Most Expensive Furniture Sold at Auction (All Time)

About This Dataset

Pieces of furniture ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. The Badminton Cabinet — a monumental 18th-century pietra dura and ebony cabinet commissioned by the Duke of Beaufort and completed in Florence in 1726 — sold at Christie's in 2004 for £19 million ($36.7 million), making it the most expensive piece of furniture ever sold at auction and a benchmark that has never been surpassed in nearly two decades of subsequent sales.

Analysis

The top three in Auction Price (Million USD) in 2016 are Badminton Cabinet (1726, Florence) (36.7), Eileen Gray Dragon Armchair (1917) (27.8) and Louis XV Bureau du Roi Writing Desk (21.6). The 8 entries cover a range of 29.6, from 36.7 down to 7.10. First and second are separated by 8.90, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Only 4 of the 8 reach even half the leader's figure (18.4 or more).

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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Badminton Cabinet (1726, Florence) leads in Auction Price (Million USD) with 36.70 in 2016.

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2004 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Gap in 2016: Badminton Cabinet (1726, Florence) is 5.2× larger than Queen Victoria Writing Table (1851).

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8 categories · 8 years

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Top Value

36.70

Badminton Cabinet (1726, Florence)

Auction Price (Million USD) · 2004

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Metrics

Auction Price (Million USD)

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Period

2002 – 2016

8 years of data

Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 2002–2016 (8 years) · 8 observations
Measure: Auction Price (Million USD)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Missing years are left empty rather than estimated — no interpolation, no carrying a previous year forward.
Change is measured between the first and last year in which an entity actually reported a value, so a series that starts late is not penalised for the years before it existed.
The compound annual rate is (last ÷ first)^(1 ÷ years) − 1, using those same two reported years.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2016.
An entity that reported nothing in the latest year is still listed — it follows the ranked entities in the table rather than being dropped.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Auction Price (Million USD) · ranked by 2016

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#	Category	2002	2004	2005	2009	2010	2011	2013	2016	Change
🥇	Badminton Cabinet (1726, Florence)	—	36.70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
🥈	Eileen Gray Dragon Armchair (1917)	—	—	—	27.80	—	—	—	—	—
🥉	Louis XV Bureau du Roi Writing Desk	21.60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Piet Mondrian Red Blue Chair (1923)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18.50	—
5	George II Gilt Gesso Side Table (1726)	—	—	—	—	—	13.40	—	—	—
6	Marie Antoinette Secretaire (c.1780)	—	—	11.20	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Louis XIV Marquetry Cabinet (1685)	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.60	—	—
8	Queen Victoria Writing Table (1851)	—	—	—	—	7.10	—	—	—	—