How to buy a vintage Egg Chair?  

Since you are not too far away, and inside the EU, might I recommend setting up alerts for Egg chairs on Lauritz's website? They have a few auction houses around northern Europe, including 3 in Germany. I just checked, and they have 10-15 Eggs in active auctions as we speak. I would watch these auctions for a while to see what the hammer range is for chairs in various conditions and cladding. You would then have a good understanding of the local market. Except for oddball cases (clueless individual seller or random thrift store/flea market find), Lauritz will probably offer you the best selection for the best prices within a reasonable timeframe. Word of caution: while Lauritz often includes good photos in their listing, take their written descriptions with a grain of salt as they are often suspect.

As already noted above, the best first course of action is to educate yourself as much as possible on the design before diving into purchases.

Good luck.

One thing that leif, spanky and cdsilva pointed out is, of course, very true: There are tons of beautiful mid century lounge chairs out there. The deeper I dive into the matter the more beauties I find. So it is definitely worth to take your time, do research, consider and reconsider. You definitely can spend your money on an Egg or a wombchair. But both are quite an investment for something you describe in your own words as "quite comfy" and "not bad". Just saying.

You're right, sounds slightly underwhelming. So let's put it like that: The Egg Chair looks absolutely stunning and the Womb Chair like the Mount Olympus of cosiness. 😉

Thanks again for all the helpful and in depth comments and suggestions you lovely people! I'll promise to do my homework first and learn more about mid century design. Sounds like fun too.

@cdsilva: I found Lauritz.com already. Most of the offered Egg Chairs are in one of their Denmark showrooms and I wouldn't spend such an amount just based on pictures, but it's certainly helpful to watch their auctions to learn about price ranges. And travelling to Denmark one day to see some offers in real life? Why not?

Blackstar, You should also really check the Berlin based Auktionshaus Danninger. They have two or three Eggs for sale in their upcoming auction.

To get an idea about prices, you might want to check the following website: http://www.vad

Thank you Herringbone and DrPoulet: both tips are very helpful!

Regarding the one piece base: Probably more desirable from a collectors point of view, but these don't have the tilt function, because it was introduced later