An auctioneer gestures to a bidder during an auction at The Four Seasons restaurant, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in New York. The interior of the restaurant that for 57 years hosted power lunches for a must see crowd of business executives and celebrities including Henry Kissinger and Tom Wolfe was auctioned off Tuesday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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NEW YORK (AP) - The interior of a restaurant that for 57 years hosted power lunches for a must see crowd of business executives and celebrities including Henry Kissinger and Tom Wolfe was auctioned off Tuesday.
Items from The Four Seasons sold for well over their pre-sale estimates in Tuesday's all-day auction.
Silver flatware, glasses and serving pieces were among the 900 lots being sold. A number of identical Eero Saarinen tulip collection tables from the bar of the restaurant's Grill Room, estimated to sell for $5,000 to $7,000, fetched prices ranging from $22,000 to $36,000.
Two leather-tufted ottomans by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe that had graced the entrance lobby sold for $18,000.
The elegant modernist restaurant was designed by architect Philip Johnson. Furniture by Johnson included a curved banquette and table set, which sold for $50,000. An exotic John Swing lounge sofa made of welded coins and stainless steel fetched $90,000.
Bidders also competed for several signs saying "The Four Seasons," with one going for $65,000.
The restaurant, whose regulars also included Nora Ephron, was housed in the Seagram Building on Manhattan's Park Avenue. It served its last meal on July 16. A new Four Seasons will open nearby.
People walk past "Murmuration," by Johnny Swing, before it is auctioned at The Four Seasons, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Murmuration" by Johnny Swing sells for $90,000 during an auction at The Four Seasons, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in New York. The interior of the restaurant that for 57 years hosted power lunches for a must see crowd of business executives and celebrities including Henry Kissinger and Tom Wolfe was auctioned off Tuesday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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An auctioneer gestures to a bidder during an auction at The Four Seasons, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in New York. The interior of the restaurant that for 57 years hosted power lunches for a must see crowd of business executives and celebrities including Henry Kissinger and Tom Wolfe was auctioned off Tuesday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Patrons sit at the bar during an auction at The Four Seasons, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in New York. The interior of the restaurant that for 57 years hosted power lunches for a must see crowd of business executives and celebrities including Henry Kissinger and Tom Wolfe was auctioned off Tuesday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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