Rating and value of Warren Platner furniture, chairs, tables

If you own a work by or after Warren Platner, and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers will offer you their appraisal services. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its current market value. Then, if you'd like to sell your work, we'll guide you towards the best possible arrangement to obtain the optimum price.

Rating and value of the artist Warren Platner

Warren Platner leaves behind a body of work in his own right, helping to modernize American furniture. Today, prices for his works are reaching unprecedented heights under the auctioneer's hammer. His works are particularly prized by American buyers. The price at which they sell on the art market ranges from €30 to €250,000, a considerable gap but one that says a lot about the value that can be attributed to Warren Platner's works. In 2022, a dining setcomprising a fiberglass Platner dining table and chairs sold for €23,770, while it was estimated at between €6,650 and €8,550.

Order of value from a simple work to the most prestigious

Style and technique by artist Warren Platner

Warren Platner has produced designer furniture. He has worked extensively with wood, fabric and fiberglass. He also uses leather to make his sofas. He is an icon of American and international design furniture.

Warren Platner, his life, his work

Warren Platner (1919-2006) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated in architecture from Cornell University. He worked for Raymond Loewy, and I. M. Pei.

In 1955, he was awarded the Prix de Rome for architecture. Twelve years later, he opened his own firm called Warren Platner Associates in New Heaven, Connecticut.

He contributed to the Dulles Airport project (Washington D.C.), the Lincoln Center theater, the John Deere headquarters as well as part of Yale University.

His collection including the Platner Chairs dates from 1966, a true design innovation that combines glass, fiberglass as well as fabric on the same collection. His Coffee tablesas well as his Diner tables are highly prized at auction, as they are his most famous and iconic creations.

He designed the interior of the Windows of the World restaurant, located at the top of the World Trade Center, which opened in 1976. He collaborated with many architects on buildings in New York, but also worked in Chicago, Connecticut, where his company was based, and Washington.

Before falling ill at the end of his career, he had international commissions, including plans to complete a shopping mall project in Greece.

He died in 2006 in New Heaven, Connecticut, where he worked all his life.  

The majority of his furniture is published by Knoll and continues to be produced.

Warren Platner's imprint on American and world furniture 

Warren Platner left a lasting mark on American design furniture, and brought many innovations to it, in the image of Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé in France. He was one of the first to use fiberglass to such an extent in the manufacture of his furniture, the process being costly and tedious. His work is everywhere in major U.S. cities, from Ford headquarters to the Washington airport. His furniture is still appreciated today, being very far from outdated.

Recognizing the artist's signature

Platner's works are not signed. That's why, if you think you own a work by or after the artist, it's essential to have it appraised by an expert who will be able to authenticate it.

Knowing the value of a work

If you happen to own a work by or after Warren Platner, don't hesitate to request a free appraisal using our form on our website. A member of our team of experts and certified auctioneers will contact you promptly to provide you with an estimate of the market value of your work, as well as any relevant information about it. If you wish to sell your work, you will also be accompanied by our specialists in order to benefit from alternatives to sell it at the best possible price, taking into account the inclinations of the market.