Buying vintage design furniture in Strasbourg
We buy vintage design furniture in Strasbourg, 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 Strasbourg produced
Strasbourg is the only French city that hosts the seat of a European Union institution, the European Parliament, as well as the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights. International offices, delegations and practices are fitted out to northern European standards. The Neustadt, a World Heritage site, and the Stockfeld garden city show how early modern planning arrived here.
What we find there
With Germany and Switzerland so close, what turns up here is different. USM Haller, made in Switzerland, spread early, including into private homes, which is unusual in France. Sixties Scandinavian and German pieces are also more common. The catch is that a module bought in Germany may not be the same vintage as the one next to it.
What we look for first
- We look for USM Haller in homes and offices alike, checking every time that the modules belong to the same generation.
- Sixties German and Scandinavian furniture interests us, and so do pieces coming out of international offices and delegations.
- We can take a lot located in Germany or Switzerland, provided the applicable regime is settled before collection.
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 Strasbourg, 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 490 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 Strasbourg.
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
- Do you buy pieces located in Germany or Switzerland?
- Yes, in principle. A disposal from another EU country falls under a different tax and logistics regime, and we always settle it before collection. Tell us from the start where the piece is: it changes the route, but we are just as interested.
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.