Primitive Dry SInk Value

[Ram0672]

I am looking for some advice on the value of a dry sink from my mothers home.  I have been told it was produced in Delaware. It has wood dowels rather than metal fasteners. 
I have seen them offered for anywhere from $300 to $3000.  Any help would be appreciated. 

Thanks

[Ram0672]

Here is a photo of the front.  Thought I had attached it.

[ghopper1924]

With the sorry state of the antique market I'm afraid your dry sink would be valued at the lower end of that scale. Since you're certain it was made in Delaware, you might find a better market in that state.

Nice piece! I like it!

[KC]

Ditto what ghopper1924 said!

[jacon4]

Yeah, agrees. Most dry sinks were originally painted & the ones in original paint in good condition generally sell for more, ditto bucket benches. You could try gardeners as well, they use them for potting sheds & plant displays.

[jacon4]

Here is a recent sale at auction of a 19th century bucket bench, 200-400 estimate. I think with the paint stripped estimate was close, with original paint though there was obviously competition for it.
Boston antiques dealer Stephen Score was one of the underbidders for this 19th-century American country yellow-painted bucket bench that brought $1150 (est. $200/400).

[ghopper1924]

Furniture selling for MORE than the estimate? I like that trend!

[jacon4]

LOL, Yeah i hear you but, so many of these antique utility furniture forms & even windsor chairs were stripped during the 1960s-70s that those that survive with their paint intact command a premium price. I am betting a plant person bought this bench!