Oh yeah? Well here's a story about... oh crap. It's only one chair.

desertmouse: Oh yeah? Well here's a story about... oh crap. It's only one chair.

Here's a story about another chair, so that makes two chairs.

There is a definite zen to dumpster diving. I find great stuff frequently.

are they valuable? or just "important"?

So... How much are they worth? Or is this just a story about finding strange looking chairs by a dumpster?

Just what my house would need-two chairs from a dumpster that aren't comfortable to sit in.

Not trolling.
Just like most modern art it is ok but nothing special. Put out a piece quality 19th century furniture and it's gone in a second. Not that this is not nice but i'm not a fan of the "you have to learn to like it" mind set.

Plexo: i'm not a fan of the "you have to learn to like it" mind set.

That is pretty apparent from your post.

Learning is hard. It's easier to say silly stuff and think you are correct.

2 chairs, one butt.

well, at least no one would need help soonish with those chairs.


/yeah, i know it's already been referenced.

Two chairs in a dumpster
I know, I know
It's serious

Britney Spear's Speculum: 2 chairs, one butt.

Cheeky!

Please. The guy across the hall from me found the set for the Merv Griffin Show in the dumpster.

I'm upset about his pale short chunky legs.

/Was that necessary?
//Really?

AbbeySomeone: There is a definite zen to dumpster diving. I find great stuff frequently.

I totally agree. Just yesterday I found half a Big Mac and a large quantity of hair.

I guess it looks kinda similar to this.

La Fee Verte: I'm upset about his pale short chunky legs.

But are his knees sharp?

No shoes? Faaaaaaaabulous!

DarKrow: Please. The guy across the hall from me found the set for the Merv Griffin Show in the dumpster.

I snickered.

T.M.S.: Plexo: i'm not a fan of the "you have to learn to like it" mind set.

That is pretty apparent from your post.

Learning is hard. It's easier to say silly stuff and think you are correct.

Wow you are smug arn't you? A friend of mine made a chair out of fiberglass and paited it with neon flake panit. Very modern very cool he won several art shows and has gone on to make several more pieces. I would still rather have a Victorian peice in my home.
But hey, making stupid statements about education and taste seem to come easily to you so you have that going for you.

SpinStopper: Incidentally, I despise people who paint perfectly good wood ;)

TFA says those chairs are plywood. He could put contact paper on them for all I care.

Also, dude needs to put on some damn shoes.

I just can't sport wood over plywood chairs.

TFA left out the important part: how much are the chairs worth? Did this guy go dumpster diving for super-rare but essentially worthless furniture, or is his impulsive decision to turn around going to pay for his kids' college educations?

I don't understand why people simply throw away stuff in good condition. At least take it to a pawn shop or give it to a charity.

I love mid-century furniture, and those chairs are cool. Although they don't look very comfortable. Guess I would have to sit in them to find out.

Now I'm waiting for the follow-up story about how some couple is suing for the return of their precious chairs that were stolen from alongside the dumpster behind their house. Something about how they were moving, or just had a flooded basement and set the chairs out of the way, when some guy roared up in his car and snatched them.

GreatBunzinni: I don't understand why people simply throw away stuff in good condition. At least take it to a pawn shop or give it to a charity.

For not taking it to the pawn shop, probably lack of knowledge of the worth. For everything else (including not researching the worth) laziness.

AbbeySomeone: There is a definite zen to dumpster diving. I find great stuff frequently.

My wife used to dive a few dumpsters. Then her zen brought home a recliner. With a family of mice stowaways. I put my foot down ( on her,not the mice). Peanutbutter on a trap and it's snap snap squeal squeal.

SpinStopper: Paint them orange and they're like something out of Star Trek.

Incidentally, I despise people who paint perfectly good wood ;)

MrS stripped the kitchen cabinets to find Red Oak under several layers of hideous paint.
/100 year old farmhouse.

Nice. Probably worth the $500 fine if you get caught. At least I've seen those signs near the dumpsters behind some businesses around here. Don't know if its a city thing or a merchant thing or a combo of the two.

tillerman35: TFA left out the important part: how much are the chairs worth? Did this guy go dumpster diving for super-rare but essentially worthless furniture, or is his impulsive decision to turn around going to pay for his kids' college educations?

Not much I guess, here is a good condition one for $400:

http://boards.gomod.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2336007761/m/8282979907

Since these have been refinished I'm guessing they are a fraction of that price, and probably a smallish fraction at that.

trippdogg: AbbeySomeone: There is a definite zen to dumpster diving. I find great stuff frequently.

I totally agree. Just yesterday I found half a Big Mac and a large quantity of hair.

There is a joke about hamburgers and armpits. Really old and gross. :)

GreatBunzinni: I don't understand why people simply throw away stuff in good condition. At least take it to a pawn shop or give it to a charity.

Freecycle ftw

It is really a kick to rescue mid-century modern artifacts that nobody seems to recognize. You find it for like five bucks, and there is a picture of it in Dwell Magazine for hundreds, if not thousands.

Turbo Cojones: No shoes? Faaaaaaaabulous!

Fuuuuungas!

Hankie Fest: Plexo: T.M.S.: Plexo: i'm not a fan of the "you have to learn to like it" mind set.

That is pretty apparent from your post.

Learning is hard. It's easier to say silly stuff and think you are correct.

Wow you are smug arn't you? A friend of mine made a chair out of fiberglass and paited it with neon flake panit. Very modern very cool he won several art shows and has gone on to make several more pieces. I would still rather have a Victorian peice in my home.
But hey, making stupid statements about education and taste seem to come easily to you so you have that going for you.

INTERNET FIGHT! Popcorn!

Rip the biatches' tops off!! Let the boobies fly!!

Meh. They aren't Carl Farbmans.

Plexo: T.M.S.: Plexo: i'm not a fan of the "you have to learn to like it" mind set.

That is pretty apparent from your post.

Learning is hard. It's easier to say silly stuff and think you are correct.

Wow you are smug arn't you? A friend of mine made a chair out of fiberglass and paited it with neon flake panit. Very modern very cool he won several art shows and has gone on to make several more pieces. I would still rather have a Victorian peice in my home.
But hey, making stupid statements about education and taste seem to come easily to you so you have that going for you.

You aren't making yourself sound any smarter.

And I'm not talking about your inability to spell.

Just an FYI:

Whining about "Modern Art" makes you look stupid when it is obvious you have no idea what Modern Art is to begin with.

And the old "my friend, kid, grandmother" could do it better argument is not particularly effective when talking about world design.

I guess I can't edit a comment? Anyway, there is a pair of these on Ebay that has not sold with a $3,000 buy it now price, though it looks like they got a $2400 offer.

So it would be enough to make the house and utility payments for a month, but not enough for juniors freshman year.

That looks familiar. Where have I...




Oh yes.

Cute chairs, I'd dumpster dive them. But they are plywood.