Following the conclusion of Christie’s Julians Park and Six Private Collections live auction, the early mahogany hall chair (lot 171) realised GBP3,750 (AUD6,857; USD5,309).
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Hi Jack
In my opinion the prices that some American furniture sells for does not make any sense.
I feel they like to hype up there pieces.
Because they are American.
Why would it sell for thousands of dollars more than similar English ones ?
Guido.
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This is an English chair that was sold by Christie’s in London (UK, not Ohio, USA) and made less than its mid estimate!
JP
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Indeed, it sold in NYC in 2007 for 10k USD so, quite a price drop.
There is a depression in early American furniture as well these days, that’s not all bad, it allows “new blood” to enter the market.
One of the reasons early American furniture sells for more generally speaking is, our population was so much smaller than the UK in the 17th-18th century. USA population in 1700 was 250k people, in the UK it was 8 million so American furniture is much rarer.
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Re your commentary in your previous post, this chair does seem to be way too comfortable to be a hall chair compared to the other examples. On the other hand there does seem to be a marked contrast between the finish of the legs compared to that of the seat and back. Could this be to do with the legs being abraded by boots, mud etc in a hall?
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This chair is considerably older than the nineteenth-century chairs in the previous post, which would account for the condition of the front legs.
Undoubtedly, a proportion of the wear around the bottom of the front legs would have been caused by footwear. The loss and damage to the polish may be due to sitters’ wet coats/cloaks. Who knows.
JP
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Completely off the subject but I’ve been thinking about this for some time. Periodically you post a picture of some furniture that is promoted as one thing but the seller gets it wrong and you have the “sleuths” try to figure it out. These posts are incredibly insightful and give us real world knowledge of things to look for when purchasing furniture or of what to look for on things we already have. Have you ever considered having us submit periodic pictures of things we have so that you can educate us on what the good, the bad and the ugly?
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No, not really. Time is precious to me.
JP
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