The most expensive lamp ever sold is a Tiffany Studios magnolia floor lamp, which fetched $4.4 million at auction in December 2025. That beat the previous record, a Tiffany lotus table lamp that sold for $2.8 million at Christie’s in 1997. We could verify four record-level lamp sales, all Tiffany, so this is a ranking of those four as of October 2026.
| Rank | Lamp | Price (USD) | Sale date | Sold at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiffany Studios magnolia floor lamp | $4,400,000 | December 2025 | Auction (Sotheby’s, per press reports) |
| 2 | Tiffany Studios Pink Lotus table lamp | $2,800,000 | December 1997 | Christie’s New York |
| 3 | Tiffany Studios cobweb lamp, mosaic base | $770,000 | 1992 | Auction |
| 4 | Tiffany Studios magnolia floor lamp (Geffen collection) | $528,000 | 1984 | Auction |
1. Magnolia floor lamp: $4.4 million
In December 2025 a leaded glass magnolia floor lamp sold for $4.4 million, the highest price recorded for a lamp of any kind and the first time a lamp passed the $4 million line. The press coverage of the sale put it at Sotheby’s. We could not open the lot page, so the detail we hold is the price and the month. The record is an individual-lamp record, not a collection total.
2. Pink Lotus table lamp: $2.8 million
The lotus table lamp sold at Christie’s in New York on 12 December 1997 for $2.8 million and held the record for 28 years. Reportedly made around 1906, it is about 28 inches wide and 35 inches tall, with a shade formed from overlapping lotus flowers in thousands of pieces of glass, and a bronze base holding twelve lights. The price is the result as reported at the time.
3. Cobweb lamp with mosaic base: $770,000
In 1992 a cobweb lamp with a glass mosaic base set a record for any Tiffany object at $770,000. The record lasted until the lotus lamp five years later.
4. Magnolia floor lamp from the Geffen collection: $528,000
David Geffen sold his Tiffany collection at auction in 1984, and a magnolia floor lamp from it made $528,000. We include it because it is the same model that set the 2025 record, so you can see how the price moved over 41 years: roughly eight times.
Records set in 2025 and 2026
The December 2025 magnolia floor lamp is the headline: it raised the lamp record from $2.8 million to $4.4 million. We found no lamp record in 2026.
What drives these prices
- Handwork. Original Tiffany lamps are made of hundreds or thousands of hand-cut glass pieces, which cannot be mass produced.
- Replicas. Because copies flooded the market from the 1950s on, buyers pay a large premium for documented originals.
- Model and size. The two record lamps are a large floor lamp and a large 12-light table lamp, not small desk shades.
- Collector history. A name like Geffen on a provenance adds to demand.
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What is the most expensive lamp in the world?
A Tiffany Studios magnolia floor lamp sold for $4.4 million in December 2025.
What was the old record for a lamp?
The Pink Lotus table lamp, at $2.8 million at Christie’s in December 1997.
Are all Tiffany lamps expensive?
No. Originals sell for anywhere from thousands to millions of dollars, depending on model and condition.
How much did a Tiffany lamp cost when new?
Tiffany Studios lamps were reportedly priced between $30 and $750 in the 1900s.
Why is the Pink Lotus so valuable?
It is a large, complex model with a shade made of thousands of pieces of glass, and in 1997 it set a new Tiffany record.
How we put this list together
We ranked lamps by auction price, using sale reports compiled in an internal valuation model. Prices are approximate and change over time.
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Last updated: October 2026.
