Furniture

Knoll Platner Chair, ca. 1980

Appraisal: Knoll Platner Chair, ca. 1980

Transcript

GUEST: Well, I got ‘em from my employer.

APPRAISER: Okay.

GUEST: We remodeled back about ten, 12 years ago.

APPRAISER: Right.

GUEST: And they had a silent auction.

APPRAISER: Okay.

GUEST: And I was able to get 'em.

APPRAISER: Okay, what did you pay for them?

GUEST: Uh, I got four chairs and a coffee table for $80.

APPRAISER: In the same style? Okay.

GUEST: It's, it's a matching set. Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Okay, well, this is designed by Warren Platner and distributed by Knoll Furniture. Warren Platner was a very famous modern furniture designer. He worked with Eero Saarinen. He, he worked on great, famous buildings.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: And his, these chairs are sort of a symbol of modernist, uh, ni, mid-century furniture.

GUEST: Hm.

APPRAISER: The prototype for these wire chairs, which are steel, plated, uh, by nickel-- beautiful design...

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: ...uh, was made in 1966. This chair, we turn it over, we've got the Knoll International label.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: And, basically, it has the original fabric.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: You have three more of these, you said?

GUEST: Yes, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Okay, well, these are just beautiful.

GUEST: Thank you.

APPRAISER: I love this style myself. This type of furniture design, mid-century modern, is one of the hottest areas right now. I mean, young people are buying it, furnishing their homes. It's very, very trendy.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Value on these, do you know? Do you have any idea?

GUEST: No idea.

APPRAISER: Well, this...

GUEST: More than $80, right?

APPRAISER: Okay, this one chair...

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: ...is $800 to $1,200.

GUEST: Oh my.

APPRAISER: So multiply that times four.

GUEST: Four. Yeah, great.

APPRAISER: And you have what? 40...