Record price for an IKEA item... made before its flat-pack fame

A world away from the flat-pack furniture so familiar today, a Mid-century armchair has sold for what is believed to be a record price for IKEA.

The Cavelli beech and fabric chair was designed in 1958 by Swedish designer Bengt Ruda (1918-99) a…

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