Armchair used by President Masaryk sold at auction for 1.1 million crowns

An armchair designed by Slovenian architect Josip Plecnik for Czechoslovak
President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk was sold for a record sum at Prague’s
Sýpka auction house on Sunday. The auction house says it is not at liberty
to reveal whether the precious artefact was acquired by Prague Castle which
has two other pieces from the collection.