--- title: Jennifer Aniston Has a Sofa That’s More Expensive Than a House description: Couches like Jennifer Aniston's vintage Jean Royere Polar Bear sofa have retailed for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction. authors: - name: Shaina Mishkin url: https://money.com/author/shaina-mishkin/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 131 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Economy and Politics - Housing - Investing - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology former_staff: true published: '2018-02-08T19:03:03.000Z' modified: '2018-02-08T19:03:03.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - celebrities - home design word_count: 261 canonical: https://money.com/jennifer-aniston-polar-bear-sofa/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![CA: "The Leftovers" Season 3 Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals](https://img.money.com/2018/02/180208-jennifer-aniston-couch.jpg) *Jennifer Aniston arrives at "The Leftovers" Season 3 Los Angeles Premiere held at the Avalon Hollywood in Hollywood, CA on Tuesday, April 4, 2017.* Jennifer Aniston, Kanye West and Ellen DeGeneres all have something in common: a penchant for a type of vintage French sofa that can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction. In photos from a recent [*Architectural Digest*](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/jennifer-aniston-los-angeles-home) tour of Aniston's Bel Air home, the *Friends* star's vintage Jean Royère Polar Bear sofa sits atop a light carpet in her living room. The couch's mid-century style is charming, but you might not want to look if you're on a budget. Jean Royère sofas similar to the one in the actress's home have sold for up to $754,000 in recent years. If the name of the couch, also known as the "Boule" or "Ours Polaire" sofa, sounds familiar, it might be because it's a fixture in other celebrity homes. Ellen DeGeneres [is a known Jean Royère fan](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/garden/the-unsettling-thing-about-ellen.html) and Kanye West [once said](http://www.instyle.com/lifestyle/kanye-west-favorite-couch) the plush sofa "is my favorite piece of furniture." Created by the French designer in 1947, the sofa experienced a resurgence in popularity starting in the early 2000s, according to [*Architectural Digest*](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-story-behind-jean-royeres-iconic-design). With only about 150 ever made, the pieces can attract six-figure bids at auction. In 2016, two off-white Polar Bear sofas sold at [Phillips](https://www.phillips.com) auction, one for [$754,000](https://www.phillips.com/detail/JEAN-ROYÈRE/NY050116/9) and another for [$358,000](https://www.phillips.com/detail/JEAN-ROYÈRE/NY050316/407?fromSearch=royere&searchPage=1). If those numbers are a little difficult to grasp, consider the fact that both couches cost their buyers more than [the average U.S. home](https://www.zillow.com/home-values/) or four years of [tuition, room and board at Harvard](https://www.harvard.edu/about-harvard/harvard-glance). A $358,000 check could buy three Tesla Roadsters, while $754,000 could pay off the [average student loan debt](http://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-debt-average-by-state-map-2017-11) for 44 graduates. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/jennifer-aniston-polar-bear-sofa/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Celebrities", "item": "https://money.com/celebrities/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Jennifer Aniston Has a Sofa That’s More Expensive Than a House" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/jennifer-aniston-polar-bear-sofa/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/jennifer-aniston-polar-bear-sofa/", "name": "Jennifer Aniston Has a Sofa That’s More Expensive Than a House", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2018-02-08T19:03:03.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/jennifer-aniston-polar-bear-sofa/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/jennifer-aniston-polar-bear-sofa/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2018-02-08T19:03:03.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Jennifer Aniston Has a Sofa That’s More Expensive Than a House", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2018/02/180208-jennifer-aniston-couch.jpg", "width": 3216, "height": 2400, "caption": "180208-jennifer-aniston-couch" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shaina Mishkin", "url": "https://money.com/author/shaina-mishkin/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/shaina-mishkin/#author" } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2018-02-08T19:03:03.000Z", "description": "Couches like Jennifer Aniston's vintage Jean Royere Polar Bear sofa have retailed for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction.", "abstract": "Couches like Jennifer Aniston's vintage Jean Royere Polar Bear sofa have retailed for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction.", "@id": "https://money.com/jennifer-aniston-polar-bear-sofa/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2018-02-08T19:03:03.000Z", "wordCount": 261, "keywords": [ "celebrities", "home design" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Celebrity", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity" ] } ] } ] } ```