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peter stock...
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:16 am
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I am constantly coming across design objects -- furniture, housewares,
cameras, etc. -- that I think are beautiful but which I cannot
identify.

Like right now I am sitting on a pair of Steelcase 70s armchairs but I
cannot find a model number or any reference for them anywhere. Who
designed them? when were they issued? why are they no longer
available? do they have any value?

does anyone know of a site where you could submit a photo of
something for identification? There is usually someone out there who
has seen almost everything.

Peter
Nancy2...
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:02 am
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On Jul 9, 2:16 pm, peter stock <midtow... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote:
I am constantly coming across design objects -- furniture, housewares,
cameras, etc. -- that I think are beautiful but which I cannot
identify.

Like right now I am sitting on a pair of Steelcase 70s armchairs but I
cannot find a model number or any reference for them anywhere. Who
designed them? when were they issued? why are they no longer
available? do they have any value?

does anyone know of a site where you could submit a photo of
something  for identification? There is usually someone out there who
has seen almost everything.

Peter

I can't imagine anyone going overboard looking for information on
Steelcase. They're still in business - find an address and ask them.
I doubt the chairs have any value, other than household auction or
garage sale value. I also doubt that any designer's name was ever
attached to them. I know their current lines don't have designers'
names, that I can find or that I've seen. I'm sitting in a fairly new
expensive office executive chair right now, and there was nothing on
the hang tag like that.

N.
Andy Dingley...
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:52 pm
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:02:12 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2 <nancy-dooley at (no spam) uiowa.edu>
wrote:

Quote:
I can't imagine anyone going overboard looking for information on
Steelcase. They're still in business - find an address and ask them.
I doubt the chairs have any value, other than household auction or
garage sale value.

Think again. _Some_ Steelcase pieces are collected.

Quote:
I also doubt that any designer's name was ever
attached to them.

And again
Nancy2...
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:02 am
Guest
On Jul 10, 5:52 pm, Andy Dingley <ding... at (no spam) codesmiths.com> wrote:
Quote:
On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:02:12 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2 <nancy-doo... at (no spam) uiowa.edu
wrote:

I can't imagine anyone going overboard looking for information on
Steelcase. They're still in business - find an address and ask them.
I doubt the chairs have any value, other than household auction or
garage sale value.

Think again. _Some_ Steelcase pieces are collected.

I also doubt that any designer's name was ever
attached to them.

And again

I was posting from my experience working in/with Steelcase furniture
for over 4 decades. Pardon me.

In any event, the OP should still just ask Steelcase.

N.
 
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