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barrympls
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07/01/2009 6:51 am  

Speaking of the Barcelona Chair,
I just got a really cool 1964 Knoll price list (80 pages) and it lists the Barcelona Chair as costing $980.00 in 1964 dollars!
Amazing...Knoll was expensive even back then.


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whitespike
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07/01/2009 6:02 pm  

Not surprised. They've...
Not surprised. They've always been the highbrow manufacturer...while Herman Miller often catered to the masses.
Have I ever mentioned that I work with Florence's granddaughter?


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07/01/2009 7:57 pm  

I never knew that Florance ...
I never knew that Florance ever had children, she had no children with Hans Knoll killed in Havana Cuba in 1955
or Harry Bassett


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Gustaf
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08/01/2009 12:45 am  

barry, that is like, what,...
barry, that is like, what, about $6,548 in today's value, using the Consumer Price Index method? Or $12,953 in terms of nominal GDP per capita, which better reflects purchasing power?
How much is the chair today, for comparison?
whitespike, that is an interesting tidbit of information. How old is she?


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