Piedmont folding chair

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Posted By: effe

Hi, I have the opportunity to pick up a Piedmont Cigarettes folding chair. The Piedmont ad is on the backrest. How much do these normally go for? Do I have to watch out for reproductions?

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Posted By: canjond

The back should have a double-sided blue porcelin (sp?) sign advertisement. make sure the porcelin is in good condition. Also, the chair was natural color - often these are re-painted. NICE condition ones sell for $400-$500. Very rarely have I seen them go higher. I've bought off condition ones for anywhere between $100-$300 before... Just my opinion.

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Posted By: effe

Thanks, looks like the one I'm looking at has been repainted.

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Posted By: Julie

Surely they're very rare...

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Posted By: jay behrens

I tossed one in the fire the other night because I was too lazy to go outside to get more wood.

Jay

I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil stuff. And I want in.

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Posted By: canjond

I don't know how other's feel but I don't think they are all too rare... I've owned probably 5 of them over the last couple years. Also, I think they pop up on eBay quite frequently. Again, my opinion but I just don't find them to be difficult to locate.

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Posted By: Gary B.

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Posted By: dennis

imagine how sought after they would be with pics of the cards on the add

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

I could be wrong but I thought that there were some reproductions made in the 80's. I could be wrong but for some reason when I saw the heading that is what came to mind.

Lee

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

Hi Lee
There were some repos done in the early 80's, but they are easy to spot, because they don't have the "Piedmont Cigarettes" writing down the side of the chair. I would place value around $250 for chairs in Excellent condition, and $150 or lower for chairs with damaged advertising panels.

Be well Brian

[Huck]

A local auction. I was thinking about bidding until I read here about repo's being made in the 1980's.

http://jlrauctions.rasmuscatalog.com...ctions97/10585

Another one:

http://jlrauctions.rasmuscatalog.com...ctions97/10445

Are the two chairs reproductions?

[Leon]

I am not a Peidmont chair guy but the description says the sign on the chair is porcelain. I can't imagine a repro being that expensive material but again, I am not a chair guy, except when sitting in them.

Originally Posted by biohazard

A local auction. I was thinking about bidding until I read here about repo's being made in the 1980's.

http://jlrauctions.rasmuscatalog.com...ctions97/10585

Another one:

http://jlrauctions.rasmuscatalog.com...ctions97/10445

Are the two chairs reproductions?

[autograf]

I have one and I feel pretty confident that both of those chairs are original. Not sure about the green paint job as I've not seen many with that look. Agree with Leon's comment about porcelain. My center piece on mine is porcelain and very nicely made. They must have made a LOT of them back in the day. Think I paid in the $100 +/- range for mine 10-15 years ago. It is pretty sturdy as well. Will hold me up...........

[vintagesportscollector]

They are inexpensive and can be used, as well as make a nice display. Here is mine, and it has the writing on the side.

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[Huck]

Thanks for the input!

[ksfarmboy]

I have four of these chairs. One had green paint on it but I stripped it off. It had the stenciled writing on the legs underneath the paint.