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Antique Furniture? My grandmother passed away and we are selling some of her furniture. Is there a website that I can go look at to find what range of price we should put on the furniture? We have an old bedroom dresser, dresser with mirror, living room furniture, etc. Thanks for the help!! tommytune79 replied: "I'm not sure of websites, but a quick search engine search will point you toward those resources. I recommend asking a local antiques dealer or estate sale specialist to come and consult. You will probably pay them a commission of 20-30% but they will ensure that you get top dollar for the items that way." Where is the best place to sell some antique furniture? I have some matching antique furniture. Where is the best place to sell it? A consignment shop? Advertise it? I don't know. lillymypup replied: "Maybe at a Craft Show or something like a Hobby Shop."
illyria6167 replied: "Try antique stores but I would try ebay because all the other places won't give you what it is worth because they will resell it for a higher price and you will lose money."
randal z replied: "Wherever you sell it check around as to prices. Don't sell it too cheap. Look, my grandparents had a pantry cupboard just outside the kitchen. Two, in fact, and my mother and one of my aunts sold them for a few hundred each when they were well worth at least a thousand apiece. They got ripped off out of ignorance. Study up. You can advertise in the paper. Antique shops, if they take assignments, often will price too high and after awhile if you take a lower price, or sell to them they will mark it up. They will take you for a ride. Better to sell yourself if you can, that is unless you know someone you trust who can sell it for you and do better. Ask around and check the Internet for the value and going prices for similar items."
Bare B replied: "Check your Yellow Pages for auction companies. Find one that is familiar with antiques, and see if they will sell the furniture for you on a consignment basis. They will charge you a percentage of the selling price.
For this percentage, they will advertise your pieces to get buyers on site the day of the auction. They also should have a good idea of what your item should sell for.
If there are two bidders who want your items, who knows what they will sell for, but I do guarantee that they will sell to the highest bidder. Antique dealers attend auctions all the time to buy antiques to resell.
Unless you know what your furniture is worth, or want do a lot of research to find out, I think an auction is the way to go
If you take it to an antique dealer, he will try to buy it as cheaply as he can to maximize his profit. An auctioneer is going to sell it for as much as he can to maximize his percentage of commission."
angela R replied: "The best place to sell is Craigslist....I had antique furniture and I sold all of it on this website....Its free~!" How can I treat antique furniture for bugs? We bought an antique bookcase and later discovered it has bugs in it. They are eating the wood and leaving little piles of sawdust. They are very small and brown with little wings - they sort of resemble weevils. (I do not think they are termites.)
How do we kill them? Do we have to get rid of the bookcase? And, are we in danger of them spreading to other pieces of furniture or our hardwood floors?
Please help! Thanks. David K replied: "cover it with a tarp and use a fogger. lots of options there. I'd use a "no mess" type. still I'd wipe it down with Murphy's Oil Soap after."
woodie2007 replied: "The problem you have resembles woodworm, if there is powder dust from tiny holes, this is from the larvae and then they migrate through your entire house if not treated quickly allegedly. I would treat the suspect item with a proprietary woodworm treatment, or get rid quickly before infestation occurs." How would I go about selling antique furniture to make sure I don't get taken? I have some very very nice, valuable antique furniture and I don't want to just give it away. I need to find the correct buyer. walyank replied: "If you're talking about serious antiques, get an appraiser.
If you're talking about older furniture, go around to antique stores and see what they ask for similar things. Don't check on the web unless you're going to sell on the web. Your local market is different from mine...
Auctions can be a good way too but you have to know who the buyers are. An antique dealer will usually not pay more than 50% of what he can sell for. You also have to realize that sometimes things go for much lower than they should...
I just sold an older oak desk for $100 dollars. I had paid $1 for it. The auctioneer had forgotten the desk and put it up for bid at the very end when people where already lining up to pay, plus it was big and a lot of people didn't have the room to take it. I just took a chance thinking at worst I would have to come back and pick it up the next day. It turned out the whole thing came apart with about 16 screws...
Pricing antiques can take some time. There's quite a bit to learn but it can be fun too.
Hope this helps."
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i hope this can help" What is the difference between Duncan Pfife and Duncan Phyfe antique furniture? What is the difference between Duncan Pfife and Duncan Phyfe antique furniture? Is one worth more than the other? I'm looking a drop leaf table in great condition, but I know nothing about antiques. The tag says Duncan Pfife, but on ebay I only see Duncan Phyfe. Is there a difference? Thanks in advance. mliz55 replied: "Sorry to say, the difference is in the spelling only. You might want to do a little more research, in case the table is faux, and purposely mispelled." Can you identify the style of antique furniture from a description of the back and legs of the chairs? I have a matching antique dining set and I want to identify the style/period of the furniture. The back of the chairs is similar to Queen Anne however, the legs are turned and straight (plumb from the corner of the seat to the floor) not carved or cabriolet. There is a lot of detail in the turning (wide, narrow, beads above globe and urn shapes with concave cutouts running vertically to the leg). The top of the legs are square as is the point where the cross bracing attaches to the leg. Sorry I am not familiar with antique terminology. Can anyone identify this style (I can provide photos) or point me to an easy to use visual reference? JB26 replied: "Try this website. They have descriptions of all furniture styles.
