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<p>[QUOTE="mark737, post: 3723405, member: 14894"]Your best indication of value is what others have sold for. Liveauctioneers and Ebay give you actual sold prices. I realize in my search yesterday I spelled it Kofoed, which did return many results, but searching under "Koefoed" and "Koefoeds" returned many more. Some were lower than $220/chair but some were as much as $300. Auction prices tend to be the low end of the range. so I'd say $200/chair is a reasonable baseline. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another good gauge is what private sellers are asking on sites like Craigslist and Facebook in your area. For example, the set of 7 pictured here is in Potomac for sale on Craigslist for $1800. They wouldn't go for that much in Texas, but DC is probably more comparable to NYC and San Francisco, price-wise. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a Danish furniture retail store in your area called Modern Mobler. They have a set of 6 for sale now for $4,875. So, that gives you an idea of what full retail is. Full retail in an expensive city like DC is typically 2 to 3 times private party prices. They do restoration work too, so you could contact them and ask how much they think the chairs are worth now and how much they'd be worth if you had them restored.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]312963[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mark737, post: 3723405, member: 14894"]Your best indication of value is what others have sold for. Liveauctioneers and Ebay give you actual sold prices. I realize in my search yesterday I spelled it Kofoed, which did return many results, but searching under "Koefoed" and "Koefoeds" returned many more. Some were lower than $220/chair but some were as much as $300. Auction prices tend to be the low end of the range. so I'd say $200/chair is a reasonable baseline. Another good gauge is what private sellers are asking on sites like Craigslist and Facebook in your area. For example, the set of 7 pictured here is in Potomac for sale on Craigslist for $1800. They wouldn't go for that much in Texas, but DC is probably more comparable to NYC and San Francisco, price-wise. There is a Danish furniture retail store in your area called Modern Mobler. They have a set of 6 for sale now for $4,875. So, that gives you an idea of what full retail is. Full retail in an expensive city like DC is typically 2 to 3 times private party prices. They do restoration work too, so you could contact them and ask how much they think the chairs are worth now and how much they'd be worth if you had them restored. [ATTACH=full]312963[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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