George Nelson
3 for sale now · 179 sold since 2012
For sale now
Show all for sale →Ongoing auctions at all houses, ending soonest first.
Hammer prices
Half of the 79 sold in the last two years went for between 2,600 and 5,600 kr. One in ten went for more than 9,500 kr.
about 40 sold per year
hammered at or above the house's estimate
typical number of bids on what sells
in 4 countries
What sellsFurniture 54 % · Clocks & Watches 35 % · Lighting & Lamps 10 %
Mostly made1960s · 59 % of dated lots
Rarity is how seldom something by George Nelson is sold at auction, compared with every other name we follow, based on sales in the last two years. It measures supply, not value.
Price trend
What George Nelson has sold for at auction, converted to a single piece in normal condition.
Each sale is normalised to a neutral single item — hammer price divided by empirically measured quantity and condition factors (a pair ≈ 1.41× a single, damaged ≈ 0.82×) — the same recipe as the Tupendan valuation engine. Trend is a Theil–Sen fit over quarterly medians; under ±5%/yr we call it stable.
Where it sells best
Houses where George Nelson has fetched the most in the last two years, weighted by how many have sold.
- 1Stockholms Auktionsverk Köln81 % above the market
18 sold · typically 4,993 kr
- 2Stockholms Auktionsverk Hamburg141 % above the market
5 sold · typically 6,657 kr
- 3Blomqvist38 % above the market
11 sold · typically 3,802 kr
Most sold models
Typical price is the median for a single piece.
| Model | Sold | Typical price | Half between |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Clock | 7 | 1,314 kr | 1,027–1,630 kr |
| Sunburst | 7 | 2,012 kr | 780–2,265 kr |
| Nelson | 4 | 1,931 kr | — |
| Perch | 3 | 1,300 kr | — |
| Diamond markers clock | 3 | 2,053 kr | — |
Recently sold
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GEORGE NELSON. Bordsur, "Desk Clocks", för Vitra, etikettmärkt.
Hammer price3,067SEK
Stockholms Auktionsverk Magasin 5
“Ball Clock”. Two wall clocks of brass with hour markers in black-painted wood, one multicoloured. Battery-driven movement. Designed in the 1950s. Manufactured by Vitra. In original packaging. Diam. 33 cm. (3)
Hammer price3,611SEK
Bruun Rasmussen
GEORGE NELSON. Herman Miller / Vitra, Regalsystem / Wandregal, Modell 'CSS', Holz, Aluminium, Entwurf 1957, USA (16).
Hammer price5,637SEK
Rheinveld Auktionen
GEORGE NELSON. Hermann Miller, Rolltisch, Modell '' 5152/5153 '' aus der Serie '' Steel Frame Group '' , 1950er, USA.
Hammer price2,776SEK
Stockholms Auktionsverk Düsseldorf/Neuss
George Nelson. Five pendants, model Bubble Lamp Small (5)
Hammer price4,678SEK
Lauritz
GEORGE NELSON. Herman Miller / Vitra, neunzehnteiliges Regalsystem / Wandregal, Modell 'CSS', Holz, Aluminium, Entwurf 1957, USA (19).
Hammer price9,398SEK
Rheinveld Auktionen
George Nelson, väggklocka, Vitra Design Museum.
Hammer price2,400SEK
Bukowskis
GEORGE NELSON (USA, 1908-1986). Vægur, „Sunburst“, af valnød licenseret original fra Vitra Design Museum, designet i 1949.
Hammer price3,342SEK
Palsgaard Kunstauktioner
Highest prices
The highest hammer prices we have recorded.
George Nelson. Desk, 'Nelson Home Desk'
Hammer price24,504SEK
Lauritz
George Nelson. Pretzel Chair, Anniversary Edition 2008, limited numbered anniversary edition, veneer rosewood, certificate
Hammer price23,871SEK
Lauritz
George Nelson for Herman Miller. Action office and George Nelson work chair/barstool, Model Aborre (2)
Hammer price22,379SEK
Lauritz
George Nelson. Pretzel Chair, Anniversary Edition 2008, limited numbered anniversary edition, veneer rosewood, certificate
Hammer price22,379SEK
Lauritz
George Nelson for Herman Miller. Action office and George Nelson work chair/barstool, Model Aborre (2)
Hammer price22,276SEK
Lauritz
GEORGE NELSON. für Vitra, Schreibtisch, Modell 'Home Desk', Entwurf 1958.
Hammer price22,190SEK
Stockholms Auktionsverk Köln
GEORGE NELSON. "Nelson Home Desk", skrivbord, Vitra, formgivningsår 1958.
Hammer price17,658SEK
Stockholms Auktionsverk Magasin 5
GEORGE NELSON. ''Home Desk'', skrivbord, Vitra, formgivet 1958. Skiva i laminat, valnöt och stomme i stål.
Hammer price17,500SEK
Stockholms Auktionsverk Sickla
Similar style and market
Based on how their lots look and are described, across all houses.
Based on 179 sales since 2012 at the houses we follow. Updated daily.