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Re: Anyone know anything about antique church pulpits?
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2012, 09:17:46 pm »
Here's one with similar detailing, from Ireland.......no age given. Asking price $2,900. They actually had two others listed besides this one when I came across the site two days ago.

http://redlionantiquestexas.com/items.php?id=123

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Re: Anyone know anything about antique church pulpits?
« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2012, 05:25:59 am »
Looks like yours could be worth thousands!
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Re: Anyone know anything about antique church pulpits?
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2012, 05:27:02 am »
A good find Sapphire...well done
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Re: Anyone know anything about antique church pulpits?
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2012, 05:35:09 am »
It is ghopper...people just love this kind of work...its a design statement....for some people...i think Ray needs to fire off pictures to the site that Sapphire found...Not offering it for sale...but to see what they might offer...then he will have a benchmark...and then he can work out what he,d be happy with....in an ideal world...if he was able to find a buyer who wanted it for themselves...then he,d get the market value...
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Re: Anyone know anything about antique church pulpits?
« Reply #19 on: September 27, 2012, 05:37:25 am »
Sounds like a good plan. I hope we get to find out about the value. 8)
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Re: Anyone know anything about antique church pulpits?
« Reply #20 on: September 27, 2012, 05:43:12 am »
Thanks for all the replies everyone. I will be doing some checking around once I get the other piece home this weekend. Once I find anything out, I will post it up here  8)

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Re: Anyone know anything about antique church pulpits?
« Reply #21 on: September 27, 2012, 05:55:40 am »
once you have all the pieces together, and if its possible erect it,..which might be difficult..or easy, it all depends on...if you,ve got a space big enough to accomodate it...and then...get someone to identify...what wood it is on the face...the bones of it will almost certainly be pine...but the facia will be a mixture of quality hard woods...get as much info as possible...i.e. what church it came from..if thats possible...then...a dvertise it world wide...
good find and good luck....
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