Any antique furniture experts here?

marty

marty

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Marty's got a table. History - I am 64. When I was about 2. My parents bought a big 3 story house in Philadelphia. We lived on the first floor. Top 2 floors were apartments. Some of the apartments shared a bathroom in the hall. This house was really big. There was a big room in the back with gargoyles in the corners and a fireplace with a moose head above it. Remember parts of the house were constructed from stone.

My father found different parts of this table in different parts of the house. It was painted green. He removed the green paint and refinished it. Table is now in my shop. I am cleaning out the shop. This table needs a big house to live in. I have no where to put it. Want to sell it.

24 pictures here in a Web Photo Gallery I made.


What is it worth?

Shipping would require crates, forklift. Table is heavy.

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NOTE TO MODERATORS - PLEASE DO NOT MOVE THIS THREAD TO THE [Items for Sale - Used] AREA BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A ASKING PRICE.
 
I'm not an expert, but have some antique furniture. The big pieces that don't easily fit in modern houses are not in demand. My most valuable piece is a 60 year-old redwood burl coffee table.
 
Nice table. I know nothing.
Except about lightning wood, and I thought my friend's dad was crazy, but found out he was absolutely not.
They sell that stuff for bookoo bucks.
They do it like my family used to do the cedar planks, but it is most expensive furniture.
Because it's lightning wood.
The internet does not know much.
America does not know much about this, but lightning wood is in high demand.
Some people in America do.
 
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Agree. Stairs are sketchy. Idiot who built stairs put a extra stair at the top. Common mistake with retarded stair builders. Fat people have walked on stairs. Stairs are safe.
 
10 day eBay listing, Start time: Dec 31, 2025 01:00:01 PM PST. If I figure this out correctly? Ad will end on a Saturday at 4:00 Eastern Time. My thinking is every antique dealer on this side of the Mississippi will be bidding Saturday at 4:00 PM.

Planing on placing a Facebook Marketplace ad directing people to the eBay ad on Wednesday when it starts. Any other websites to sell antiques?

How do these words look?

Item description from the seller

54" Round. Extends to 120" long with 6 leafs. Table extension slides work perfectly. This antique table is old.

Shipping available to anywhere on planet earth. Please contact for price. Table is heavy.

Bidding starts at $1,000

Think that selling heavy furniture is tough. Think most things are worth $100 and It costs $200 for 2 guys and a truck to move it.
 
Risky Rob said:
The big pieces that don't easily fit in modern houses are not in demand.
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Found the house where I grew up eating and breathing lead paint dust! Seems changed around? What happened to all the apartments upstairs? Remember one girl lived in a closet. Basement was spooky. Where is the giant garage? It probably rotted to nothing. Moose head is gone.

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Marty's got a new program to play with.

IrfanView - Official Homepage - One of the Most Popular Viewers Worldwide

IrfanView ... one of the most popular viewers worldwide.
www.irfanview.com www.irfanview.com

Took me a while to figure out.

First install iview473_x64_setup.exe Then install iview473_plugins_x64_setup.exe

To convert .webp to .jpg
File / Start batch dialog with selected files....

Why am I seeing .webp pictures on the internet?

If anyone wants to view pictures of a nice old house that needs some serious maintenance in Philadelphia PA? I put them here:

 
Link to eBay listing.
www.ebay.com

Antique Dining Room Table | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Antique Dining Room Table at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
www.ebay.com
Auction ends Saturday 1/10/2026 at 4:00 PM.

Link to Facebook Marketplace listing.

Facebook

www.facebook.com www.facebook.com

I hate Facebook.

Any other places to advertise a Antique Table?
 
marty said:
Found the house where I grew up eating and breathing lead paint dust!
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Looks like a Chestnut Hill or Mt. Airy twin.

That table isn't worth much, if anything. Likely purchased when house was new. So about 100-110 years old. It also is clearly Ikea furniture of its day. Very plain mass produced furniture. And it's in a rough shape.

If this was a fancy hand carved piece it would be worth a few hundred bucks to a restorer. Maybe.
 
Here is how a scam works. Scammer sends this message. I copy:

Thanks for your response. I will not have the option to meet with you before I purchase. I'm fine with the cost and the condition as shown in the advertisement. I will proceed with issuing a certified cashier’s check, and it will be sent to you overnight. I will arrange for pickup at your location after you receive the payment and it clears. I will also include an additional $80 to hold it for me. Please consider it sold and get back to me with the following information:

• Name on the check
• Mailing address
• City, state, and ZIP code
• Final asking price
• Cell phone number

Best regards.

After I deposit the certified cashier’s check some goes wrong like the US kidnapping a foreign leader in some far away country. Buyer cancels sale and ask that I refund real money keeping a few hundred for my troubles.
 
