High – Low: Platner table
Okay, this really mystifies me. Would you pay a lot more for a knock off of one of the most iconic tables ever designed? If the answer is, “Well fer shure!,” see me for your medication immediately.
Exhibit A: Walter Platner’s ICONIC Coffee Table designed in the 1960′s. It retails at Hive Modern for $1,286 plus free shipping.
Exhibit B: Tonic Home’s Powell Coffee Table. It retails for $1,820 plus free shipping.
Hmm… Let’s see. So I can buy the real thing and save over $500? I think I’ve made up my mind. How about you?
5 Responses to “High – Low: Platner table”
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Posted by bronxelf on August 7th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I have no use for the colors in the knockoff unless I’m going to solder gears and clock parts to them. Feh.
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Posted by momsy on August 7th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Yikes. The knock off truly lacks the elegant lines of the original.
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Posted by nancy hulse on August 10th, 2009 at 11:17 am
This is amazing! I own the original and love it. The knock-off is ugly. Amazing they’re charging more for it.
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Posted by Annie, bossy color on August 11th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Oh, that is ridiculous! I used to wrestle w/ the whole knockoff concept, but if the knockoff is MORE expensive? No dilemma there! http://tinyurl.com/9wefaw
Plus the original has much better proportions…the symmetry of Tonic Homes’ version is ugly. To me.