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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #30 on: September 28, 2016, 08:21:18 am »
All the artwork was done by my husband's aunt, watercolor from the look of it. She still does them for family members' weddings. She also does theorem paintings (free-hand, not stencils) and is quite an accomplished artist. She has also done scherenschnitte in the past, but it is too tedious to do as she is getting older. Lots of older art forms out there for people to check out if interested.
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #31 on: September 28, 2016, 09:38:53 am »
ssf2, where do you live, Pa?
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #32 on: September 28, 2016, 10:27:47 am »
Originally from Pa, now in Ohio. Most of the family is still in Berks County, PA, though.
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #33 on: September 28, 2016, 02:08:39 pm »
Ahhh Haaaa, that's heartland for Pennsylvania stuff! Do you collect or just admire from afar?
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #34 on: September 28, 2016, 08:46:15 pm »
Beautiful work by your Aunt!  What a great family heirloom!
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #35 on: September 29, 2016, 01:48:29 am »
Jacon4, I don't actively collect artwork. I just buy something I see if I like it. I have several theorems but they are all no older than 30 or 40 years as I purchased them new from the artists. All but one are from Lancaster or Berks County. I also have quite a few scherenschnitte, also in the same age range that are going to my daughter for in her new house. Older things are much harder to find as families tend to keep them, and if you can find old ones in good shape they tend to be pricey.
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #36 on: September 29, 2016, 03:15:40 am »
 and if you can find old ones in good shape they tend to be pricey.

Oh Boy!~ I heard that! In any event, neat that your aunt carries on the tradition and does it very well too! I get alerts from auctions houses on stuff that i collect and i put in fraktur  a year ago so i could at least track ones that i liked and maybe bid on a few if the estimate was reasonable. The problem is, the ones that i like, someone else likes more, in some cases A LOT MORE! You find these for sale at Pook and Conestoga (now Hess) in Pa, Garths in Ohio and southern ones at Brunk and Case. Fraktur is HIGHLY collectable and i can see why, it's very charming in depicting everyday life events in an often colorful way.
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #37 on: September 29, 2016, 08:20:05 am »
Getting back to the safe and table, the safe has mid 20th century paint so that is why the estimate is low. On the table, there is no condition report yet so i inquired about one, i am interested in the legs/stretchers, original? repairs or restorations? I'll post if Pook replies.
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #38 on: October 01, 2016, 09:43:12 am »
OK, Pook replied on table
"Age crack to top. Patches to applied dish molding on one end. A few small repaired blowouts from pegs to side of case. A couple losses to caps at top of legs. A couple repairs to stretchers. Nice old surface."

Hmmmm, legs & stretchers seem to be original, which means, BIG BUCKS!
I am going to guess, 85k with BP
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #39 on: October 01, 2016, 02:00:04 pm »
  Ok Lets go with $ 72 K total !!  Happy now Jacon4 ??
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #40 on: October 01, 2016, 03:51:32 pm »
How about pie safe? even with modern paint, I'll guess $5800.
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #41 on: October 01, 2016, 06:00:07 pm »
$3800. total !! 
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #42 on: October 02, 2016, 06:25:49 am »
You are gonna lose old woman, DEAL WITH IT!

So on total cost you have 65k on table and 3800 on safe
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #43 on: October 02, 2016, 07:41:56 am »
No !!  That is plus BP !!
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Re: William & Mary table
« Reply #44 on: October 02, 2016, 08:15:09 am »
We want totals here, not some scam that gives you deniability! It's 20% BP . TOTAL NUMBER ONLY PLEASE! per object!
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