Newson's Lockheed Lounger Will Sell For Millions

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed)
Sep 12th 2007 at 12:02PM

Cutting edge design doesn't come cheap, and with every day, month, and year that goes by it only gets more and more expensive. Case in point: Christie's will soon be auctioning off the most expensive piece ever by a living designer. It's the Marc Newson Lockheed lounge chaise, and it's expected to go for more than $2.4 million next month. That's one expensive lounge chair -- do you think they'll let bidders try it out/sit in it beforehand?

This sale is expected to blow the previous record (also a Newson piece that sold for $1 million earlier this year) out of the water by more than a little. Would you pay that much for this seat?

Tags: auction, christies, lockheed, lounge, lounger, marc newson, MarcNewson, most expensive, MostExpensive, newson, seat, seating, sit

Filed under: Decor, Auctions

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JW-C Sep 13th 2007 2:39PM

This chair was made famous by Madonna in her 1993 video for the song Rain. A fantastic video that certainly stands up to today's standards. It was soon after this I saved up to buy my first watch as a kid from ikepod, also designed by the fabulous Marc Newson.

dchefwendigo Sep 18th 2007 8:56PM

anyone who spends that kind of money for a chair is a sinner because of all the starving people in the world

Robert Sep 18th 2007 9:03PM

are you FREAKIN kidding me? I struggle to make sure I have food when I go to work, do I have enough gas for the week?...etc. I am a salaried manager and still fight to make ends meet. Unbelievable!!!

Cody Sep 18th 2007 9:25PM

the people that buy this stuff have the money to buy it, why are you judging them because of how much money they have? they may spend 2.4mil on a chair but did you stop to think that maybe they have donated $5mil+ to charities over the last year?

people, stop being jealous.

TOMAHAWK Sep 19th 2007 7:40PM

I would:nt by a piece of crap as ugly as that even if i had a 100 mill which I dont I just buried my wife of 30 yrs had to use all my money I could scrape to gether to do that now broke an struggling evry day

Leah Sep 18th 2007 9:43PM

Totally insane

dchefwendigo Sep 18th 2007 9:52PM

cody you amblivelent ass, how much have you given to the poor and hungry lately.if you have given something close to what that stupid shit paid for that chair.reply otherwise or shut your trap

dchefwendigo Sep 18th 2007 9:55PM

cody if you truly think that way you need to have your legs broken

dchefwendigo Sep 18th 2007 9:58PM

cody,also i work for one of the richest men in minnesots.the only things he gives to anyone is to a relative.tell me your different or shut your pietrap

dchefwendigo Sep 18th 2007 10:02PM

and?dont see many comments cody.stuck for words?

dchefwendigo Sep 18th 2007 10:07PM

cody still waiting.thinking you have thought about your comment and have seen the error of your ways

rottenmcqueen@hotmail.com Aug 6th 2008 12:22AM

dchefwendigo said...
"cody still waiting.thinking you have thought about your comment and have seen the error of your ways"

Hmm, you know what, DCHEFWENDIGO? Maybe the reason Cody hasn't responded is because he actually has a life and hasn't come back to see if someone has responded to his comment on some random post about a chair.
You're taking this crap way too seriously. It's just the internet.
Also, from the way you're acting, it's pretty obvious that Cody was right about at least one thing... You DO seem pretty jealous.

Tiffany Sep 18th 2007 10:16PM

You people are all absolutely ridiculous! People can spend their money however they choose. They earned it fair and square. It would be good for people to give to charities, but there's nothing that says they have to do that. How would you like if somebody were to dictate how you spent your money??

James Sep 18th 2007 10:23PM

People who have the means to buy the chair have every right to do so. No one else has any right to put them down for it. As for whether a buyer of such a chair gives money to charity, that is non sequitor, a completely unrelated issue. As for me, I would not buy the chair if I had the money. My friends would ridicule me for being such an idiot.

Dave Sep 18th 2007 10:37PM

That is one ugly looking chair. The designer appears to be out to see which sucker goes for it. DUH!

kurt Sep 18th 2007 10:41PM

Hello, that's hideous! I'd pay to have it hauled away!

Mikey Sep 18th 2007 10:49PM

It is a glorious piece of furniture and art. Industrial is a great style (behind true Art Deco and Atomic/Spaceage) and this is an instant classic. Note the feet copied from the Queen Anne style's Dutch foot design, the flowing lines from the feet to the body evoking an airplane, and the no-nonsense back sans headrest meaning this is for wide-awake people only. Contact! Chocks away!

Sublime.

Just because you cannot appreciate this work does not mean you are a boorish troglodyte, but it doesn't help secure your position among mavens of culture when you trumpet your lack of taste to the hoi polloi.

Steph Sep 18th 2007 10:58PM

Wow...it absolutely amazes me that everyone is so up in arms about that chair! You can't judge someone for wanting to by that anymore than you can judge someone for buying a Mercedes or BMW instead of a Honda Civic or Nissan Sentra. If they have the money and they want to purchase that chair, they have every right to do so.

Tim Sep 18th 2007 11:07PM

Bottom line is, if you are willing to spend two plus million on a chair then you have your priorities messed up.

Of course the person who buys this chair will not blink at spending up to 2 1/2 million dollars on any one item. That is why we call them BILLINAIRES. But to me that would be like spending four million dollars for a Ford Focus.

Bill Gates who has more money then he could ever spend, donates more money in one year then all of us will ever make in our life times. Even he would be an idiot to spend that kind of money on a freaking chair.

Oh, but some of you might say it is an investment. Even so, what kind of return can you expect on a chair that you spent two and a half million dollars on? Maybe 15 years down the road you can sale it for four or five million. If you took that original 2.5 million and invested it more wisely, your return would be greater then what you could ever expect from the chair. Especially if the designer does something to soil his name.

All of this is a gamble that I would not take regardless of my personal wealth.

lvzone3 Sep 20th 2007 10:28PM

LISTEN UP YOU PEOPLE!THIS IS ART AN ORIGINAL PIECE . I WOULD NOT BUY IT IF I HAD THE MONEY ,BUT DON'T HATE ON PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD THINGS YOU CAN NOT AFFORD OR DON'T EVEN WANT.

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