Arteluce lamp - overpriced?

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Abigail

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17/05/2011 3:52 am

Hello everyone,
I have been following these forums for a few years and have never posted, but I am now in the process of furnishing our just-purchased 1950 rambler in the Washington DC area.

I am slowly acquiring pieces and find myself in need of a floor lamp for the living room. I found this at a local store and love it, but $750 seems steep.

The prices for these kinds of lamps seems to vary so much. Does this seem reasonable? Or any ideas for an affordable alternative?

Thanks in advance.

http://modernmontage.com/catalog/i629.html

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17/05/2011 4:52 am

You're right, there is a lot of variation.
The original Triennale lamps sell for $5K or so, and the knockoffs/replicas/derivatives sell for anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to $2K.
The lamp you're looking at -- which might or might not be Arteluce -- seems overpriced, and I'm apparently not the only one who thinks so: The photo on that store's web page was taken over a year ago.
If you're really interested in this style of lamp, you may want to take a look at Sonneman's Treluci or Treluci Piccolo lamps; they're still in production, and while the list price is higher than the lamp you're looking at ($1600 Treluci, $1150 Treluci Piccolo), you may be able to find a good deal on one. My Treluci Piccolo, for instance, cost me just over $100 from a Sonneman dealer who really needed to sell it.
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The real thing
Sonneman Treluci Piccolo
The one you're looking at