Saturday at 4:00 came and went. No sale :(
Relist, new auction starting bid price $100. Lets try some more words in the add.

54" Round. Extends to 120" long with 6 leafs. Table extension slides work perfectly.

History - About 60 years ago. I was 2 years old. My parents bought a big 3 story house in Philadelphia PA. Beautiful old house built in 1850. See picture of actual house in images. My father found different parts of the table in different parts of the house. It was painted green. He removed the green paint and refinished it. From Philadelphia the table traveled to Ohio and then to Buffalo NY. Our family has been eating all wonderful food on this table for about 60 years. During this time table has never seen cigarette, vape, or any smelly smoke. Table needs a new family.

Will deliver for $1 a mile from 14304 up to 200 miles. $50 minimum. Buyer to help unload truck. Can deliver and unload with two people for twice the price.

Shipping available to anywhere on planet earth. Please contact for price.

Please contact if you would like to look at table.

How do these words look? Understandable?
 
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Link to eBay listing.
www.ebay.com

Antique Dining Room Table | eBay

History - About 60 years ago. I was 2 years old. My parents bought a big 3 story house in Philadelphia PA. Beautiful old house built in 1850. See picture of actual house in images. My father found different parts of the table in different parts of the house.
www.ebay.com

Link to Craigslist add.

New trick for the future. After creating Craigslist add. See:
Share your post on twitter, facebook, other social networks, or via email
Wonder if it would make the whole listing like magic?

I hate Facebook.
It looks like your listing sells tobacco or tobacco-related products.

How ya figure that out you stupid Facebook computer?

Link to new Facebook listing with no Tobacco.
 
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For $100 it's hardly worth any further computer time.

Habitat for Humanity
Check to see if they do pickups
habitatbuffalo.org

Habitat for Humanity Buffalo

Bringing People Together to Build Homes, Communities & Hope
habitatbuffalo.org habitatbuffalo.org

Locally . . . I would be donating to the local animal shelter thrift store.
Mom prefers donating to Catholic Charities, who pickup.
 
marty said:
Wrong. Across the street was a school. Remember a plaque mounted on one of the school buildings saying that George Washington was here.

Got the 1850 date here:

property.phila.gov

Property | phila.gov

Get information about property ownership, value, and physical characteristics.
property.phila.gov property.phila.gov
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I'm not wrong. 1850 is an estimate. It literally says that right next to the year built date. Building description also says "OLD STYLE", which should give you a hint to the competency of whoever was walking by the house maybe 80 years ago updating tax assessor records.

George Washington could very well stayed as some nearby farmhouse. There are farms everywhere from 1600's. But that doesn't mean that house was built in 1850.

GeoHistory Resources - Greater Philadelphia GeoHistory Network

www.philageohistory.org www.philageohistory.org

Here is a map from 1871. As you can see, not only is your old house not on the map, but the whole area except the main thoroughfare (Germantown Ave.) is sparsely populated. Most plots of land are large and empty.

Click on image, it's an animated GIF.
 
Comrade,
Looked at your animated GIF. Changing maps caused me to have a epileptic seizure. Opened animated GIF with Adobe Photoshop. Computer went black :( [Display driver stopped responding and has recovered]. Think it's time to start thinking about buying a new computer :(

See you did detective work and found address of house. I am a private guy. Do not want my personal information on the internet. Address, phone number etc. Would you please remove house address.

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Will continue researching date that house was built. Think house building in the 1800's was slower then today. Think hammers, nails, shovels, wooden wheel barrows, and stones.
 
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Computer just had the blue death screen. Display driver............ and lots more white white text. Humming. Then it restarted. Will try opening it up, vacuum and blow dust out of it.
Comrade said:
Looks like a Chestnut Hill or Mt. Airy twin.

That table isn't worth much, if anything. Likely purchased when house was new. So about 100-110 years old. It also is clearly Ikea furniture of its day. Very plain mass produced furniture. And it's in a rough shape.

If this was a fancy hand carved piece it would be worth a few hundred bucks to a restorer. Maybe.
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Where can I find scans of some old paper furniture catalogs?

Duh. Look at the internet.

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

archive.org archive.org

Looking for a wood fuse box.
 
marty said:
See you did detective work and found address of house. I am a private guy. Do not want my personal information on the internet. Address, phone number etc. Would you please remove house address.
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Not much detective work. If there weren't so many identical houses I would have remembered walking by it at some point in the past.

If you don't want the address of a house you lived in years ago online, maybe don't post recent MLS pictures of the outside of the house? :ROFLMAO: Anybody can upload that picture into Google and get that house address in under 30 seconds. But I've removed it, as requested.
 
I was helping at auctions in Newport Rhode Island. I carried a lot of furniture. Mike Corcoran over these knows everything about them.
 
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