Reamie,
I would have to agree with you that these chairs you have found are in the "Style" of Eileen Gray and not original. If you want to be 100% certain there is a Eillen Gray design book available online.
Eileen Gray
Architect + Furniture Designer (1878-1976)
Design Museum Collection
You're welcome!
To answer your two questions, I am going to quote two other members of this forum from very recent threads:
1: It helps when "anyone seeking good design knows about the subject very well being able to identify almost anything just by looking at an item, a bad picture or a badly written post/ad" - Minimoma, "Rejected Modern".
To those without a photographic memory, this takes years of research.
2: "If you want to track the market value of a particular item, you have to look at what it sold for at a variety of venues over time (and probably throw out the extreme high end and low end prices, including fluke auction results) and average it out. And in the end, if it's something you're looking to buy for yourself, you still have to decide what you're willing to pay for it and how long you're willing to wait to get it at that price" Spanky "Erik Buck, Modell OD61 - Same products, Different prices".
Thanks Patricia! It astounds me the level of knowledge on this site, I know I'm new(ish) to this but I don't know if I'll ever have even a tenth of the info some people have here! I'm learning to recognise the lines a bit better, but I'm often left with the idea that I've seen something before but I can't quite puty finger on it! I did try and find some info on these chairs re cost but there's very little out there. I want two for myself, the rest would be surplus and the seller wants them all gone in one lot. I may just have to take the risk! Thanks again!
Thanks Patricia, your info gave me the confidence to go ahead! Peruche I suffer from the same addiction, I survive this by buying copious amounts of chairs and storing them until I decide I want to swap my seating arrangements or until I have that dreamed of bigger place! I have yet to resist a chair due to space, it's something I need to start!
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