Couple of questions about an eames rocker...

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Bruce316

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07/10/2006 10:18 pm

I recently scored an eames rocker at a garage sale for $60 and I have a couple of question. The man told me that the base was an original, but with so many repro's out there, is there any way to tell if it's real? Also, the shell doesn't have any stamp on the bottom of it. Did herman miller make the shells without the stamps on it? Could it be that there was only a paper tag that may have fallen off? Any help would be appreciated! Oh yeah, I also got a green eames side chair on an H base at the same sale for $20!

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LuciferSum

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08/10/2006 5:43 am

Bruce
the best thing to do is post some photos of the chair. Get some good shots of the base.

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Dr_Pepper105

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09/10/2006 12:13 pm

it's me again...
Hello again. I don't know why it put bruce as my name, but it was me that posted. I'll get some pics of the base and chair up later on today. Are there any particular angles/shots that I should get? Thanks!

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LuciferSum

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09/10/2006 7:30 pm

angles
I seem to recall reading that the earlier bases had runners that angled back towards each other - not at true parallel. Thats the only thing I remember. I'm not a real expert in the area of eames bases, sorry. But some one here must know.

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09/10/2006 9:42 pm

pics of the chair
Here are a couple pics of the chair. I haven't ever posted a pic, so here goes...

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09/10/2006 9:44 pm

and two more...

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09/10/2006 9:45 pm

one more...

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mario

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09/10/2006 11:39 pm

nice score!
although some people have done a good job of making new bases look old, yours is a sweet vintage base. you got it from the original owner, surface patina is evenly oxidised. looks all original to me.
did good Dr.

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10/10/2006 12:03 am

of course
there is always the possibility of an old base being put on another old chair .... the bases are so easily taken off and swapped around it is hard to tell.

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arnar

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10/10/2006 1:20 am

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well hello,
the rockers look original to me, they look fatter than the new ones.
about the shell, herman miller also made them without any stamp, some of them were just with a sticker with the diffrent patents. but the sticker so often wears off. i dont know the era when they were made actually. but quite old i think, around 57-60 model.
congratulations i think its good.....
arnar (skaparinn)

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Dr_Pepper105

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10/10/2006 4:25 am

thanks everyone...
Thanks for all the input. I'm a college student majoring in interior design and always dreamed of owning an eames molded plywood chair and then one of the rockers. Who would have thought my first two significant finds would be those exact two? And the best part is I only paid $110 for both.

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