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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Hekman drop leaf coffee table

« on: September 01, 2014, 08:48:21 am »

Thanks for the great advice Mart, hope you are having a great Memorial Day weekend!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Hekman drop leaf coffee table

« on: August 28, 2014, 06:32:48 am »

Mart,

Well thank him for his service for me. I called it quits after 21 yrs I could not bear seeing the changes (14 yrs ago).

The table was part of a packaged deal along with the child high back chair. I have made zero progress on the chair, but a buddy up north may have a good lead on the maker. As for the table I have no need for it and will probably sell it at an antique flee market I visit when the Admiral gets on me for collecting too much "stuff". Why?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Hekman drop leaf coffee table

« on: August 26, 2014, 07:53:24 pm »

Mart,

Thank you, you are great. It is amazing how good the experts like yourself on this site are. I visited this site but, didnt find anything related to the labels, yet you did.  KUDO's (military for well done)!
Thank you very much again,
r,
Jorge 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Found this at the landfill today.

« on: August 26, 2014, 11:34:04 am »

Lead n Brass
I have dealt with several antique Chas Schenk copper pots my concerns would be as follows. Are all the seams sweated/soldered, why did it not possess more patina if left exposed in a landfill? and lastly is it or any part of it magnetic I see the hamered rivets which is a good thing, but I wouldnt dismiss it may have been brought back from overseas. I witnessed many shops making very good looking handmade brass and copper wares.

Either way a very good looking pot and definitely a keeper.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Hekman drop leaf coffee table

« on: August 26, 2014, 11:12:15 am »

Mart, sorry for the delay in responding work has been a PIA.  With regards to the table I am not lucky enough to run across a top shelf antique, but Ill keep trying.  The desk drawers are not dovetailed and I have enclosed a pic of the feet and label.  If a a reproduction what do you think value is?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Hekman drop leaf coffee table

« on: August 24, 2014, 07:02:19 am »

No worries KC, thank you for the assist. After military retirement I moved into the IT sector, so I fully understand. I believe the important things I learned during my first posting which I can share are.

1. Be patient after hitting post, it takes a Little bit.
2. If you do not like using photo bucket or similar free software to re-size pics simply select your pics on pc, right click choices, select send to (mail recipient [i.e. Outlook]), choose size (large or original is best) and it automatically re-sizes them to around 60 kb average. Then simply copy and paste them into new folder and you can upload them from there.  Be carefull, if you save them into the same folder it will replace your original pictures.  I usually create a folder named uploaded pics.

 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Child High Back Cane Rocking Chair

« on: August 23, 2014, 07:23:50 pm »

Rauville,

Thanks for the information, something to think about. Would my presumption that there are actually Youth sized chairs aside from Adult and Childs?  How or can we find out how much the chair in your link sold for? Ill take a closer look at the underside for any markings.

Thanks again!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Child High Back Cane Rocking Chair

« on: August 23, 2014, 06:05:40 pm »

Hello Mart,

I cant say with 100% accuracy, but it is very small.

The measurements are as follows:
29" Tall Overall
28" Deep Overall
14" Seat Height
16" Seat Width
14" Seat Depth
 
Thanks for the help.

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Antique Questions Forum / Child High Back Cane Rocking Chair

« on: August 23, 2014, 10:18:12 am »

Hello everyone, Along with the Hekman table I uncovered an absolutely beautiful Childs High Back Cane seat chair.  I have seen childs chairs before, but this one is different it has very good lines and is in very good condition with the exception of a stain on the cane seat.  The hardware and gnarled wood cut finish on the underside leads me to believe this may be an old chair. I would like to see if I can get assistance with identifying the maker and age?   Does anyone know of any stain removal recipes or tricks for cane weave cleaning? 

Thanks in advance,

R,
Chief C 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Hekman drop leaf coffee table

« on: August 23, 2014, 09:30:53 am »

Mart, my appologies, but I thought I had lost this post so I created a new one and lo and behold it did post with only one pic.  The upload button is tricky and will not allow me to upload multiple pics.  Ill figure it out or simply add the pics, thanks!

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Antique Questions Forum / Hekman drop leaf table assistance

« on: August 23, 2014, 09:27:45 am »

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Antique Questions Forum / Hekman drop leaf coffee table

« on: August 23, 2014, 09:03:34 am »

Hello everyone, I found this site while trying to research a Hekman dropleaf coffee table I recently purchased.  I have read all the recent posts concerning Hekman furniture it has helped greatly Thank You!  I read the post concerning the type of stickers (paper vs transfer), but unfortunately could not see them because they have been removed?

In short this is what I need assistance with:
1. Age (I personally think it is 1920's) based upon what I have researched and the "paper label".
2. Worth, this seems to be all over the place.
3. The table was missing one of the casters under the claw foot. Anyone have an original spare or can point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance and hopefully Ill be able to return the favor down the road.

Chief C