Danish postmodern
Architect Rodney Friedman and his wife, Shirley, sit at their dining room table on "wishbone" chairs by Danish
designer Hans Wegner they purchased 45 years ago while stationed with the Air Force in Germany.
Those chairs cost them about $14 apiece, which was still a chunk "when your salary was $200 a month," Friedman
said. It matters little to them that those chairs now cost $600 to $700 each or that their other famous Wegner
chair, the Model 19 or Papa Bear chair, goes up for bid on eBay at $2,000 to $3,000.
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