Sotheby's Sold a Jean Prouvé Table for $1.6 Million Last Month—But Didn't Mention It Might Contain Asbestos | Artnet News

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Sotheby’s sold a Jean Prouvé table for $1.6 million last month—but didn't mention it might contain asbestos:

tables made from fibrated Granipoli concrete—a French trade term for a mixture of cement and asbestos, a fibrous mineral known to cause mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer.sold for $988,000

Jean Prouvé refectory tables as seen at La Pierre Attelée summer camp, Saint-Brévin l’Océan, France. Photo courtesy of Sotheby’s New York. It was Jonathan O’Hea, an art and antiques dealer in New Jersey, who first noticed that Sotheby’s was selling a table containing potentially hazardous materials. Thanks to his familiarity with older materials—he has a bachelors degree in historic preservation—it was the word “fibrated” that set off alarm bells.

This Jean Prouvé refectory table has a “fibrated Granipoli concrete” top. It turns out Granipoli is a trade term for an asbestos product. Photo courtesy of Sotheby’s New York.

 

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Sarah Cascone lied this article. She claimed the U.S. didn't ban asbestos but other countries in Europe did. Not only is this a lie, but the US banned it in the late 80s while your UK and France banned it in the late 90s. Do you just hate America and are willing to lie or what?

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Oh dear lets hope the buyer has no intentions of rubbing it down or cutting it

bullish on NFTs✨

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