Hi
We have a model 27 sideboard designed by Arne Vodder.It was never put into mass production and marketed it is in excellent condition.Could someone put a value on it please.
Rob
No. Because that‘s not what we do here. You can easily google what other people try to sell it for, you can also google what similar pieces have fetched at auctions. But these prices usually differ greatly. As somebody here put it pretty well: A piece of furniture is worth exactly as much as somebody else is willing to pay for it.
"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)
@Leif – the back detail reminds me of a Willy Beck bookcase I saw recently.
Yes, the existence of a model 27 Vodder sideboard would resolve the question, as would a catalog page or picture from the exhibition showing your piece as a model 27 sideboard designed by Vodder.
Look you have a good story right now, but that is the extent of it. I really don't care either way. If it is a model 27 sideboard designed by Arne Vodder, then we have another waypoint in timeline of Danish design, and you have a valuable piece of history. If it is not, then you still have a nice, rosewood sideboard.
The point I am trying to make with you, is that all the 'evidence' that you have presented is anecdotal. You need to separate what you want it to be, from the search effort for what it is. If you dont, all you will ever find is evidence supporting your desires.
But since you asked for valuation in the beginning: The story you have is certainly not enough to justify the price or value of a yet unknown Arne Vodder one of a kind sideboard by Sibast. What I still see here is a rosewood sideboard, probably Danish, by an unknown designer/maker. My opinion.
"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)
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