the nicest place was the ...
the nicest place was the store right next to Lobel the girl there was not only cute but very lovely from Dallas originally,
They had the best Scandinavian furniture. 2 Hans Wagner Papa bears one i am interested in, in a great fabric, There also was a little place on 62nd and Fifth next to the Pierre Hotel she had a few neat pieces (Karl Springer of course ) and was nice to do business with,
all and all I had a fantastic trip in NYC. hung out a lot in SOHO, and saw 2 great Broadway shows but the high lite was the MOMA the Van Goh show was the greatest, I truly loved it, and all the art work like the Pollocks, Rothkos, Warhol, Rauchenberg, Lictenstein, all out of this world.
Im not a fan of scandinavian...
Im not a fan of scandinavian furniture at all so that shop was the one I spent the least time in.Here in Ireland of the 5 dealers 3 are selling scandinavian furniture,based on what Ive seen at fairs etc in Europe Im amazed there is anything left in sweden/denmark etc.
I went to MOMA too and as my wife said its a bit much going from a Matisse to a pollock to a Magritte etc,its surreal that all of a sudden each and every one of them are right in front of you.I really liked the pop art section and loved seeing the Lichtensteins up close but the piece I really liked in that room was the oversized match book piece by Raymond Hains.
Killian
your wife is right from one room impression, pop art, surrealistic .
That place has so much art it truly is amazing and every floor has something great,
I just loved the Van Gohs and the Picassos , just blew my mind they were so fantastic!,
I always like the architectural floor, but was a little disappointed with the home section, it truly was no big deal, as i thought that it was going to be something, but on a scale of 1 to 10 the museum is a 20 and must for any one who visits NYC or lives in the City,
Funny you should say that...
I was always intimidated by 1st Dibs, thinking it was solely for NY designers and their clients with tons of money, etc., but I just took a look at one of their items and I'll be damned if it wasn't my old set of 2 bamboo tables I sold last year to the local Scottsdale consignment shop for a total of probably less than $100!
Whereas 1st Dibs is claiming their tables are from the 50's...I know my tables (identical if not THE EXACT TABLES) were from the 70's or more likely 80's, but 1st Dibs had done theirs up in some sort of "silver patina overlay" (which they admitted to).
And all I was thinking was...yeah, thank god for that silver patina because if anybody sees that typical yellow color that's under there for that "bamboo" style furniture from the 70's/80's, they'll all realize that those are just my little out of style yellow bamboo tables and not some rarified half-century old "silver patinaed" antique.
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Hi!
This discussion is very interesting. The way 1stdibs (I should say there listed dealers) can take such a huge over price is sometimes absurd. Take a Hans J. Wegner chair for instance. On 1stdibs.com it cost $3,200 whereas Barnebys has a low estimation of $200 on the same chair.
Links to both sites:
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/armchairs/hans-j-wegner-chair-... (1stdibs)
https://www.barnebys.com/auctions/lot/268084295/armlehnstuhl/ (Barnebys)
I searched for other objects on Barnebys and 1stdibs and found similar results.
My question now. Who buys from 1stdibs? Is it merely rich people who doesn't have time and energy to scan the market? Or could it be 1stdibs strong trademark that enables them to take such a high price?
Peter,
Here's a more recent thread about 1st Dibs that might answer your questions-
http://www.designaddict.com/forum/General-discussion/Whats-deal-1stdibs
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