Adolf Loos Furniture
Austrian, 1870-1933
Essentially dubbed the Frank Llyoyd Wright of Europe by Wright himself, Adolf Loos possessed a talent for architecture and interior design as potent as his outspoken criticism of Art Nouveau and excessive ornamentation. A forerunner of the International Style, Loos exercised immense restraint in his building projects as well as his designs for chairs, tables, storage pieces and other furniture, and wrote prolifically on his disdain for taking a decorative approach to architecture.
The son of a stonemason and sculptor, Loos was born in 1870 in what is now Brno in the Czech Republic. He studied architecture in Dresden in 1889, completed a year of military service and moved to the United States by 1893. He visited the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and came to appreciate the American approach to design over his three-year stay before returning to Vienna.
An avid proponent of simplicity, Loos hated fluff above all else. In his best known essay, “Ornament and Crime,” he states “the evolution of culture is synonymous with the removal of ornamentation from objects of everyday use” — a principle evident in both his architectural work and furniture. His writing was profoundly influential for practitioners of the International Style that would emerge later as well as the likes of prolific Swiss-born French architect and modernist prophet Le Corbusier.
Loos challenged the prevailing architecture and decorating styles of his time, and disliked the ornate work associated with the Vienna Secession and Gesamtkunstwerk — the concept of a house as total work of art — an ideal pursued by a collective born from the Secession called the Wiener Werkstätte. To Loos, design should prioritize function, and any ornamentation devoid of a structural purpose was childish and unnecessary.
Loos’s furniture — alongside the work of fellow Austrian architect Josef Hoffman — was the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts in 2014. His architecture projects, including the Viennese Goldman and Salatsch building, the Austrian Steiner House and the Villa Müller in Prague, are celebrated by design enthusiasts all over the world.
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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Creator: Adolf Loos
Fireside Chair, Adolf Loos for Thonet, Austria, 1930s
By Adolf Loos
Located in London, GB
A fireside chair with woven leather designed by Adolf Loos and Heinrich Kulka and manufactured by Thonet in Austria during the early 1930s.
As one of the leading advocates of Modern...
Category
1930s Austrian Arts and Crafts Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Leather, Oak
Jugendstil hanging lamp by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil hanging lamp by Adolf Loos in very nice original condition.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of 6 Jugenstill brass wall hooks by Adolf Loos, Austria 1916
By Adolf Loos
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Austria / 1916 / Adolf Loos / wall hooks / brass / Jugenstil / art deco
Set of 6 beautiful and elegantly curved Jugendstil wall hooks in brass, designed by Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933)...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of 6 shot glasses by Adolf Loos for Bakalowits & Söhne
By Adolf Loos, Bakalowits & Söhne
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Set of 6 shot glasses by Adolf Loos for Bakalowits & Söhne with brass edge. Alpaca tray. Original vintage condition with signs of use.
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Alpaca, Glass
Adolf Loos Art Nouveau Brass Wall Hook for Knize & Comp. Vienna, Austria, 1909
By Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
One beautiful, authentic and old, vintage Art Nouveau brass coat wall hook. These hooks were designed in 1909 by Adolf Loos for the store of the Viennese Gentleman’s Outfitter and Ta...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Adolf Loos Pair of Art Nouveau Nickel Wall Hooks, Café Capua Vienna, 1900s
By Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of beautiful and elegantly curved Art Nouveau coat hooks, designed circa 1916 by Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933) for the Jugendstil Café Capua ...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Steel, Iron, Nickel
Counterweight Silk Pendant Light by J.T. Kalmar Designed by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
A height adjustable brass counter balance pendant lamp by J.T. Kalmar manufactured in midcentury in 1950s and designed by Adolf Loos. Fitted with three E27 sockets. The lamp is fully...
Category
1950s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jugendstil side table by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil side table by Adolf Loos professionally stained and repolished.
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Adolf Loos Pendant Lamp for VeArt Opal Glass Gold Brass Art Deco, circa 1960
By Adolf Loos, VeArt
Located in Vienna, AT
Adolf Loos pendant lamp for VeArt opal glass gold, circa 1960-1970
Rare Reedition of the original art deco secessionist design by Adolf Loos by VeArt, Italy. Large 16" Elegant hand ...
