3/4"d x 14"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $160,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-eliel-saarinen-1873-1950-for-international-silver-co-wilcox-silver-plate-division-tea-urn-10-1-4-w-x-11-3-4-d-x-14-h-150-c-62d4dce8db
22. 2022-04-27 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\) Bench | Piasa | N/A
23. 2022-04-06 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\) for Johnson Furniture Co. Flexible Home Arrangement nightstands, pair 15"w x 21 1/4"d x 30 1/8"h | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | $400
24. 2022-04-06 | Eliel Saarinen \(1873\-1950\), J. Robert Swanson \(1900\-1981\) & Pipsan Saarinen Swanson \(1923\-1979\) for U.S. Glass centerpiece candlehol... | Toomey & Co. Auctioneers | N/A

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