seeking info on 1920s "portable bar"

I've never seen these before - beautiful!

 

I acknowledge that this may be a dumb question, but why would this in particular fetch a premium price? There are many other bar carts of this era (my neighbors have a beautiful cart in their living room of an unknown brand), this one doesn’t seem to have any particularly distinctive aesthetic or functional features, and it’s not a known “brand name.” Perhaps if the characters in the “Thin Man” movie specifically referred to this brand of bar cart, that would be one thing. This bar cart isn’t famous right now.

To contrast, expensive cars of that era, such as a Cord or a Deusenberg, were known then to be glamorous and expensive, not just by “those in the know,” but the general public.

The super expensive KUBA Komet televisions of the 1950s also come to mind…that Kuba has an incredible design that resonated then and still does now.

Likewise, the iconic Eames Lounge Chair was famous when it was launched. Its designers, Charles and Ray Eames, were already well-regarded, and even today are famous independent of this one chair. Indeed, their landmark house is one of the Case Study Houses. Although the chair continues to be manufactured today (my in laws had one), people are always “on the hunt” for a vintage 1950s example.

I do like it, but I don’t know if the market of people looking for a bar cart of this era is specifically looking for one of these, as opposed to any attractive example in good condition. That is, there are people looking to buy an attractive stained glass shade lamp, and others looking specifically for a Tiffany.

 

Well I certainly hope that if one of these ever comes to light and I hear about it, it does *not* fetch a premium, because I would like to be able to buy it and still have some money left over to buy some liquor for the party to celebrate the launch of my book about Baker...My real questions are not, of course, about the value of the piece (I know its value to me!), only whether it exists/is likely to exist and, secondarily, where it might have been manufactured and how many might have originally been produced. Incidentally/relatedly, Baker's first cookbook (a 2-volume set called "The Gentleman's Companion") was initially produced in a limited edition of 1250, with each copy numbered. First editions are not super-easy to find, but also not super-difficult, and while they are expensive (I think mine cost $350), they're not *that* expensive as rare books go, and sometimes (as with one currently listed for $1200+ on eBay) they are obviously over-priced. Baker is definitely a niche interest and I doubt even a book about him will do much to change that, which suits me fine!

 

It was designed by someone famous for their food and cocktails. There also seems to be enough interest in it for people to write about it and to try and come up with a facsimile. It is, assuredly, a niche market and the sale of such could go virtually unoticed. On the other hand, as I said above with the proper promotion, it could bring a nice premium.