Category
1970s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Metal
Set of Four Coat Hooks by Adolf Loos For Café Capua Vienna
By Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of four steel nickel-plated coat hooks designed by Adolf Loos 1913 for Café Capua in Vienna Austria.
Ref.:
Eva B. Ottilinger, Adolf Loos (Wohnkonzepte und Möbelentwürfe / Livi...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Jugendstil coffee table by Adolf Loos for F.O.Schmidt
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil coffee table by Adolf Loos for F.O.Schmidt in original vintage condition with signs of use.
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jugendstil Coat Rack by Adolf Loos, 1913
By Adolf Loos
Located in Brussels, BE
Jugendstil Coat Rack by Adolf Loos, 1913
Category
1910s Austrian Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jugendstil side table with blue tiles top by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Jugendstil side table with blue tiles top and brass leg endings designed by Adolf Loos in very good original condition.
Category
Early 1900s Czech Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Rare Adolf Loos Thonet B 952 F Armchairs
By Thonet, Adolf Loos
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Extremely rare beech wood Windsor-style chairs by Loos Adolf (1870–1933), manufactured by Gebrüder Thonet. Stamped by company trade mark. The authorshi...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Bauhaus Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Beech
Adolf Loos Corner Chair, F.O. Schmidt, Oak Wood Leather, Jugendstil, 1898-1900
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A corner armchair designed by Adolf Loos (1870-1933) and manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, Austria, circa 1900.
The condition of the wood is very good. The leather seat...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Coffee Table Austrian Jugendstil Bentwood Brass Ceramic Tiles circa 1910
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
The famous Viennese architect and designer Adolf Loos was one of the pioneers of modern architecture. In particular, his hollistically designed residential projects, in which he drew up both the building and the interior furnishings, receive special art historical attention today.
Loos first used this design, called the "elephant trunk table...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Viennese Cafe Chairs by Adolf Loos Thonet Austria
By Adolf Loos
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Poor unrestored condition. Secession armchairs, model no. 6150 by Adolf Loos for Thonet, Austria.
W 23 x D 22 x H 31.5 in.
Arm Height: 25 in.
Seat Height: 18.5 in.
Category
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Beech
Counterweight Silk Pendant Light by J.T. Kalmar Designed by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos, J.T. Kalmar
Located in Vienna, AT
A height adjustable brass counter balance pendant lamp by J.T. Kalmar manufactured in midcentury in 1950s and designed by Adolf Loos. Fitted with three E27 sockets. The lamp is fully...
Category
1950s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Armchair 'Model Stössler', Design by Adolf Loos, Vienna, circa 1900
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Vienna, AT
Adolf Loos (1870 - 1933) designed the chair model shown here in 1899 based on an English model as part of his earliest work as an interior designer for the dining room in Eugen Stössler's apartment in Vienna. The omission of the front supports of the armrests and the backwards curved legs lend the early chair a touch of elegance. Instead of the turned legs of the English model, Loos used smooth round wood with brass feet to protect the carpet. So these ankle cuffs fulfill a practical purpose and at the same time have a decorative effect. They thus correspond to Loos' demand for a 'unity of form and function'.
Beautifully shaped furniture made by hand in high quality, solid walnut and veneered, shellac hand-polished, upholstered seat and covered with leather, brass nails and brass shoes.
Execution: Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, circa 1900
Model number 6865
The model was produced by the company F. O. Schmidt and was also in their offer at the time. This explains why this chair model, specially designed by Loos for one of his interiors, can also be found on the art market.
Measures:
Total height: 82.0 cm / 32.28 in
Seat height: 47.0 cm / 18.50 in
Width: 57.0 cm / 22.44 in
Depth: 50.0 cm / 19.68 in
Bibliography:
- The dining room in the Stössler apartment was published in 1900 in the Viennese arts and crafts...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Original 1899 Adolf Loos Cafe Museum Jugendstil Marble and Bentwood Table
By Woka Lamps, Adolf Loos, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare Thonet side-table from the famous Viennese Cafe Museum, designed by Adolf Loos in 1899, already featured in the Thonet Catalogue from 1888 on page 17 as Nr 8 and Nr 9 - s...
