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Title: Desk- Early 1900s Secretary?
Post by: jjohnson on June 03, 2006, 07:39:45 PM

Hello, I am curious about an antique desk that my father inherited from his grandmother.  Two antique dealers looked at the pictures I took of the desk and thought it might be a secretary anywhere from 1900 to 1940s.  Also, there is an inscription under where the two doors junction and it looks like "XU" or "XII".  I have searched all over the internet but I cannot find a desk that looks very similar- either the top matches or the bottom does but never both.  Here are pictures that I took-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo.../IMG_0727_2.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0727_2.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0728.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0728.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0729.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0729.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0731.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0731.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0733.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0733.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0734.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0734.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0735.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0735.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0736.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0736.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0737.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0737.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0738.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0738.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0739.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0739.jpg)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjo...00/IMG_0744.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/jjohnson_00/IMG_0744.jpg)

If anyone on these forums can tell me the time period it was made, what kind of desk it is, and its rough value I would be very grateful.

Title: Desk- Early 1900s Secretary?
Post by: Tim on June 03, 2006, 10:00:52 PM

It appears 1940 to me. Original finish, and at auction I would expect in the neighborhood of $350..............de pending on the auction of course....
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best...........Tim

Title: Desk- Early 1900s Secretary?
Post by: jjohnson on June 06, 2006, 04:00:28 PM

Thank you!  I hope I can find a dealer to take it off my hands.