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This Chair Fetches Millions!

A chair that belonged to French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent made history as the world’s most expensive chair.

The armchair had belonged to a Paris-based art dealer before finding its way into the hands of Saint Laurent. Apparently, that very same art dealer is the person who paid ten times the chair’s estimated value.

The chair was made by Irish designer Eileen Gray sometime between 1917 and 1919. Called the “Dragons” chair, it is one of Gray’s masterpieces and was expected to sell for €2-3 million.

At Paris’ Grand Palais, it was eventually sold for US $27.8 million!

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