Over the years, Julien’s Auctions has sold about 100 director's chairs. Some go for a few thousand dollars. Others go for tens of thousands more than expected. The results tend to reflect something simple: people care deeply about the stars attached to them.

So we thought it would be worth asking: if you had $150,000 and were building a collection from our past sales, which chairs would you go after? Here's a comprehensive look at some of the rarest and most unique director’s chairs to cross the block.

David Lynch | Personalized Director's Chair

Sold: $91,000 | Est. $5,000–$7,000

This one came from The Estate of David Lynch and sold for $91,000 — well past its $5,000–$7,000 estimate. It's exclusively made by Coach and sees a varnished wooden frame with a red leather seat and chairback, with Lynch's name in raised yellow lettering on the back. It's a distinctive object, and the result reflected that. A great starting point for anyone putting together a serious collection of filmmaker memorabilia.

Betty White | "The Golden Girls" Director's Chair

Sold: $76,800 | Est. $1,000–$2,000

Betty White's chair from The Golden Girls came in with a $1,000–$2,000 estimate and sold for $76,800. The chair itself is straightforward — black cloth, wooden frame, The Golden Girls logo on the front and "BETTY" on the back — but the result tells you everything about how collectors feel about her. It's one of the stronger television results we've seen in this category.

The director’s chairs from those two legends alone exceed the $150,000 budget, which is an honest reflection of where the market is for top-tier Hollywood memorabilia right now.

Here’s a look at a collection that covers music, film, prestige television, and cinema history.

James Gandolfini | “The Sopranos” Director's Chair

Sold: $48,000 | Est. $600–$800

A tall wooden chair with a black canvas seat, with "The Sopranos" printed on the back in red, and Gandolfini's name on the front. He also signed it in silver paint pen. Given what The Sopranos means to television history, and given how rarely Gandolfini-associated objects come to market, the result made sense to us.

Doris Day | “The Doris Day Show” Director's Chair

Sold: $16,000 | Est. $1,000–$2,000

This one is worth including because of what it is physically: hand-tooled leather with daisy imagery, her first name and partial lyrics from Que Sera, Sera worked into the back, rust-colored suede seat. It came in worn condition, which is accurate — Day was photographed sitting in it for publicity, so it was genuinely used. It sold for $16,000 against a $1,000–$2,000 estimate, and it adds some real golden era depth to any collection built around the chairs above.

Roger Moore | “Live and Let Die” Chairback

Sold: $9,100 | Est. $1,000–$2,000

One of the more accessible pieces on this list. For $9,100 you get an original hand-painted chairback from the production of Live and Let Die — Moore's first Bond film — with "007" on one side and "Roger Moore" on the other. On-set photographs confirm it's the same chairback seen in use during filming. It comes with a contemporary chair frame for display. As an entry point into Bond memorabilia, it's hard to beat the price-to-provenance ratio here.

A filmmaker, a mob boss, a TV legend from the golden era, and James Bond. That's a collection with real range — and every one of these results came from our own auctions.

We'll be adding more chairs to this list as they come through. If you want to stay up to date on what's coming to auction, the best place to start is our Hollywood memorabilia catalogue.