Frank Lloyd Wright's Auction Record Jumps 150% as Lamp Sells for $7.49m
3 min read · 14 May 2025
An Important Double-Pedestal Lamp for the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Frank Lloyd Wright's An Important Double-Pedestal Lamp for the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois (1903) sold for $7.49m, more than twice the low estimate at Sotheby's in New York on May 13. The iridized and opalescent glass, brass-plated “colonial” zinc came, bronze work has been traded 5 times in the past.
Unlike Wright’s typical clients, who were middle-class business men, Susan Lawrence Dana was an independently wealthy woman who supported social justice for women and black Americans. She was also the first women to commission the architect, giving him a substantial budget to remodel her family’s home and design its furniture and fixtures.
Ceiling Light from the Francis W. Little House, Peoria, Illinois. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
The sale beat the architect and designer's previous auction record by $4.59m, a 150% rise. The previous record was set by Ceiling Light from the Francis W. Little House, Peoria, Illinois (1902), which sold for $2.9m at Sotheby's on April 19, 2023. The work had been traded 4 times in the past.
A Brief History of Frank Lloyd Wright at Auction
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025-05-13 | An Important Double-Pedestal Lamp for the Susan Lawrence Dana House, Springfield, Illinois | $7.49m | 158 % | Sotheby's | New York |
2023-04-19 | Ceiling Light from the Francis W. Little House, Peoria, Illinois | $2.9m | 701 % | Sotheby's | New York |
2021-05-27 | Monumental Vase | $362,500 | 66 % | Christie's | New York |
2008-12-18 | An Important And Rare Laylight From The Darwin D. Martin House Buffalo New York | $218,500 | 342 % | Sotheby's | New York |
2004-10-05 | SANS TITRE | $49,400 | 4 % | Tajan | Paris |
2002-12-03 | Untitled | $47,700 | 49 % | Shapiro Art and Design | Sydney |
1996-12-13 | Sprite head | $32,000 | - | Christie's | New York |
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