Featured 300 year old chairs completed auction

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  1. i need help

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    i need help, Aug 19, 2020
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  2. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Hmmm - next time I go to the ReStore.... (LOL)
     
    evelyb30, Aug 19, 2020
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  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Provenance is a wonderful thing.
     
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  4. Northern Lights Lodge

    Northern Lights Lodge Well-Known Member

    Isn't it though!
    Leslie
     
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  5. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    Château de Bagatelle :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
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  6. James Conrad

    James Conrad Well-Known Member

    Indeed, but in this case their original owner, brother of Louis 16th is what makes them so valuable.
     
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  7. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Yes, it's their known provenance tracing them back to the kid brother that makes them valuable in a way they would not be if of unknown origin. Provenance is a wonderful thing for making something highly valuable that would otherwise be ordinary.
     
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  8. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    Noice!
     
    gauntlettgems, Aug 21, 2020
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  9. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Bagatelle_(Seine)

    quite interesting story about the furniture.
    sadly, the English wiki version is "bidon".
    not clear when people write about Swiss collectors; might be a chiffre for a French that emigrated to save a bit of the family fortune; besides that there was always a strong bond between Paris and Switzerland, so it could well be that they were a bargain in succession of the Franco-Prussian war.
     
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