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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: js52766 on December 06, 2012, 03:29:17 PM
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Good evening all.
I have absolutely no idea about 1) antiques 2) furniture. I work in IT and am 25 years old so I am hoping someone could help me with a piece of furniture I have.
As you can see from the pictures its a side board. Its fairly chunky and carved.
Anyway, ill let the experts take a look and maybe you could tell me what you think?
Thanks in advanced for your time
Jason
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Oak..1940,s..the dark furniture market in the UK...is in the doldrums...at the moment...this sideboard has very little value...at auction...you,d be lucky to get £30....
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Looks like another eclectic sideboard with craftsman and Jacobean influences. Probably ca. 1940 or so and perhaps worth $200 more or less depending on location.
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Are you in the U.S.? or UK ?? Thats an odd one,, I have seen similarly styled pieces in the UK !! There is a glare on whats left of the label !!
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Guess we were all typing at once !! That mix was what I was thinking Ghopper !!
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Hi all thanks for you the prompt responses.
The sticker looks like someone has penned 1937 onto it.
Im in the UK, in Kent.
Here are some more pics
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Looks like another eclectic sideboard with craftsman and Jacobean influences. Probably ca. 1940 or so and perhaps worth $200 more or less depending on location.
If this sideboard is worth $200 in the US...then someone needs their head looking into... :D
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Are you in the U.S.? or UK ?? Thats an odd one,, I have seen similarly styled pieces in the UK !! There is a glare on whats left of the label !!
the clue is in the wording Mart...their always sideboards here... :D
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Many in the south call them sideboards here Wullie !! Farther north they turn into buffets !!
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So is it worth anything or is £30 my best bet? If its only worth that much then maybe ill just offer it to the British heart foundation
Thanks
Jason
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Are you in Dover??.... ;D...yours perhaps...or maybe its twin.... ;D
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-dark-oak-sideboard-/110985570556?pt=UK_Antiques_AntiqueFurniture_SM&hash=item19d74168fc
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Yeah thats the one. The wife was trying to sell i :D
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Just let it ride and see if you have bids !!
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I am further north and they are still sideboards. We also call some of them buffets and servers but I am not sure what the distinction is. I posted a Stickley one a while back. Did I call it a sideboard or a server or a buffet? Hmmmm. It was small and had no top so it was probably a server. Call them all bars and that works for me.
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I am further north and they are still sideboards. We also call some of them buffets and servers but I am not sure what the distinction is. I posted a Stickley one a while back. Did I call it a sideboard or a server or a buffet? Hmmmm. It was small and had no top so it was probably a server. Call them all bars and that works for me.
Can we assume,then...that these are the "bars" that do it for you.... ;D ;D ;D
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=english+bar&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=_9_BUImXNYephAeR8YDADw&ved=0CEgQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=651
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So 30 lbs. (don't have the proper currency sign on my keyboard) is about $50.00? Oh yes, he could do better than that in the U.S.
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30lbs=weight measurment....wrong ..............£30.GBP.....correct....i bought one very similar to this one...last night at an auction...it cost...£6 + 20% commission...i,ll be breaking it up for firewood later today,I broke up an Oak dining table last week...it was 7ft long...it cost £3..I got 4 days burning out of it....and we were very cosy.... :D
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I've found that people will more likely call them a "buffet" if it has a high "backboard" on it. Higher than say 6" or 8".
If I'm buying ..... I don't care what they call it. ;D ;D
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@Bigwull - I'll cross the pond to buy you a pint. Do they sell Bass there? McEwans? So many pubs, so little time.
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30lbs=weight measurment....wrong ..............£30.GBP.....correct....i bought one very similar to this one...last night at an auction...it cost...£6 + 20% commission...i,ll be breaking it up for firewood later today,I broke up an Oak dining table last week...it was 7ft long...it cost £3..I got 4 days burning out of it....and we were very cosy.... :D
Right.....as I said I don't have the GBP sign on my keyboard. Glad you're keeping warm anyway!
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That oak dining table if in good useable condition would have brought $500. here in my area !!
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So 30 lbs. (don't have the proper currency sign on my keyboard) is about $50.00? Oh yes, he could do better than that in the U.S.
(If you go to the "Character Map" on your computer, you can find the ££££££££££ mark...along with a few hundred others.)
Back to the sideboard: Even in my area, a "Gründerzeit" influenced design like this would probably be sitting in a shop priced at $400+.
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So 30 lbs. (don't have the proper currency sign on my keyboard) is about $50.00? Oh yes, he could do better than that in the U.S.
(If you go to the "Character Map" on your computer, you can find the ££££££££££ mark...along with a few hundred others.)
Back to the sideboard: Even in my area, a "Gründerzeit" influenced design like this would probably be sitting in a shop priced at $400+.
Wellsir I'm on my kindle so I don't know about how to find such a map... ;D
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Too darn much trouble to look for me !!
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...Wellsir I'm on my kindle so I don't know about how to find such a map... ;D
Ahha...You're smarter than I am if you can run a Kindle. ;) I gave mine away when I got an Ipad for Christmas (which it's beginning to look like today, with our first snow of the season).
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30lbs=weight measurment....wrong ..............£30.GBP.....correct....i bought one very similar to this one...last night at an auction...it cost...£6 + 20% commission...i,ll be breaking it up for firewood later today,I broke up an Oak dining table last week...it was 7ft long...it cost £3..I got 4 days burning out of it....and we were very cosy.... :D
Right.....as I said I don't have the GBP sign on my keyboard. Glad you're keeping warm anyway!
Lucky for me that I,ve got an American keyboard...it was a bit confusing at the start when I could,nt find the @ symbol...it was on the number 2 key...but i have the $ sign...
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@Bigwull - I'll cross the pond to buy you a pint. Do they sell Bass there? McEwans? So many pubs, so little time.
Yes we have McEwans.Heavy ale..then there,s Special..then we have 80shilling...90shil ling...these are cask conditioned ales..served at the cellar temp.these are all around 4% by vol...we also have Tennants, lager, Skol, and a lot of imported beers...i prefer Stella Artois..@5.2%...you can get Skol special ale..@ 10.5%vol....but its a bit too heavy....
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That oak dining table if in good useable condition would have brought $500. here in my area !!
At auctions here Mart...big dark pieces are just not selling...I.m going to an auction tomorrow...and i can guarantee i,ll fill my van with oak tables/chairs,beech,pine,..for less than £50...and it,ll keep me in firewood for a month...here,s an example of one on ebay at the moment...the one i chopped up was similar...this one here might fetch £20 ..if its lucky...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Extending-Oak-Dining-Table-/281034115478?pt=UK_Antiques_AntiqueFurniture_SM&hash=item416ef04996
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So the conclusion is that its worth different amounts in different countries....
Anyone wanna buy its from me?
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You have got to be kidding ??? Its a little darker and chunkier than what you find here but would still sell easily here !!
Sorry but shipping to U.S would cost a small fortune !!
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So the conclusion is that its worth different amounts in different countries....
Anyone wanna buy its from me?
Its been a known fact for years..if you can,t sell anything here..just send it to America...they buy anything.... : ;D ;D ;D