Buying vintage design furniture in Nice
We buy vintage design furniture in Nice, 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 Nice produced
The Côte d'Azur holds two landmarks of modernism. At Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, between 1926 and 1929, Eileen Gray built the villa E-1027 with Jean Badovici and designed its furniture, and Le Corbusier later built his Cabanon there. At Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the Fondation Maeght, opened in 1964, made the hills behind Nice a place of modern art.
What we find there
From the fifties on, a demanding international clientele furnished villas here, with a clear taste for authored pieces. Estates therefore release pieces of a higher calibre than average, often marked by sun, salt and houses left empty for part of the year. Since this is also the region furthest from our bases, at 930 km, we price collection from the outset.
What we look for first
- In villas from the fifties to the seventies, we look first for authored pieces and original editions: the major Italian makers, Arteluce and Flos lighting, Pierre Paulin, Charlotte Perriand.
- A complete ensemble from a single villa also interests us, because it spreads the cost of transport.
- For good outdoor furniture, send us photographs of the undersides and the seats, because salt and sun attack first where nobody looks.
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 Nice, 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 930 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 Nice.
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
- Does the distance reduce your offer?
- It goes into the calculation without dominating it. Transport from the Côte d'Azur costs more than from Lille, so we build it into the offer and show you what it amounts to. On a valuable piece it hardly matters. On a modest piece it can make the sale pointless, and then you will know straight away. A lot of several pieces changes things.
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.