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<p>[QUOTE="mark737, post: 4177631, member: 14894"][USER=20646]@SoCalSurfer[/USER] Also, you might be wondering about the name. The company was started by two men, Charles France (English) and Inger Daverkosen (Danish). When France's son joined the company in 1957, they changed the name to France and Son. The company was sold in 1964 to CADO. There is a company called France and Son operating today, selling reproduction pieces, but they have no relation to the original - they just co-opted the name.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as far as values go, auction results are typically at the low end. For example, the set of six that sold for $700 is a crazy low price. Retail prices in a nice shop tend to be about 2-3 times auction results. Online sellers on sites like Ebay, Etsy and Chairish are usually somewhere in between. I would check all of these to get a true picture of what they should sell for. And your chairs, with the woven backs and seats, are more desirable than most, so they should sell at the high end of the range.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mark737, post: 4177631, member: 14894"][USER=20646]@SoCalSurfer[/USER] Also, you might be wondering about the name. The company was started by two men, Charles France (English) and Inger Daverkosen (Danish). When France's son joined the company in 1957, they changed the name to France and Son. The company was sold in 1964 to CADO. There is a company called France and Son operating today, selling reproduction pieces, but they have no relation to the original - they just co-opted the name. And as far as values go, auction results are typically at the low end. For example, the set of six that sold for $700 is a crazy low price. Retail prices in a nice shop tend to be about 2-3 times auction results. Online sellers on sites like Ebay, Etsy and Chairish are usually somewhere in between. I would check all of these to get a true picture of what they should sell for. And your chairs, with the woven backs and seats, are more desirable than most, so they should sell at the high end of the range.[/QUOTE]
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