Category
1890s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Marble
Counterweight Silk Pendant Lamp by J.T. Kalmar Designed by Adolf Loos
By J.T. Kalmar, Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
A height adjustable brass counter balance pendant lamp by J.T. Kalmar manufactured in midcentury in 1950s and designed by Adolf Loos. Fitted with ...
Category
1950s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Adolf Loos and Heinrich Kulka Walnut Armchair, circa 1931
By Adolf Loos
Located in Faversham, GB
A wonderful Adolf Loos and Heinrich Kulka fireside chair for Friedrich Otto Schmidt in walnut. The fireside or chimney chair is considered one of the mo...
Category
20th Century European Bauhaus Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Cofee Table Thonet, 1890s
By Adolf Loos
Located in Praha, CZ
Good condiltion
Cleaned.
Category
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare Pair of Vienna Secession Modern Chairs by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a rare original paired Fan-Back Chairs designed by Adolf Loos (1870-1933) circa 1908-20s. As part of the Vienna Secession movement, these chairs display modern silouette ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Jugendstil Vintage Duo Two Coat Hooks Wall Hooks Nickel Adolf Loos Vienna c 1916
By Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage duo or pair of coat hooks wall hooks nickel plated designed by Adolf Loos circa 1916 Vienna.
A stunning pair of vintage wall coat hooks...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Nickel
1930s Adolf Loos Office Chair Model 669 for Cafe Capua by Thonet
By Adolf Loos, Thonet
Located in Praha, CZ
- Carefully refurbished and finish by shellac.
- Measures: height of the armrests are 71cm.
- height of seat 44 cm.
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Table Lamp by Venini Art, Murano Glass, Italy, Ca. 1960
By Adolf Loos, VeArt
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful table lamp manufactured by Venini Art Glass in Murano Italy, circa 1970,
This is a re edition based on the design by Adolf Loos from the 1920's as you can observe in the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Metal
Original Adolf Loos Thebes Stool
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Wohnung Dr. Otto und Auguste Stoessl, Wien XIII, Auhofstr. 235, um 1900-02 Wohnung Haberfeld
Manufacturer Friedricht Otto Schmidt
Lit.: Rukschcio, Schachel, Adolf Loos, S. 32 u...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Beech
Windsor Chair B952F by Adolf Loos for Thonet
By Thonet, Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Windsor chair B952F by Adolf Loos for Thonet in very good original condition.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Wood, Beech
Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Pair of Coat Hooks Nickel Plated circa 1916 Vienna
By Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage pair of wall hooks or coat hooks by Adolf Loos from nickel plated metal circa 1916 Vienna.
A wonderful pair of coat hooks from nickel plated metal by Adolf Loos circa 1916, Vienna.
The coat hooks are easy to fix.
These coat hooks are great to use as a special collector piece delicacy for your anteroom as well as usable coat hooks...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Nickel
Original and Documented Jugendstil Adolf Loos Chair, 20th Century, 1907
By Adolf Loos, Woka Lamps, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Vienna, AT
Chair from the antechamber of the Rudolf Kraus apartment, brother of Karl Kraus, the famous wordsmith. This Apartment in Vienna 1, Nibelungengasse 13, was presented by Adolf Loos on walking tours, when he has shown his works to the public. Loos has ordered furniture at cabinet makers as Josef Veillich or Friedrich Otto Schmidt, often following inspiring examples from the 18th century. The old...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Beech
Adolf Loos F.O. Schmidt 1898-1900 Jugendstil Corner Chair
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Brescia, IT
Extremely rare corner armchair designed by Adolf Loos (1870-1933)
Manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt,
Vienna, Austria, circa 1900.
Very good condition
Seat in excellent con...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Straw, Wood
6 Light Adolf Loos Ring Hanging Chandelier
By Adolf Loos
Located in East Hampton, NY
This chandelier is a vintage rendition of the original, first used in 1899 at the Café Museum, later for the apartment of Leopold Goldman, the builder of the iconic "Looshaus, Goldma...
Category
20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Adolf Loose Style Chair, Second Half 20th Century, Czechoslovakia
By Adolf Loos
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Adolf Loose-style chair, probably made in the second half of the 20th century. The same chair is located in Brummel’s villa in Pilsen, see photos. The chair is in excellent condition...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Bohemian Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Beech
Adolf Loos Coat Rack with Mirror 1916
By Adolf Loos
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Adolf Loos coat rack with mirror designed in 1916 for the Viennese Cafe Capua. made of solid wood and copper coat hooks.
