(Stockholm) Dans une prestigieuse maison de vente de Stockholm, le coup de marteau est tombé lundi soir pour 122 pièces de collection du géant du meuble en kit IKEA, adjugées pour un total de 37 000 euros (54 000 $).
L’intérêt des collectionneurs est croissant pour certaines pièces devenues des icônes du design de l’enseigne qui fête cette année ses 80 ans.
Derrière la vitrine d’un immeuble huppé de la capitale suédoise sont exposés un canapé tubulaire, une commode laquée ou encore une paire de lampes « space-age ». Les pièces, qui datent des années 50 aux années 90, sont siglées de la célèbre enseigne suédoise connue pour ses meubles bon marché.
« Je travaille dans le secteur depuis 30 ans et si l’on m’avait dit que j’organiserais un jour des enchères IKEA je ne l’aurais pas cru », s’amuse Li Pamp, PDG de la maison d’enchères Stockholms Auktionsverk.
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Li Pamp
« C’est une marque qui est controversée, connue pour sa tendance à copier, pour suivre les tendances et ne pas être très en phase avec les questions écologiques […] but there are certain pieces that stand out from the rest. For many well-known designers, IKEA was a nursery where they started their careers,” she adds.
Crockery, furniture, mirrors, lighting: more than 100 pieces from individuals were sold. A red sofa distributed in 1972 at a price of 120 euros ($175) was sold for 2,000 euros ($2,928).
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Earlier this year, an armchair from the “Cavelli” model made a big splash by being sold for 18,000 euros ($26,353) compared to around twenty euros (around $30) when it was put on the market in 1958.
“When I was little, we saw it more as the place you went when you wanted cheap furniture. We assembled them and then after a few years we got rid of them,” recalls Thomas Raber, an elegant sixty-year-old visiting the auction house’s showroom.
“Seeing these pieces now sold as works of art, antiques, it’s fascinating. »
” Time travel “
“For me, it’s a trip back in time,” smiles Anette Aly, a 78-year-old Swede who bought her first sofa in a store of the brand in 1963. “I see the same things again as in the store there. 40 or 50 years ago! », she adds.
The emergence of a high-end second-hand market does not leave IKEA indifferent.
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“It’s flattering, and it’s proof that we have created designs that still have meaning today,” enthuses Thea Mix Davidson, head of the company’s museum collections, before qualifying on soaring prices. “The only thing that makes us a little tick is that we want to make pieces that are accessible to everyone. »
The brand that sniffed out the vintage trend has reissued pieces from its old catalogs this year with the slogan “back to the future”.
Faced with a booming market, Li Pamp took the opportunity to launch an appeal: “maybe people have valuable IKEA pieces in their homes without knowing it? If you call us, we will help you evaluate them! “.