Author Topic: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help  (Read 2349 times)

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Hi weve had this mirror in the house after my mom got it from a very wealthy person she worked for...were trying to sell it and i dont want to let it go too easy at a garage sale if its actually worth more, or worth keeping to pass on. any help would be appreciated ..
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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2014, 02:59:35 pm »
A lot of times people are wealthy because they don't spend frivolously.  It's a nice mirror but I don't think a very major value.  Are there any makers marks on it?  Can we see the back?

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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2014, 04:04:10 pm »
What you will have to determine, is ..the frame....i.e. what is it made of,by that i mean...is it real wood, or a man made material that has be gilded,....or plaster,..a pic of the obverse side would be helpful,..how is the mirror held in to the frame,..the general location from where it came,..as for a mark....not everything has marks...and just because they don,t have a makers mark,does,nt mean they are cheap...it just means they are harder to put a value on...
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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2014, 06:09:13 pm »
Yes,, we need a pic of the back please !!

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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2014, 08:21:23 pm »
The mirror its self just doesn't appear very aged.  Does it seem like a thick glass?

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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2014, 08:48:21 pm »
Forgot,, we also need size of it !!  Its not beveled glass and just looking at the front I would guess its 1960ish but will wait to get other answers and see the back !!

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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2014, 11:01:37 pm »
Nice ceiling return vents and fire alarms!  :)

Glass looks VERY even and mirrored as well as frame looks fairly new as well!!!
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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2014, 08:07:03 am »
Didn`t think it was beveled but is that a faint line I see at the bottom ?? Hard to tell much with it on the floor,,can`t get a good view of the glass !!

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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2014, 10:13:45 am »
A VERY close up picture of the guilding would be great. :)
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Re: MIRROR - found a mirror in the house need to be looked at, please help
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2014, 10:30:22 am »
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