In yet another auction of Chandigarh’s heritage items, as many as 10 artefacts from the city were auctioned in the US on Sunday for a whopping ₹88.03 lakh.
The artefacts, designed by architects Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, included a pair of advocate chairs, a pair of easy armchairs, a set of a desk and chair, a pair of committee armchairs, a public bench, a set of three high stools, a pair of senate armchairs, a rare lounge armchair, a desk and office armchair, and a linen chest.
The pair of advocate chairs went for the highest price of ₹15.79 lakh. In another auction in the US in May, six heritage items from the city were auctioned for ₹51 lakh at Los Angeles, California. Earlier, in April, seven artefacts from Chandigarh went under the hammer for ₹69.18 lakh in Chicago, US.