Do you know the name of this type of furniture.

[jacon4]

I think frogpatch has this right as well, generally speaking, "brown furniture" is down, way down in prices however, quality sells. The top end of the market, no matter style, era usually sells well, its the middle market that suffers.

[ghopper1924]

Depending on your location, 60's - 70's mid century credenzas like this sell in shops for $300- $400.  You can't give away antique brown furniture (Victorian, Edwardian even Georgian is out of fashion) but anything mid century teak is hot!

Too bad Frogpatch and Jacon gave us a little perspective, because I was going to let EVERYONE know that if they have any fine condition Belter or Meeks brown furniture that they can't give away, I'd be glad to pay postage to my place here in Missouri.

Yes, Victorian has lost value, there's no doubt. However, as low as it may have gone, I'll take it and its remaining value any day over faddist mid century kindling.

[bigwull]

But Victorian stuff burns better....

[Ipcress]

Be careful saying it's worthless or firewood.



$6,000 and unless you know you're stuff, it looks very plain and simple.


I like the one posted and think it would sell

[Ipcress]

Bingo

£225

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nathan-Teak-Circles-Sideboard-classic-vintage-retro-drinks-cabinet-60s-70s-/251229254311

The 1024 Sideboard
http://www.nathanfurniture.co.uk/Our-Heritage.asp?nid=48&pid=3
The one pictured in the advert looks like a deluxe rosewood model

[ghopper1924]

Be careful saying it's worthless or firewood.

Good idea! Since I'm not a dealer, then this gives me the perfect excuse to stay away from this stuff completely.

[jacon4]

Remember shabby chic?  I say any fad that keeps the furniture in the main house rather than demoted to garage,basement, barn is a good thing because once it gets demoted out of the main house, it's chances of survival drop like a rock. Several years ago at auction, i saw this chest slathered in white paint marketed as shabby chic, turned out to be an 18th century carved chest that someone bought for chump change.

[ghopper1924]

It does make you wonder what the owner would have gotten for it had it NOT been slathered in "distressed" white paint.

[jacon4]

ghopper, the thing to me is, if it had been demoted to the barn for instance, there's a good chance it wouldn't be around to sell at all.

[mart]

I could have filled a room with the amount of white paint I had to take off furniture when I had my shop !! I had many customers that bought furniture and brought it to me to restore !!  Hours and hours of picking white paint out of carvings and from around turnings with a scalpel !! Thanks heavens I worked for a doctor and got all the tools from the packs that were not needed !!  Couldn`t re-sterilize and they were normally trashed !! But they were perfect for what I needed !!
To this day I hate white paint on anything !!