I have a question about Vitra chairs. I have always loved the Eames DAW and DSW but have never been able to find vintage or new in the U.S. I am currently out of the U.S. (Asia) and stumbled into a Kartell store that sells all Vitra furniture and have come across these two chairs. I have no way of telling if the price I was given is fair or not. The DAW price I got was $500 USD and the DSW was $361 USD. I will also have to pay about $35 (each chair) to Kartell if I want it shipped to the U.S. Can some one give me an idea what a reasonable price is for the chairs? I can possibly haggle another 10% off at most. Thanks so much for your help.
funny! As a european i have...
funny! As a european i have the impression US ebay and craigslist are full of eames fiberglass chairs. I bought armshells in the states and had them shipped to europe because of exchange rates... shipping eames items into the united states doesn't seem like a good deal to me.
A trustable online shop here sells them for 380 / 300 Euros, that's about the same as your prices. 35$ for shipping sounds very cheap, but You'll also have to pay customs!
Personally I don't think Vitra dowel bases keep up in comparison to vintage hm or good repro ones.
woodywood: You'll have to change your location to a european country on the vitra site. They will be visible then.
http://www.designikonen.de/xtc/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=eames...
Clas, no doubt ebay and craig...
Clas, no doubt ebay and craigslist is littered with vintage fiberglass chairs. I have a few vintage fiberglass shells myself and have been toying with the idea of changing the bases to repo wooden dowels, but I was just too unsure of the repo quality and size to buy it. I knew too that Vitra didn't export them directly into the U.S. because of their agreements with HM. I guess I just got over excited seeing models that were not repros, something that I had never seen in my lifetime in the U.S. The shipping fee is cheap because it is via a ship which takes 3 months (HAHA!, It cracked me up when the guy said 3 months). So, I suppose I will just stick with buying a Nelson clock for $235 and take it in my suitcase when I go home.
In my opinion
The reproduction bases are generally fine, except I have not been able to compare the dowel bases side by side (I do have a reproduction one).
One thing to note is that the Vitra bases on the arm shells have wider stance than those for the side shells. I have not seen any reproduction bases with the wider stance.
Personally, I think the wider stance looks a bit funny.
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