[rjgraham]

Hello,

I recently inherited a chair shown in the following photos:

http://forsale.surfbytes.com/chair1.jpg
http://forsale.surfbytes.com/chair2.jpg
http://forsale.surfbytes.com/chair3.jpg

It is lacquered, with a curved wood back and seat.

The only thing identifying this chair is a 'Made in China' sticker attached to the bottom of the frame.

I am told that this chair may be worth up to $1000, is this possible?

-Randy

[Father Mike]

Impossible. This chair is NOT worth $1000 or close to it. The chair is made in China as with more and more furniture these days. It is no more than 4 or 5 years old and wholesales for $200. The design of your "lady chair" is based on the artist Picasso

[rjgraham]

Thanks Father Mike.

I didn't think it was worth that much either, especially after finding the 'made in china' sticker ;)

-Randy

[shygrneyzs]

I would not even pay $200.00 for this but to each their own.

[Clough]

I'm not so sure that I would jump on the bandwagon that the chair may not be worth what Randy has been told that it might be.

I would like to know what source told him what it might be worth.

I have never seen a chair like this before. Because of my profession, that being a piano tuner and furniture refinisher. I have had ample opportunity to be in all sorts of homes of some very affluent people. The art in those homes can be very eclectic in there nature.

If the chair has not been mass-produced, then it may be worth quite a bit of money.

It is obviously a work of art. It took quite a bit of design and ingenuity to produce it. I would not equate it with what so much of what Picasso's work was associated with, such as art nouveau, but rather the art deco period in the early twentieth century in the United States. It may reflect the style of art deco, but that does not matter. It is a work of art, nonetheless.

"Made in China" does not have the stigma that it used to have.

The chair may be much older than it appears to be in a photograph.

A good deal of what a work of art is worth is what people will pay.

[rjgraham]

Hi Clough,

I bought a house and some of its contents last year and the Lady Chair was included.
The original owner itemized the contents and listed a value of $1000 (CDN) for the chair.

I suspect that this price was either a typo or the seller was gouging me on this item, hoping I wouldn't notice it amongst other items.

I will try contacting the seller to see if I can get more info on it.

Thanks for your post !

-Randy

[classylassie]

I am unsure as to the details of this particular piece, however, it is an art deco style chair which would make it possible to sell this chair for $1,000.00 With art deco chair's it depends on the buyer.