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$1.5 million for a chair?

JSBEJSBE Posts: 1,078
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
and no, it is not made out of solid gold.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Danish-Modern-Gunlocke-Chair-Mid-Century-Modern-LOVE_W0QQitemZ200192843286QQihZ010QQcategoryZ156311QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

someone please explain to me.
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  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    25% goes to charity? I'm not sure, that's the best I can think of.
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  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    JSBE wrote:
    and no, it is not made out of solid gold.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Danish-Modern-Gunlocke-Chair-Mid-Century-Modern-LOVE_W0QQitemZ200192843286QQihZ010QQcategoryZ156311QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    someone please explain to me.


    ewwww, it is not even cute!
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  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,689
    Hahaha, shipping insurance on a 1.5 million dollar chair is a buck sixty-five?
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    Rygar wrote:
    Hahaha, shipping insurance on a 1.5 million dollar chair is a buck sixty-five?

    OMG, that is too funny!!
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    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    it's called simply: supply and demand. prices reflect what the market will bear. if not, the price gets lowered. obviously, this chair is like a work of art, not many around anymore/unique....stands as a symbol for a time period in the furniture design of the time, etc. see if it actually sells at that price for your answer.


    people pay millions for a picasso....so will pay thousands for a charles eames or charles rennie macintosh chair. beauty, and art & design, in the eye of the beholder. :) so if someone has the cash and wants it enough......there it is.


    *also......giving 25% to charity as mentioned above, and willing to discuss ANY offer. so yea, a wishlist more like. :)
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,253
    chair is just a prop for the 1.5m donation

    quick checking tells me that these are rare and in demand, but not 1.5m rare
  • JSBEJSBE Posts: 1,078
    since i am not a furniture guru, i just didn't know if a "danish modern gunlocke chair" was something really old and/or valuable.

    and you just don't see too many "buy it now" items on ebay for $1.5 mil.
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    JSBE wrote:
    since i am not a furniture guru, i just didn't know if a "danish modern gunlocke chair" was something really old and/or valuable.

    and you just don't see too many "buy it now" items on ebay for $1.5 mil.


    well i honestly do not know/remember the name 'gunlocke' but the chari design itself looks familiar from design classes.......and i would then guess it would be in the same category of an eames, macintosh, le corbusier, van der rohe, etc....... some of the *big names* of early modern design. i agree, 1.5 million is probably too high - thus why i suggest it more as a *wishlist*....but giving the willing to discuss any offer seems a lot more flexible. i guess putting that high a 'buy it now' price lets potential buyers know don't bid 1K. :p
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  • JSBEJSBE Posts: 1,078
    decides2dream wrote:
    well i honestly do not know/remember the name 'gunlocke' but the chari design itself looks familiar from design classes.......and i would then guess it would be in the same category of an eames, macintosh, le corbusier, van der rohe, etc....... some of the *big names* of early modern design.

    thanks.
  • BlancheBlanche Posts: 247
    http://www.gunlocke.com/public_html/ourStory/history.html

    Eight US presidents have entrusted their tushes to Gunlocke chairs.
    Not sure that warrants a $1.5 million price tag, even if 25% go to charity.
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    I'll get this one instead....

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Danish-MODERN-EAMES-ERA-desk-CHAIR-GUNLOCKE-Mid-Century_W0QQitemZ110213876309QQihZ001QQcategoryZ63568QQcmdZViewItem
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    Blanche wrote:
    http://www.gunlocke.com/public_html/ourStory/history.html

    Eight US presidents have entrusted their tushes to Gunlocke chairs.
    Not sure that warrants a $1.5 million price tag, even if 25% go to charity.

    I think it's a great looking chair, fine design, awesome craftsmanship....a quality peice. But unless one of those presidents actually owned that very chair, and will come to your house and drop it off.....1.5 million????
  • BlancheBlanche Posts: 247
    sennin wrote:
    I'll get this one instead....

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Danish-MODERN-EAMES-ERA-desk-CHAIR-GUNLOCKE-Mid-Century_W0QQitemZ110213876309QQihZ001QQcategoryZ63568QQcmdZViewItem

    My choice is not as aesthetic and much more cumbersome.
    Blanche's chair.
  • BridgeBitchBridgeBitch Posts: 87
    I think I'm going to start checking out the makers mark on every old wooden chair I see :)
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  • JSBEJSBE Posts: 1,078
    Blanche wrote:
    http://www.gunlocke.com/public_html/ourStory/history.html

    Eight US presidents have entrusted their tushes to Gunlocke chairs.
    Not sure that warrants a $1.5 million price tag, even if 25% go to charity.

    definitely interesting, but not $1.5 million interesting.
  • PorchsitterPorchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,077
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