I ran into a column written by a woman named Anne Gilbert. Anne is known as The Antique Detective, and her column appears in the publication ElmLeaves, which is part of the Sun-Times Group in the Chicago area. People send Anne photos of their antiques, in order to get her expert assessment of them.
This particular column contains some interesting pieces. There’s a desk that converts into a bed, c. 1916. There’s an Arts and Crafts table in the style of Gustav Stickley, which currently has little value because of its poor condition. But Anne reports that if it could be attributed to a specific maker like Stickley and then professionally refinished, it could fetch $5,000 at auction.
And for us? How about an antique Victorian parlor table, Renaissance revival, c. 1875. Excellent carvings. Shop value in the range of $800.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:31 am
I discovered a new website, http://www.valuemystuffnow.com, that provides antiques valuation online. You simply upload photographs and the experts get back to you very shortly.
It could be useful in that matter…