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lonewalker1992 t1_j67atcz wrote

Reply to comment by Taegur2 in Fresh from Norway, my custom Ekornes Stressless chair by Gerbski

Love it when people tell stories of lucky days 🙂

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W3SL33 t1_j67fttz wrote

I've got one for you. Brought my daughter to daycare. Noticed the outside door of their shed attic blown out by wind and inside I saw a glimpse of Eames fiberglass chairs.

I made a remark that those are quite expensive chairs to be standing in the attic. They took them down and appeared to be 1955 originals in nearly pristine condition. They've found these chairs years ago when someone clearing a house put them out for trash. They had 10 of them. I got a bottle of Champagne to thank me after they sold them to a collector.

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stlblues310 t1_j67l6h0 wrote

Should have mentioned in passing you could use those and take them out of their storage. Then you have 10 of them

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W3SL33 t1_j6oigir wrote

That woman took care of my children as they were her own. I wouldn't and couldn't.

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Amukka t1_j68gkx9 wrote

Similar story, my wife buys antiques and I was picking up a mcm dresser from a house that was getting flipped. They had the dresser in the garage and it was surrounded by plastic chairs. I found the markings on them and they were original Sam Avedon molded plastic chairs. 20 orange and 20 olive green. I asked what they were doing with all the chairs and they said they wanted to get rid of them because they weren't stackable and took up so much space. I offer them $100 for all the chairs and they glad accepted.

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c_fulkan t1_j67kl95 wrote

Ive never heard of these chairs, do you have any idea on the value?

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GambaKufu t1_j688bfv wrote

They probably sold for about $10k each.

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lonewalker1992 t1_j68cr8b wrote

Likely they are superb collectible only ever say them in a guys apartment who has Picasso on the wall

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lonewalker1992 t1_j68coos wrote

Should buy the lottery after your drop your kid off next who know 🤣

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