could someone explain this to me. I have several Eames Lounge chairs
1 being made by Herman Miller that I paid 1300.00 for and 900.00 to have it recovered in cream leather , Now that was a nice deal for $2200.00
I have been following ebay for another one and I have seen some of the prices jumped to 3600.00 to 4000.00 for chairs made in 1970's to 1999 plus.
I have a friend who just bought a brand new one from Hermna miller and paid a little less than 3800 for a palanster rose wood brand new . I don' understand why any one would be interested in a 80's model for 3800 they are not that collectable. I think everyone gets a little carried away thinking that these are so Valuable .
Now if you could get one from the late 50's with down and not broken rosewood ( I have had to replace two sets of the leather cause they are so dry that if you look at it , it might crack.)
and also the puckes dry out , and have to be replaced .
maybe some one can explain I don't need any story from the purest we are talking about Herman Miller eames lounge chairs and why a old one should be so damn expensive..
Same here
I have a new appreciation for the chair and ottoman but am coming to terms with the fact I may never own one. That same amount of money could buy a used car or a year or two worth of food.
I realize I'm venting but I think an important point has been brought up. Or maybe a bigger question is: Why did Modernism become so exclusive?
I have a lot
As most of you know from my writing.. I have been a big collector of Mid-Century modern for over 20 years , I started Retro Redo Three years ago cause I could not find any one to recover all the furniture that I was storeing in one of our business warehouses. I love it when people say I am like Andy Warhol who bought stuff and stored it ... WELL I feel like I have been doing the same as Andy... but the funny thing happened on the way to the warehouse one day.
I found the dream house of my dreams . A little pricey and large but none the less the house was designed in 1964 in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra and a little Eliot Noyes thrown in .
At first I could not believe that I could get this house .. but with over 100 cool objects rangeing from Verner Panton cone chairs to Arne Jacobsen swans , and eggs, and aray of original George Nelson , Eames,Bertoia, and Negucci Pieces, the list goes on and I don't want bore any one.
but bringing why i am writing... I can see why the Cone chairs and the swans and Eggs were expensive cause they were all made in 58, 59, and 60. but I can not understand why the lounge chairs made in the 80's should be so pricey
I do have one from 57 that i was forced to redo cause the leather was split and I had to redo the shocks and the rosewood still is to die for , but some of the later ones have the same appeal as ones rolling off Herman Millers line to day for 3800.00 so why don't just buy a new pallanster rosewood for 300 less and you won't have to worry about shock mounts falling apart.
I do believe that they are not making some of the originals any more that is why i tried to buy every thing i could from 48 on cause in my book i think that would be considered real antiques I get a kick out of collecting modern antiques (almost a oxy moran , but not really) and that is just like land and natural resources
they are not maing any more of that either . so i can see where
your prices on those items would be expensive but I can not see where some items in the 80's and 90's should cost more than great stuff being made buy Knoll,Herman Miller , Fritz Hansen today.
LRF, I think maybe you have...
LRF, I think maybe you have answered your own question. Very funny, the distinction you make between 'real' and 'modern' antiques. The thing that distinguishes an oxymoron from a paradox is that the oxymoron is used with intent for rhetorical effect, with the contradiction becoming apparent as the combination of terms provides a novel expression (e.g. military/intelligence or so & so designer/genius).
In memory of the Reagan...
In memory of the Reagan years, I should add while I feel in most cases that demand and quality of the product is the most crucial factor in determining price, one should never underestimate the abilities of the supplier; that one should remember always that even during events such as the Beanie Baby craze there will be certain folks who make a ton of money.
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