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Title: Roll-top Desk
Post by: debodun on September 09, 2013, 10:21:32 AM
I bought this roll-top desk from an elderly couple in 1972 and paid $100 for it. It also has a matching bookcase (the bookcase has sliding glass doors which I removed but are up in the attic), swivel chair and trash basket. I believe it to be oak. The desk top is 5'8" long and has a lot of wear on the top. What would be the value in today's money?
Title: Re: Roll-top Desk
Post by: bigwull on September 09, 2013, 10:41:26 AM
maybe if you cleared it of half of your house...we,d be better able to make an assesment ;D
Title: Re: Roll-top Desk
Post by: debodun on September 09, 2013, 11:10:49 AM
You should have seen it BEFORE I cleaned it off!
Title: Re: Roll-top Desk
Post by: bigwull on September 09, 2013, 11:19:43 AM
i know where you are coming from....i,m very minimilistic.....it s just a pity the same can,t be said about Avril...Aargh!!..you and her would make good friends.... ;D
Title: Re: Roll-top Desk
Post by: mart on September 09, 2013, 11:35:40 AM
That's one of the larger secretarial type units 50`s or 60`s !! May work to your advantage since there is so much space on it !! Would be a perfect crafting area with storage !! It is oak !!
Title: Re: Roll-top Desk
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on September 09, 2013, 11:42:46 AM
Here is some history on Standard Furniture Company: http://herkimer.nygenweb.net/herktown/stanfurniture.html (http://herkimer.nygenweb.net/herktown/stanfurniture.html)
Title: Re: Roll-top Desk
Post by: debodun on September 09, 2013, 02:41:08 PM
That's why the finish has some bare spots on the surface. I used it as a workbench for crafts and such years ago when I had the interest and ambition to do those things.
Title: Re: Roll-top Desk
Post by: cogar on September 09, 2013, 02:47:33 PM
Ise member Standard Furniture.

I lived and worked in the Village of Herkimer for several years.

And I said "Village of" cause dats its official name.

Cause there's also .... East Herkimer, Fort Herkimer, Town of Herkimer and Herkimer County. ;D ;D ;D

And that's my trivia for today. ::)