Look at home, your Ikea furniture may be worth gold.
Who has never had Ikea furniture in their home? The Swedish giant knows how to conquer generations with its clever, practical and affordable furniture, while offering a design that has left its mark on generations. The brand is celebrating its 80th anniversary and for the occasion is bringing back iconic furniture that has marked its history. The brand has released numerous collections in collaboration with designers, in limited editions. Over the years, certain Ikea pieces have become real investments. If you have any of these pieces of furniture or items at home, you could be sitting on a small fortune.
Some of these pieces are worth a lot of money on the second-hand market today. Now is the time to look if you don’t have any of these pieces of furniture or objects at home. Among those which have increased in value, we find for example:
- The IMPALA armchair by Gillis Lundgren, launched in 1972 for €37, which recently sold on the second-hand site Selency at the record price of €2,300.
- The vintage GUIDE shelf by Niels Gammelgaard, launched in 1985 at the price of €65, which can be purchased today for €1,629 on the site DesignMarket.
- The DUETT pendant light by Bent Gantzel Boysen, launched in 1983 at €8.90 and which is now resold on the site Selency at €250.
- Tord Björklund’s Sky lounge chair, launched in the 1980s, today sells for between 700 and 3,000 euros depending on its condition and the platform.
- The Järpen chair by Niels Gammelgaard, in 1983, fetched between 100 and 500 euros per chair just a few weeks ago. But there are many models in circulation, and this model was reissued on the occasion of Ikea’s 80th anniversary, under the name SKÅLBODA. Already sold out online, it may still be available in the store near you.
However, not all Ikea furniture is equal in terms of resale value. Classics like the Billy bookcase or the Kallax shelf, although they are sold second hand, will not experience a surge in prices. They will resell for less than their purchase price. But certain pieces of furniture or objects dating from the 60s to the 2000s have become highly coveted pieces that can sometimes fetch thousands of euros.
Our advice to know if your Ikea furniture will increase in value in the years to come? It must be in very good condition and have been dismantled little, if ever. Ideally, it should have a somewhat vintage look, but above all, be part of a collaboration with a designer. In recent years, two collections have attracted great interest among collectors and design enthusiasts. The collaboration with Virgil Abloh in 2019 (MARKERAD) and that with designer Sabine Marcelis (VARMBLIXT) in 2023 have created unique and limited pieces that could become popular collector’s items in the years to come…