Harold Maloney: Actually, we'll find out for sure next week. We're auctioning it off. I don't imagine any of you will be bidding on it.
Captain Stottlemeyer: Well, where did you get it?
Julie: I'll tell you where they got it. They stole it from my grandmother's house.
Adrian Monk: She's right. Your cat ran away. You saw the flyer, and you went to their house looking for it, and that's where you saw the chair. You must have recognized it right away, but what could you do? You couldn't offer to buy it. They might have had it appraised, and that would have ruined everything.
Sharona: You couldn't steal it. The cops would have been looking for it. You'd never be able to sell it.
Adrian Monk: Then you had an idea. It was brilliant, really. You kidnapped Mrs. Parlo and carried her out of the house with the chair, made some ridiculous ransom demand, and then let her go. You figured anyone would be so relieved to have their nana back that they wouldn't even remember the missing chair.