" Do you think refinishing antique furniture could be profitable? I enjoy buying secondhand furniture from garage sales and charity shops and refinishing the wood or upholstery to then use in my own home. I think I do it well enough to be able to sell pieces but I'm not sure if it's a worthwhile hobby or if it would be a waste of money to do more pieces than I need for myself. Any thoughts? Would you ever buy used/antique furniture for your own home? Michael replied: "I do, but I refinish them myself. I've thought about doing the same thing your proposing. If you had a large area to work and ways to set up an assembly line type of deal, I think it might be profitable. By assembly line I mean including a stripping tank and a paint booth so pieces can be done quickly. It is such a detail oriented, time consuming process I don't see how money could be made otherwise."
pcbeachrat replied: "I am a 37 year experienced painter(retired now) and also did alot of restoring and refinishing furniture in a small shop of mine (20x20)..It can be well profitable but with refinishing, never give A "straight price" for A job and offer services by the hours spent on the project. Some finishes will come right off with one application of stripper, when others may take 5 or 6 applications, thus costing more in materials and labor. I have lost some money on A few projects when I first started the buisiness from a "straight price" method, and yet made alot on them too. I ended up converting to strictly Hourly, kept tags on each piece of furniture that recorded the time spent and date etc...Some finishes and stripping could take a few days due to drying times, working times, detailed trims etc.Some small steps may take only 20 or 30 minuates at a time so you record each time it is worked on.Keep in mind if you ever get set up big enough to have a dipping tank for strippers that you can literaly dip the whole piece of furniture in it and let soak in stripper, that afterwards dismantling it may be required due to the stripper eating at the glues in the dowel joints etcetera and making the piece wobbly.When I dipped furniture like that I always let the customer aware that I would have to replace all dowels and specialty joints with wood glue on them..insert new dowels and reglue, so they will expect the cost to be quite high, but yet honest hourly and recorded. Never dip a piece of furniture and not replace dowels and glued areas or you will end up with some unhappy customers about a month after thier piece of furniture starts to wobble or fall apart. Alot of people strip furniture, redo it and do not replace dowels and glue, only to find thier new pretty finished desk falling apart"
TED5165 replied: "My Mom has a small business doing exactly what you're talking about and she rarely has a problem selling the finished pieces. We have a couple of pieces she did in our house. Good luck."
Susan replied: "I do. But as someone who has done exactly what you're doing, I enede up selling my pieces at a market in our home town every weekend. This did well, but I had to man the stall while I could have been refinishing more furniture. For a one man band, this is very labor intensive for not much reward. But I think that if you could at least get the preparation work done by someone else (sanding etc.) than you may be able to do it bette. Otherwise, if you enjoy it, just do it...carefully pick pieces that are appealing to the public and get an outlet without overheads...a friend's shop, a coffee place, anywhere that will let you display a couple of pieces and some business cards. Storing the finished furniture is another problem!!"
shawnd518 replied: "Very." does anyone know who buys antique furniture in ohio? i have antique furniture i would like to sell to dealer not auction in ohio any names? sphynxcats3 replied: "what do you have? I buy furniture from time to time"
nate o replied: "Bolin Antiques in Lancaster ohio" I want to order antique furniture from the internet but i dont know from where? i want to buy some antique furniture from the internet but i dont know any good trustful sites.. i'v found this site and i liked it sooo much.. but i dont know if its save and trustful.. so if anyone know any gooooooood sites for antique furniture please help me. thanx ebaz1358 replied: "http://www.faccents.com/gallery.html"
D replied: "talk to an antiques dealer and look for estates sales... buying on line just opens the door for fakes..." What amounts to Antique Furniture in law? Can you please define what antique furniture is? and how old the furniture needs to be in order for it to be classified as antique? I was told that 100 years no longer applies! However i am not sure therefore, if anyone does have a clue I would really appreciate your answers. Bomber1961 replied: "i thought it was 50 years"
Karma Police replied: "The age factor is subjective: general antique stores label objects 50 years or older as antiques. Fine antique dealers consider objects 150 years and older to be antique.In the East, an antique is Queen Anne or earlier; in the West, it's any piece of furniture that came across the mountains in a wagon. A southern antique is a piece made before the Civil War."
wizjp replied: "Most states have no legal "definition". It's not a term in law.
50 years is considered antique for cars in some states; 25 in others.
100 years for furniture in some areas; 50 in others."
open4one replied: "The word "antique" does not appear in my 1991 edition of Black's Law Dictionary (perhaps it is an antique itself).
In the absence of a statute defining "antique furniture", I'd say "anything no longer in production" is probably a good start."
Croxx replied: "I was in Customs & Excise in the early 90's. Then it was a hundred years.
There are many loop holes though. Original art work - it a good excise avoider!"
Doethineb replied: "As far as I have been able to discover, it is still furniture which is over 100 years old which qualifies for the description "antique" in the UK, where we are used to old things. In younger cultures, the term might be more loosely applied to objects which we might be disposed to describe as "vintage"."
Mark replied: "There is some uncertainty as to the definition of "antique." I thought it was almost always intended to be more than 50 years old.
People need to be careful about certain furniture reproductions. My grandfather used to know a guy who bought lumber from old barns that were being torn down, and he made "antique" furniture from the wood. He would "embellish" his sales pitch by saying "this wood is more than 80 years old." The wood was, but the furniture was less than a year old." |
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