A City That Sat on Its Treasures, but Didn’t See Them - New York Times

A City That Sat on Its Treasures, but Didn’t See Them - New York Times: "Hazarding a guess as to its value, he suggested 400 rupees, or about $10, “perhaps, at a junkyard.” A pair of chairs identical to Mr. Kanwar’s, instantly recognizable to collectors as Pierre Jeanneret teak “V-chairs,” will go on sale at the auction house Christie’s in New York this month with a reserve of $8,000 to $12,000."

The ultrafunctional tables and chairs in the city offices in Chandigarh, India, have made their way from the junkyard to art auctions in Paris and New York.