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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Any insight as to what my fiance just bought!? Oriental dining set...

« on: June 13, 2010, 05:11:03 pm »

awesome thanks so much! I'll let him know that he did a good job haha

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Any insight as to what my fiance just bought!? Oriental dining set...

« on: June 12, 2010, 04:33:13 pm »

thanks for the info! good to know he got it at a decent price, he figured he could sell it for more regardless if it was antique/special or not.  The white scratch mark on the top actually just needs to be wiped off (it's not a permanent scratch), but there are slight dings and smaller scratches on it that I don't feel ruin the look much. Also any idea of what a good resell price would be for something like this (table + 4 chairs)?

here are some pics of the bottoms as requested.  The table looks like it held a leaf but someone put brackets in place to hold the two sides together without it. 

Chair:



table: (sorry for the weird angles, i had to crawl under it haha)

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Any insight as to what my fiance just bought!? Oriental dining set...

« on: June 12, 2010, 02:43:20 pm »

I will try to get those pics asap... what would the bottom tell you?  I couldn't see any markings or anything on them..
Also would this be japanese or chinese or what perhaps?  A reproduction of what style/era?

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Antique Questions Forum / Any insight as to what my fiance just bought!? Oriental dining set...

« on: June 12, 2010, 01:48:54 pm »

I woke up this morning to my fiance hauling this huge dining set into our garage.  It looks to be an asian/oriental set, and he got it at a garage sale for $60.  The detail is truly amazing in person... It looks to be completely hand painted and the gold outlines are indented .  He thought it was a steal and bought it for resell purposes, so I'd like to see if anyone knows anything about it?  I searched the bottoms of the chairs and the table for some sort of signature or date or something but I cannot seem to find one anywhere. No idea if this is antique or not.  The man he purchased it from said that an elderly asian woman gave it to his wife.  Any insight would be appreciated!!

thanks