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Purchased in Copenhagen Denmark in 1972. It was purchased as a pair. There is a customized table that sits between the two chairs made out of black particle board (same as the base of the chair).
The table has two semi circle cut outs so that the table sits snugly under the side of the chairs. Similarly, there is a "footstool" for one of the chairs. The "footstool" is made of the same wood as the base of this chair and a flat, circle shaped pillow made from the same leather sits on the top of the wooden platform. The platform for the footstool has a semi circle cut out of it so that it sits snugly under the front of the chair.
I opened the zipper on the cushion and looked for a
name but the only word that appears on the inside is the danish word for "collection".
One of these chairs was just damaged completely because it was filled with water from a leak in the ceiling - it acted as a bucket to catch the water! It is not salvageable according to our insurance company.
Our challenge is that we need to establish a replacement cost value in order to "replace" the chair. Of course we know we will never find a true replacement but we want to ensure that we receive a fair value
replacement. We will need an appraisal or some sort of documentation to support the value of the item. Also, because it was part of a set, we believe that the loss is greater - we no longer have the set and cannot recreate it.
Thanks for your help!
What sort of help do you want, exactly?
Appraisals from web forums populated by anonymous smartasses aren't usually accepted by insurance companies, so are you looking for a referral to a certified appraiser in your area?
Or are you just looking for a general idea of the value so you'll know whether it's worth paying an appraiser to evaluate your chair?
If it's the latter, my own opinion is that the appraisal will cost more than the chair is worth (I'm talking strictly about fair-market monetary value here, of course, not sentimental value). Most furniture depreciates over time, and it'd be extraordinarily rare for a 40-year-old no-name leather and particle board chair to be worth more now than a brand-new no-name chair of similar construction.
If your policy includes a "pair and set" clause, your insurance company will compensate you not only for the loss of the destroyed chair but also for the indirect loss in value of the remaining chair. But again, even the pair might have had a very low valuation, so any compensation for that indirect loss will be minimal.
If I were in your place and my insurance company was offering to pay a few hundred dollars for a new generic leather chair, I'd take it. I might make an effort to convince them to pay for two chairs instead of one, but I'd be satisfied either way.
As I said, though, just my opinion.
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