Kolonn Auction House’s Retrohem has by now become a much-anticipated tradition for everyone with a passion for filling their homes with the colors and forms of the 20th century’s most eventful decades. And once again, the catalog is packed with design delights—both familiar icons and some wonderfully quirky surprises.
The list of designers behind the lots reads like a who’s who of mid-century greatness: Bruno Mathsson, Lisa Larson, Carl Fagerlund, Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Fredrik Kayser, Henning Koppel, and Helena Tynell, just to name a few. Alongside furniture, lighting, glass, and ceramics, there’s even a pinball machine—a bright yellow pirate’s dream from the swinging ‘60s, clanging and ringing just the way such a contraption should.
