Appraisal: Knoll Platner Chair, ca. 1980
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Appraisal: Knoll Platner Chair, ca. 1980
Check out Leslie Keno's appraisal of a Knoll Platner chair, ca. 1980, in Vintage Dallas, Hour 1.
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Appraisal: Knoll Platner Chair, ca. 1980
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Check out Leslie Keno's appraisal of a Knoll Platner chair, ca. 1980, in Vintage Dallas, Hour 1.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: 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...
GUEST: (laughing): That's not bad.
APPRAISER: (laughing): Not bad?
GUEST: Yeah, I'll take that.
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 1m | Appraisal: 1812 Gouache & Watercolor Sampler (1m)
Appraisal: 1862 Sharps & Hankins Rifle Serial No. 1
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 3m 15s | Appraisal: 1862 Sharps & Hankins Rifle (3m 15s)
Appraisal: 1877 Japanese Imari Charger
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 2m 22s | Appraisal: 1877 Japanese Imari Charger (2m 22s)
Appraisal: 1884 Salvatore Pagano Rocking Chair
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 1m 41s | Appraisal: 1884 Salvatore Pagano Rocking Chair (1m 41s)
Appraisal: 1897 Presentation LeCoultre Chronograph & Box
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 3m 6s | Appraisal: 1897 Presentation LeCoultre Chronograph & Box (3m 6s)
Appraisal: 1910 Samuel Halpert "The Studio Interior" Oil
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 2m 58s | Appraisal: Samuel Halpert "The Studio Interior" Oil, ca. 1910 (2m 58s)
Appraisal: 1944 Signed Winston Churchill Photograph
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 1m 11s | Appraisal: 1944 Signed Winston Churchill Photograph (1m 11s)
Appraisal: Beggs Steam Train Set, ca. 1885
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 3m 43s | Appraisal: Beggs Steam Train Set, ca. 1885 (3m 43s)
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 2m 49s | Appraisal: Billy Haines Dining Table, ca. 1953 (2m 49s)
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 3m 6s | Appraisal: Cleveland Cycles Poster, ca. 1895 (3m 6s)
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 2m 59s | Appraisal: Clyde Milan Scrapbook & Cleveland Baseball Petition (2m 59s)
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 1m 21s | Appraisal: E. Howard & Co. No. 1 Regulator, ca. 1870 (1m 21s)
Appraisal: Frances H. Burnett Archive, ca. 1888
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 3m 42s | Appraisal: Frances H. Burnett Archive, ca. 1888 (3m 42s)
Appraisal: Miniature Hebrew Bible, ca. 1850
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 2m 9s | Appraisal: Miniature Hebrew Bible, ca. 1850 (2m 9s)
Appraisal: Shoami Katsuyoshi Mixed-metal Group, ca. 1890
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 2m 47s | Appraisal: Shoami Katsuyoshi Mixed-metal Group, ca. 1890 (2m 47s)
Appraisal: Tiffany Cypriote Glass Vase, ca. 1926
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: Tiffany Cypriote Glass Vase, ca. 1926 (3m 1s)
Appraisal: Turned Ash Burl Bowl, ca. 1820
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: Turned Ash Burl Bowl, ca. 1820 (3m 1s)
Appraisal: William H. D. Koerner Oil Illustration, ca. 1935
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Clip: S27 Ep20 | 3m 8s | Appraisal: William H. D. Koerner Oil Illustration, ca. 1935 (3m 8s)
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