Lovejoy

I am sorry I must say something. I have passed over comment after comment of yours on these pages and I am really not trying to be rude but I find that the majority of your comments are at least confused at the members question and at most just incredibly incorrect and way off base. After reading this comment I am afraid I just finally had to say something. 

Lovejoy--where are you getting your information? Do you investigate what you are saying here AT ALL or just going from gut feelings because people are counting on your opinion and sellers can be losing hundreds or thousands of dollars because of one of your off handed uninvestigated comments. I know I just left another seller asking about some Drexel furniture, which above you say

That, that is like the complete opposite of true. Drexel is one of the most sought after collectable furniture companies in the world. Their Mid-Century Modern lines featuring such names as Kip Stewart and Stewart McDougall, John Van Koert (Profile) and THE name in Danish Design Ed Wormley (Precendent) are horded by collectors. These are the pieces colletors keep and don't re-sell. And I am not sure what you even mean about their pieces later being family heirlooms and  being the keeper of important information and how that is a forgein concept. because 1) family heirlooms are exactly what this furniture has become (have you Googled "Drexel" lately? Are you confusing them with Drexel Heritage? The later inception of  the company because it is different that Drexel furniture? 2) As any collector/appraiser will tell you Thank God Drexel has been the keeper of important information by numbering and cataloguing each piece they have created! When we turn something over and see that stencil we know HOURS of research work into a piece's lineage has just been eliminated for us and a quick Google of the name Drexel and the stenciled number will tell you  exactly what the piece is, who designed it and quite often a scan of the original catalogue it was premiered in.   I'm not even gonna try and understand how that is a foreign concept. Makes no sense. Drexel still does this because you do not know who is designing these pieces now and who may become the next Ed Wormley or Van Koert. Only time will tell and when it does Drexel will have the information to prove it. Its brilliant. I wish every company did that.

The last post I saw was for a Drexel Profile table and chairs by Van Koert in which you say

There are so many problems with that statement but the poor seller is only going to see $800 and try and get that. First: Stuff? Stuff? Do you see this amazing furniture as "stuff?" leading into my next amazed question "popular again?? Mid Century Modern is the one design era that never fell "out" The atomic design has been produced and collected since its inception which can not be said about any other design period all of which fell out of favor at some time only to come "back."

 "Originally it was patterned after Danish Modern Furniture produced after WWII and was all the rage in the 50s and 60s"   It wasn't patterned AFTER Danish Modern furniture it WAS Danish Modern. Yes some American designers were influenced by Danish designers but Danish Modern and Mid Century Modern co-existed and the terms are practically interchangeable.

   You use the word "Originally" here which leads me to think you may think the sellers item is a NEW piece reproduction by Drexel and not the original thing. Do you realize that this is not a reproduction he is selling so "originally" makes no sense here. One would just say "This furniture was made" not "originally this furniture was made" unless you thought this piece was not original.   It is.

  Lastly that one tiny devistating word you use--"Similiar" is a killer. "I have seen "similiar" pieces for $800."   Well I have seen similiar pieces for $200 and have one for sell right now. But when appraising something espcially a piece that has such a rich providence as this one "similiar" won't do. Its like standing next to a Van Gogh and saying "I have seen similiar paintings for $50,"  But is that what the worth of the Van Goigh is? Absolutely not. What you are leading this seller to believe would fetch $800 if he were to sell it. (I contacted him. He did for $700)  is currently on sale in Hollywood for $7200.00. The chairs alone are on 1st bid for $3800 and I have the sofa table and 4 chairs selling for $5500,  "Similiar" cost this man well over $3000 and since from the pictures I can tell it was pristine maybe even $6500. 

  I apologize if that came out too harsh but I just kept incountering statement after statement of yours and just wondering "Where is she getting this information?" And since many people Google items they are interested in in my shop to see other amounts the item has sold for when they come upon your random guess for a "similiar" table and chairs at $800 they are, to say the least. incredibly suspicious of my fully documented and correct collectors pricing. So PLEASE be careful what you are saying here. Your words have effects and right now they have cost and are costing people thousands of dollars. Thank you.