This was the second appearance for these chairs. They had failed to sell when they were offered last fall. There seems to be plenty of material out there. Auctioneers can pick and choose what they will include, knowing that condition is an important factor. They are careful not to flood the market with too many of these manufactured pieces.
Collectors seem willing to wait for the piece in pristine condition.
Rago and Sollo have scheduled their next live sale of modern design for October 22. Peter Loughrey's sale of 104 lots of Charles and Ray Eames designs, held in Los Angeles on July 9, was the last but not the least of the spring postwar design sales. It was held two weeks after a traveling Eames exhibition opened in L.A., and Loughrey seemed to have no trouble selling Eames pieces for record prices. Back then, a lot of people were buying good iconic examples. In the market now, it's the exceptional examples that do well.