GUEST: I don't know much about it. I found it at a rummage sale, and we paid $40 for it. Um, other than that, it's just been part of the family since about 1982.
APPRAISER: So you bought it in 1982.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: And you spent $40.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: At a rummage sale.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: I want to go rummage sale-ing with you, that's for sure.
GUEST: Any time. (laughing)
APPRAISER: Well, this is an amazing piece of furniture. It's, it's done by, by an important Scandinavian designer, a gentleman named Arne Vodder. Arne Vodder was, was a student, of probably the, the guru of, of Scandinavian furniture, Finn Juhl. And Arne Vodder went on to have a career of his own that was really quite important. He made a lot of great things. He did a lot of design work that, that are in institutions, museums, and really helped kind of craft how Danish design looks. One interesting thing about your chair is the fact that, that these... These straps-- which are about 16-ounce cow leather, I'll add-- um, are nailed on. And they're done so in a, in a semi, kind of not precise way. I've never seen that in Danish design before, and it makes me wonder if at some point in history, before 1982, uh, they, they weren't replaced or redone by somebody. They, they don't tend to have that smooth, symmetrical look that Danish design is so, so known for and, and cherished for. So if that was done originally by the factory-- and I have some serious questions about that-- but if it was, this piece is, is quite valuable. Do you have any idea what sort of value this might have?
GUEST: With that being said, no, I don't.
APPRAISER: Well, if that's original, I think at auction, this piece would probably bring $15,000 to $20,000 minimum.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: That's being fairly conservative.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: If that was done by somebody, if somebody replaced these straps or redid these straps, I would say this piece is probably worth $6,000 to $9,000.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: Being that you're in this piece for $40!
GUEST: $40. (laughing)
APPRAISER: Congratulations.
