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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sedona, post: 10132576, member: 4438&quot;]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.&nbsp; This bar cart isn’t famous right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.&nbsp; That is, there are people looking to buy an attractive stained glass shade lamp, and others looking specifically for a Tiffany.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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