
Eero Saarinen 1910–1961
Born in 1910, Eero Saarinen was surrounded by design his entire life; his father, Eliel Saarinen was an architect and director of the Cranbrook Academy of art and his mother, Loja Saarinen, was an acclaimed textile artist. In 1929, Saarinen traveled to Paris to study sculpture at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière before enrolling in the Yale architecture program. He returned to Cranbrook in 1934 where he met fellow designer and friend, Charles Eames. In 1947, Saarinen won a competition to design a monument for Thomas Jefferson in St. Louis. His Gateway Arch would mark one of the many triumphs of his short but incredibly productive career.
Auction Results Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $45,000

Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $35,000

Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $35,000

Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $35,000

Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $30,000

Eero Saarinen
Custom Tulip table from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $27,500

Eero Saarinen
dining set
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $13,750

Eero Saarinen
Tulip table from the Grill Room
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $9,375

Eero Saarinen
Prototype occasional table
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $8,125

Eero Saarinen
prototype Womb chair
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $7,500

Eero Saarinen
Tulip chairs, set of eight
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $7,200

Eero Saarinen
Rare Womb chair and ottoman
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $5,938

Eero Saarinen
Tulip dining set
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $5,938

Eero Saarinen
Tulip stool from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $500–700
result: $5,625

Eero Saarinen
Tulip stool from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $500–700
result: $5,625

Eero Saarinen
Tulip stool from the bar of the Grill Room
estimate: $500–700
result: $5,313

Eero Saarinen
Womb settee
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,875

Eero Saarinen
Grasshopper chair
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,800

Eero Saarinen
Tulip chairs model 150, set of ten
estimate: $3,000–4,000
result: $4,800

Eero Saarinen
dining table
estimate: $4,000–5,000
result: $4,560

Eero Saarinen
Tulip dining table, model 174W
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $4,500

Eero Saarinen
oval dining table
estimate: $300–500
result: $4,500

Eero Saarinen
Grasshopper lounge chair
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $4,445

Eero Saarinen
Tulip chairs from the Ladies' Lounge, pair
estimate: $700–900
result: $4,375