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Title: What value...This?
Post by: bigwull on April 16, 2013, 03:03:37 AM

Hi, all, what value, for this, its a walnut veneered Ladies Wardrobe,circa 1940/50,s..it measures.6.6ft high x 3ft wide x 1.6ft deep,...in very good condition...Oops... minature pics...damn..comput ers...

Title: Re: What value...This?
Post by: bigwull on April 16, 2013, 05:28:40 AM

Another,much cheapness...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400460781789?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Title: Re: What value...This?
Post by: ghopper1924 on April 16, 2013, 06:10:19 AM

Beautifil matchwork. If I need an armoire in the near future I should probably just get on a plane for a buying trip.

Title: Re: What value...This?
Post by: bigwull on April 16, 2013, 06:28:42 AM

I did,nt think it was going to make that much...they also had a sideboard...similar condition,and same era...it went for £5.60..or $8.10..its nuts over here....now you,ll maybe begin to understand why I,m burning so much...its cheaper than buying firewood...for kindling..a 10kg of kindling,can cost $7.50..and it,ll only last me for a week,..whereas, buying a dining table and 4/6 chairs, for $15/20...i can get a month or more, if i use it for kindling...

Title: Re: What value...This?
Post by: KC on April 16, 2013, 12:07:26 PM

It is was worthwhile ($ shipping/handling) I would so go over to Wullie's Neck-of-the-woods and ship back a boat load of furniture!!

Title: Re: What value...This?
Post by: bigwull on April 16, 2013, 12:32:15 PM

It used to be very profitable..especia lly during the boom time in the oil Industry in Aberdeen,..a guy I worked with came from Wyoming.he was a driller,..the company we worked for..Sedco,..allowed its American employees, 1 x 40cubic metre container,per 6 months.....this guy used to fill them with old British motorcycles...and ship them back to Wyoming..but other guys used to fill them with antiques...but now the cost of a container is horrendous...

Title: Re: What value...This?
Post by: Rauville on April 17, 2013, 07:05:09 AM

I remember back in the early 70's I looked into buying a container from the UK. At that time they came in different grades of quality, from grade 5 (lowest) to grade 1 (highest). Prices for a good sized container started at about $3000 up to $20K for the high end model, delivered to a port of entry.
A number of dealers ended up with those lower end container loads filling up their shops. I instead, spent my time buying inventory at farm auctions...one piece at a time. :P

Title: Re: What value...This?
Post by: mart on April 17, 2013, 07:31:40 PM

I bought a bunch of those antiques Rauville !!  Not by container but by the piece !!  Used to be a dip stripping shop in a nearby town !!  I made sure I got there soon after the containers arrived and before the good stuff got vatted  !!