If you've got a few thousand dollars lying around and want to grab a piece of lunchroom history, now's your chance.
Perfectly summed up by Vanity Fair as “Absolute ground zero for power lunching”, Philip Johnson and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's iconic Four Seasons restaurant will end its lease in Mies' Seagram building this summer. While the designation from the The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission protects the interior of the restaurant from any structural changes, the Four Seasons still has to unload an awful lot of bespoke furniture and tableware—everything from salt cellars to wine glasses to barstools and serving carts.
Over 800 pieces and sets from the Four Seasons kitchen and dining areas will be auctioned off on July 26 in New York. Rifling off just a few of the items and estimated values, there are: Garth and Ada Louise Huxtable flatware and serving carts ($1,000-1,500 for a set for 12, same estimate for 1 cart), Hans J. Wegner chairs ($2,000-3,000 for a set of two), banquette by Philip Johnson Associates ($2,000-3,000), chairs by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ($5,000-7,000 for a pair of Barcelonas), Eero Saarinen custom tables ($5,000-7,000 each), Four Seasons ashtrays ($500-700 for set of four), and yes, the sausage grinder from the kitchen ($200-300).
The auction will be hosted by Wright, and take place at the Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City on July 26, at 10a. You can view all the lots here.
Update 7/14/2016: An earlier version of this piece stated the auction took place at the Wright auction house. Wright is only the hosting body for the auction; it will actually take place at the Four Seasons Restaurant.
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Someone tell me, they bought something...?
The plates were temping. I know people who worked at the "other" four seasons in New York.
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