Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 1054700, member: 8363"]Update:  I heard back from Kindig Antiques - actually, from Joe Kindig who was cited in the provenance.  As you read this quote, the most meaningful parts in my mind are that when he owned the chair, the arm that was described in the auction as possibly replaced, was actually original.  Therefore, it was really worth far more than I paid for it.  The second point is that was from Philadelphia where both [USER=5066]@James Conrad[/USER] and [USER=738]@Darkwing Manor[/USER] had theorized it was from. Joe Kindig quote:"Well I got your email and don't feel I can add any more to it. I bought the chair from Alice Lewis in Easton along with a number of pieces including the pair of Baltimore eagle inlaid dining tables that I sold to Bill Frieling. The chair belonged to Mrs. Lewis and came down in the Vaux family of Philadelphia. It was not part of Reg's collection but there are pieces in the Blue book that belonged to her family although she had no interest in antiques. I felt there was nothing wrong with the chair but I  haven't looked at it in 45 years. I had it about ten years when Dan bought  it. You know what a beating we have taken over the past eight years. Last year the almost mint Philadelphia Queen Anne  Walnut chest on chest  in New York sold for $16,000  that they paid $110,000 for. I don't know what to say."[/QUOTE]