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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wall trunk from 1879 possibly a CLINTON WALL TRUNK

« on: December 08, 2012, 07:24:15 pm »

yes i am... and he sent a company profile as well so i dont know . also, if he sent the money today, there is really no harm if it is a scam ya know... i havent given it to him and dont plan to until the money gets here. worse case, hes a fraud, there are antique dealers here in town that want it. but of coarse they wanna pay no more than 300, which is better than nothing. so ill get it figured out. thanks for your help. wish someone could help me with a value or maker. if anyone else has any thoughts or input please dont hesitate to post.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wall trunk from 1879 possibly a CLINTON WALL TRUNK

« on: December 08, 2012, 06:28:14 pm »

either way....... should i take the 500$ and call it a win ? or should i hold on to it until i figure this out. for whatever reason since i posted it, ive had no less than 15 people from different parts of the WORLD contact me about this trunk.....what do you think?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wall trunk from 1879 possibly a CLINTON WALL TRUNK

« on: December 08, 2012, 06:25:01 pm »

date on trunk.... all i know is there has to be something more too it.. had a guy from the UK today, send a cashiers check for $500 just to take it off craigslist until someone from his company could come pick it up... i just wanna figure it out before the check gets here and i take a huge loss...

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: wall trunk from 1879 possibly a CLINTON WALL TRUNK

« on: December 08, 2012, 05:40:27 pm »

yes you're correct. however they only started putting their mark on latter models. I have matched it against clinton trunks around that time, but the closest i could find to that date was 1882.. It was the exact same trunk and had the number 2 on both latches. Everything matched....... So Im assuming this was before they put that part on. And the one I matched this one too, did have the metal Clinton badge on the side. But like I said, from what Ive seen, this was literally one of the very first they produced. The actual production date on the trunk is April 15 1879... Soooo... any more thoughts or ideas?

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Antique Questions Forum / wall trunk from 1879 possibly a CLINTON WALL TRUNK

« on: December 08, 2012, 03:59:38 pm »

trying to figure out not only the maker, but what it might be worth as is. i posted it on craigslist for $400 and instantly had several people offer to come pick it up right then. need a little help here.