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Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke.
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RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke.
(September 22, 2017 at 6:29 am)Brian37 Wrote:
(September 21, 2017 at 10:40 am)popeyespappy Wrote: As the old saying goes, "There's a sucker born every minute." Maybe you will get lucky and find one.

I am not going to sit here and tell you your stuff isn't worth what you think it is. You haven't given us enough to go on for that kind of assessment. What kind of wood? What kind shape is it in? Has it ever been refinished? How old is it? Who made it? Where was it made? What style is it? How big is it? The answers to all these questions help determine value. And yes, supply and demand is part of the equation too. I can buy a nice antique library desk off eBay for hundreds as opposed to thousands all day long. I can buy a new solid cherry Amish made Breckenridge writing desk retail for a little more than a thousand. I can drive 30 miles north of here and have one made for less than than that. So can most other people. Someone is really going to have to want yours to pay what you want. That's where PT Barnum comes into play.

Just knock it off. I am not trying to "sucker" anyone. I said REPEATEDLY that the furniture is QUALITY and has been in my family long before I was adopted. It is REAL WOOD, no it has never been refinished, it is in excellent shape.

And everyone else have said repeatedly that quality means nothing.  Unless your family contains major celebrities, notable royalty, or close relatives of Hitler, it having been in your family means nothing.  Real wood means nothing.  Its shape means nothing.

Its value is largely defined by how much a comparable piece can be obtained on the market, not any abstract attribute it has or how much you think it is worth.

A person who will pay you a higher price because you think it is worth more than the market is the very definition of sucker.

You may find one, I wish you luck.
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Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 20, 2017 at 2:59 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Athene - September 20, 2017 at 4:27 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 20, 2017 at 4:58 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Athene - September 20, 2017 at 5:38 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 21, 2017 at 7:26 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by chimp3 - September 20, 2017 at 5:39 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by brewer - September 20, 2017 at 6:36 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by vorlon13 - September 20, 2017 at 8:04 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by chimp3 - September 20, 2017 at 8:17 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Athene - September 20, 2017 at 10:42 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Athene - September 21, 2017 at 2:22 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Athene - September 21, 2017 at 6:40 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Anomalocaris - September 20, 2017 at 10:12 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 21, 2017 at 8:32 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by popeyespappy - September 21, 2017 at 10:40 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 22, 2017 at 6:29 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Anomalocaris - September 22, 2017 at 6:44 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Anomalocaris - September 21, 2017 at 10:54 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by vorlon13 - September 21, 2017 at 12:05 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by ignoramus - September 21, 2017 at 3:19 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by mlmooney89 - September 21, 2017 at 9:40 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 21, 2017 at 10:12 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by mlmooney89 - September 21, 2017 at 10:45 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Godscreated - September 21, 2017 at 10:31 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 22, 2017 at 7:01 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 22, 2017 at 8:18 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Godscreated - September 25, 2017 at 1:49 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Joods - September 25, 2017 at 6:55 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 25, 2017 at 7:53 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Brian37 - September 25, 2017 at 9:12 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by popeyespappy - September 25, 2017 at 10:31 am
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Godscreated - September 25, 2017 at 4:49 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Godscreated - September 26, 2017 at 2:42 pm
RE: Antique furniture appraiser blowing smoke. - by Silver - September 25, 2017 at 8:38 am

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