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16/07/2013 6:35 am  

I recently spotted this listing on eBay, noticed the 5-2-4 screws on the bottom (claiming to be Evans-era), and no label... and was wondering what everyone thought of its validity as a real Eames product.

Thanks,
Rich
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EAMES-chair-early-original-DCW-Evans-Herman-Miller-bent-plywood-LCW-wood-RARE-/221154287995?&autorefresh=true


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16/07/2013 7:35 am  

Doesn't look quite right
I'm no expert but I getting the feeling something is off. There should be a label or the trace of a label. I wouldn't risk it.


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16/07/2013 7:54 am  

Hard to say
Based on the small photos, but the shape of the back rest looks off to me (could be the angle and/or camera lens). Also, the top of the spine looks too rounded.
Personally, I would not bid based on the convoluted, long-winded explanation full of run-on sentences in the description.


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16/07/2013 8:50 am  

I don't like
I don't like how you can't zoom into their photos. Also, did you catch that there is no refunds? And what's up with the small whole in the middle of the top of rest between the two screws?


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16/07/2013 9:06 pm  

Found another similar "DCW"
Found another similarish DCW on 1stdibs, that shows something of a hole between the screws, the same 5-2-4 screw pattern, and no label...
Any thoughts?
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/side-chairs/red-aniline-eames-d...


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NULL NULL
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16/07/2013 9:18 pm  

And another
Another one with the hole and no label...
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/dining-room-chairs/eames-incise...


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tktoo
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16/07/2013 10:56 pm  

I think it's (nearly) legit.
Despite the sales pitch BS, the chair looks authentic to me, although the finish seems too good and the back rest shock mount repair both are potential red flags. I suspect it's been tarted up some and I also don't like the small, low-res pics. They don't reveal enough detail and the seller seems to know enough to know what to try to conceal.
The two back rest screws don't appear to be original, but the truss-head philips screws underneath look correct. I've not seen new versions of these available anywhere that are even close.


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16/07/2013 11:46 pm  

Thanks tktoo
Thanks for this response... I feel the same way. The shape and many of its parts seem to check out as legit, but yes, the finish looks immaculate for a chair that's supposedly close to 70 years old.


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