Buying vintage design furniture in Grenoble
We buy vintage design furniture in Grenoble, or take it on consignment, just as we do across France. We value it from photographs within 24 to 48 hours, then arrange collection.
What Grenoble produced
Grenoble was remade for the 1968 Winter Olympics. The Games left it a town hall by Maurice Novarina, sports facilities and new districts, so that within a few years the city had an entirely contemporary stock of housing and offices.
What we find there
Flats built between 1965 and 1975 were furnished new by academics and scientists who came for the valley's laboratories and industry. The furniture is therefore consistent, easy to date and often still in place. The drawback is that altitude and hard winters make cellars and garages damper than elsewhere.
What we look for first
- We look for late-sixties and seventies furniture bought new for the Olympic-era flats: the furniture is the same age as the flat.
- System furniture from the valley's laboratories, institutes and company head offices interests us too.
- We examine pieces stored in a cellar, garage or chalet with care. Above all, do not clean anything before you photograph it.
How it works
Photographs
Send us overall views, the marks, any wear and the dimensions. You can attach the photographs straight to the form at the foot of the page.
Valuation within 24 to 48 h
We value from photographs wherever the piece is, so distance makes no difference to how quickly we reply. The valuation comes with an offer of outright purchase or consignment.
Collection
In Grenoble, we arrange collection, and on an outright purchase we pay for it. A specialist carrier or one of our own runs handles it, and you have nothing to pack or dismantle. The 575 km or so from Paris go into our calculation, and we confirm the timing with the offer.
Payment
On an outright purchase, we pay by bank transfer on the day of signature, within 48 working hours at the latest, and never in cash above legal thresholds. On consignment, you remain the owner until the sale, and we take a commission agreed in advance.
We can also come and value in person, usually from five pieces or for a configuration of real value. We work from Paris and Auxerre, and we have no establishment in Grenoble.
What we buy
- USM Haller, every year and colour
- Ligne Roset, including the Togo collection
- Cassina, original editions and documented reissues
- Knoll, American and European editions
- Castiglioni, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, Vico Magistretti
- Italian mid-century from the fifties to the seventies, Scandinavian and Nordic modular systems
We leave aside mass reissues made after 2000, copies and pieces that cannot be identified, pieces too damaged to restore, and furniture with no design interest.
The detailed scope, brand by brandPrivate owner or professional
Private owner
For a move, an estate or a collection that is changing, the valuation is free and without obligation, even for a single piece.
Selling as a private ownerProfessional
An office fleet at the end of its cycle, a dealer lot, a notarial estate, an end of lease or the refurbishment of a public venue: we sort from an inventory, invoicing is done properly and we commit to a date.
Professional disposalsFrequently asked
- Can a piece that spent years in a cellar be saved?
- Often, but it depends on the material. Surface pitting on chrome can be stabilised, whereas deep pitting cannot. Solid timber holds up, while panels and plywood swell and delaminate. Foam and textiles keep the smell, and sometimes the mould. Send photographs before cleaning anything: we need to see the real condition.
Offer us a piece
Attach your photographs here, because the accuracy of the valuation depends on them. We reply within 24 to 48 working hours.