The last thing you didn't acquire  

Arne Norell
Arne Norell Ali chair on CL for $400. With the ottoman, but it needed reupholstery and I prefer it in leather, and I don't need another project chair.
*Sigh* but it sure was pretty!

My wife owes me
The voice of reason, she is quick with questions like "where will you put it", "when will you sell it" etc.
I passed on a beautiful leather sofa and chair by Sergio Rodriques. I new it was beautiful and the details, down to the wooden pegs, are just beautiful. In my wife's defense, I could not name the artist at the time, and the leather was a bit worn....nonetheless....sigh...
I do recall one Ebay story. It was a marshmallow sofa on ebay. It was listed at $599 buy it now. The person selling it thought it was a "small replica", not realizing of course how small they really are. Also, whomever put it together had mixed up the cushion. I asked for more pics to look at the hardware...within hours it was taken off of ebay...never did get the pics.

Made up for it today...
Found a Series 7 for $80. Luckily the wife is out of town...though I don't know how much she would have objected today.

5 Thonet Chairs
Almost bought these 5 Thonet Chairs for $180 on CL. They wouldn't look right with my table though. Should I have jumped on these??? I think they are still available.

I have been on a "looking...
I have been on a "looking for gems in thrift stores" kick lately. I went to a local one, and brought a picture of a Flos Arco, among other classics. (humoring myself at the thought of ACTUALLY finding something.)
Upon giving it to the employee at the desk, she paused at the picture of the Arco. She told me there was one in the lobby the other day. She sold it to someone for 75 dollars.
Words can't express my reaction.

Too Slow
CL - $30 total for four Moeller #75 caned chairs AND round dining table (#52 I think). Too slow.
CL - $800 total for eight Niels Koefoeds ladder back chairs, dining table, and credenza, all rosewood. Too slow again.

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Hoax
Yep there is a hoaxer here in Chicago. Last fall it was a papa bear chair, this year just a couple weeks ago a marble topped knoll credenza. Always some vague description like "old chair" and a super low price. If you look up the corresponding piece you always find the exact picture they are using and can then stop wasting your time...

cry
I am 99% sure I missed out on a lovely set of Moller Rosewood dining room chairs. I saw, them knew them, but they had not been priced yet and the lady commissioning them still had 2 to deliver. I tried every angle I could think of. Today, they were no longer hidden back in the office. It hurts.

4 Pascoe chairs at Savers for $4.99 each!
I knew they would be a squeeze in my small car. I was foolish enough to think I'd find something even better at another store I was planning on going to afterwards. Not so. Upon returning,they were gone.-Aargh!

waffle
A local dealer I know got eight rosewood Moller chairs at a country auction for a dollar apiece. The woven seats were all completely shot. She didn't know what they were and because of the condition she put them in her shop for $50 each. I had never been in her shop but I drove by it all the time and often thought about going in there. I was even on the lookout at the time for rosewood chairs for my own use. But yet another dealer DID go into the shop and bought them and rewove the seats and sold them for $275 each, which is still not a bad price, I guess. But I'd already bought a set on Ebay by then.
My only consolation is that I never would have gone to that particular country auction in the first place. But dang, I sure wish I'd stopped by her shop in time to get them for $50 each!

re: jdip on 5/13/11
Yeah, 1st Dibs = unrealistic prices.
Not ebay?
A bargain at $7,500
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1950s-Danish-Elisabeth-Chair-Ib-Kofod-Larse...

An update
went to the thrift store
Asked the boss where the chairs were. He was flummoxed, as far as he knew they were still back in the office. Turns out the owners had come in while he was out and took them back. He blames himself in that he gave them the idea that they might be worth something.
Anyway, I told him that when he called them to ask what the deal was that I would make an offer of XXXXX for all 6 and kick in a bit to the store (as it is charity based).
Am kinda relieved that it just wasn't someone else swopping in under my guard.

If anyone wants one.....
Instead of drooling over every 670 post on DA, I found a solution. Now we can all have one....
670 for everyone!!!

WHite Barcelona CHair
I was at the flea-market last week and there was a white leather Knoll Barcelona chair. I wasn't too sure if it was real but the guy swore up and down it was and wanted $200. Obviously $200 for a Barcelona chair you know is authentic is way too low. I looked at everything about it and kept doubting myself it was real. I got home and did research to see if it was real and sure enough everything about it checked out, the weight, the leather, the markings (no tag).
Going to the flea-market again Sunday early to see if he still has it, as late in the day it was still there and honestly people around here are clueless about MCM. But you go an hour south closer to the city and everything is properly priced.