Nice find, Jacon.
That woman actually lives in Columbia, Missouri. I sat in one of those parlor chairs, and they ARE amazing! I know her pretty well; she's got a beautiful collection, an interest that her (patient) husband does not share. Her tales of her husband having a cow are many, but truth be told she's usually pretty good about getting high end stuff for amazingly low prices.
Getting back to my chair, it needs no restoration. The price for which I got it was "very good," according to people in the room and the auctioneer himself. It's now attributed to Pottier and Stymus "with confidence," which is about as good as an unsigned item gets. The prices that Mart mentioned further back in the thread are the same ones I'm hearing for P & S stuff, so I'm thinking about $1K to get another one (a virtual impossibility) and maybe $1.5K for insurance. Yep, I know chairs are often worth less than they appear to be, but like my friend in Columbia, the ultimate joy is living around this stuff every day.
Lets hope that KC is right, and what's now in the basement regarding value rises again, preferably in my lifetime.
