Hi,
We picked up some Knoll chairs at a garage sale thinking that we could resell them for a hundred dollars or so, but it seems like they are possibly worth a lot more. We have 2 identical ones with a Knoll tag that is also stamped with 1975 on them. And then one more that is almost the same (same fabric), but the tag has been torn off. We don't know anything about Knoll chairs. How would we go about selling them? And verifying that they are originals and not knock-offs? Thanks for any help!
Amy
well if they are matching and one has a tag that says knoll then it pretty safe to presume that the other is knoll even with missing tags. They fall off, its a fact of life
with selling that is all up to you. dont look at 1st dibs to base prices off of as they are pretty inflated. do craigslist (free) , etsy (they take 3%) ebay (10% plus paypals 3.9% and 10 cent transaction fee) or the many other selling sites that are out there. (few sites are devoted to furniture)
if you do not do this sort of thing and dont know how and/or cant take the time to learn, take the easiest route and sell it to a dealer or to a collector where it benefits both you and them and let them take the time to sell, pickup, ship etc and just take the profits for the little time invested and be happy
You can research sales on Ebay for a fairly accurate picture of current market value. Do a search and then click on SOLD items on the left sidebar. It's not enough to look at just the completed listings since not all of those will have sold. If there aren't a lot of listings, then you can track them over a few months' time.
It might be better to consign them instead of selling outright to a dealer. Just be sure to get everything in writing! I know of a dealer who did a lot of business on handshakes alone and now he's gone and his inventory was auctioned off with no records to prove who owned what. His consignors lost their stuff. I think this is not that common an occurance but it does happen and you should make sure you're protected.
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