This thread is old, but I didn’t want to start a new one…
I just massively upgraded my poker room’s chairs and wanted to share this tip.
I was searching office furniture liquidators around New York and New England, and finally scored a set of nine vintage Herman Miller soft pad leather chairs on casters, including one tallbacked version for the dealer. (We play 8max.) These are chairs I’ve coveted for years.
The set was not cheap by poker standards. But the deal was insane, roughly 20% of typical market value. I could flip them immediately for a ~$10K profit, more if I weren’t in a hurry. Incredible.
The place where I found them is called Conklin in Holyoke, Mass.:
https://www.conklinoffice.com/products/seating/item_condition/preowned.html
They handle a high volume of used office furniture, both low, end, and high-end. I found them extremely professional to deal with, including them independently sorting through inventory to select the best ones they had. Shipping was easy and professional as well.
Note that the quantities on their site do not always reflect what they have on hand—sometimes they have more of an item, sometimes fewer.
I suggest calling them rather than emailing. I dealt with a guy named Randy but everyone there was super helpful and professional.
There are places like this all over the country. Commercial real estate is in decline in a lot of places, so there is tons of inventory. There is probably a similar outfit on your region if you’re not in the Northeast.