Adolf Loos was one of...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Copper
Original Art Deco Wall Clock by Adolf Loos Early 20th Century, Functioning
By Adolf Loos, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Functioning wall clock, model design Adolf Loos, circa 1920, white enameled octagonal metal housing, clear glass in nickel binding (flap missing), black hands and numbers, signs of u...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Original of the Time Adolf Loos Jugendstil Pendant Haus Mueller
By Adolf Loos, Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
A pendant, Adolf Loos has used several times, for example for the Villa Müller in Praha circa 1930, or before that in the Country House of the Food-manufacturer Kuhner at Kreuzberg n...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Jugendstil Vintage Three Brass Wall Hooks Adolf Loos, 1916, Vienna
By Adolf Loos
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil vintage three wall hooks from brass designed by Adolf Loos for the Cafe Capua Vienna 1916.
The brass wall hooks feature timeless and iconic design and are easy to fix wit...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Cafe Capua Desk Chair No.669 by Adolf Loos
By Adolf Loos
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Cafe Capua desk chair no.669 by Adolf Loos. Professionally stained and repolished.
Category
1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Adolf Loos Elephant Trunk Table, Wood and Copper, Austria, 1910s
By Adolf Loos
Located in Brussels, BE
Adolf Loos elephant trunk table, wood and copper, Austria, 1910s.
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Wood
3 Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers by Venini Art, Murano Glass, Italy, ca. 1960
By Adolf Loos, VeArt
Located in Merida, Yucatan
Beautiful pendant lights by VeArt, circa 1970,
This is a re edition based on the design by Adolf Loos as you can observe in the advertising photo,
It is hand blown in opaline glass a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Metal
Adolf Loos Six-Legged 'Haberfeld' Table, F.O. Schmidt, Brass Wood, Austria, 1899
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic and extremely rare 'Haberfeld' table with six legs manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, in 1900s.
It is made of walnut stained wood with brass shoes and a bra...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Deco Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vienna Secession Center Table By Adolf Loos Witn Ten Columns - Austria
By Adolf Loos
Located in Girona, ES
Spectacular center table with ten columns fixed by wood screw system, solid beech and pine wood with mahogany veneer, stained and French polished. High quality.
Design: Adolf Loos,
...
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Pine, Mahogany, Beech
Adolf Loos Round Black Shellac and Brass Austrian Art Nouveau Side Table, 1910
By Adolf Loos
Located in Rome, IT
A perfect "Status symbol" side table with a clean architecture is a surprising elegance, synonymous of Adolf Loos.
All polished with black shellac and enriched with brass details. T...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Adolf Loos Art Nouveau Brass Wall Coat Hook, Werkstätte Hagenauer, Austria, 1910
By Adolf Loos, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Art Nouveau brass wall coat hook designed by Adolf Loos, executed by Werkstätte Hagenauer, Vienna, 1910. In good condition with charming patina.
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
Adolf Loos Round Haberfeld Table
By Adolf Loos, Friedrich Otto Schmidt
Located in Wien, AT
Adolf Loos used this model for the first time in 1899 in the home of Dr. Hugo Haberfeld.
Executed by Friedrich Otto Schmidt.
Solid mahogany and veneer, legs solid nut, professional...
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1890s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Copper
Adolf Loos Art Nouveau Brass Wall Hook, Werkstätte Hagenauer, Austria, 1910
By Adolf Loos, Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Art Nouveau brass wall hook, designed by Adolf Loos, executed by Werkstaette Hagenauer, Vienna, 1910. In very good condition.
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass
A Coat Rack by Adolf Loos designed for Café Capua
By Adolf Loos
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Coat Rack by Adolf Loos designed for Café Capua.
Unmarked.
16 1/4 x 15 1/4 base
Category
1910s Austrian Modern Vintage Adolf Loos Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Adolf Loos furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Adolf Loos furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Adolf Loos furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 44 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 152 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Adolf Loos were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Josef Hoffmann, Hermann Czech, and Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH. Prices for Adolf Loos furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $695 and can go as high as $36,615, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,479.