Antique Drop-Leaf Gate-Leg Table

[debodun]

What would be a fair market value for this drop-leaf, gate-leg table. It's 28.5" tall, 44" long and the top is 21" wide when folded and just over 60" when opened. Also, what wood is it? And that's not dust on the top, they're scuffs.

[mart]

Oh,, I love those old primitives !!  Is that a leather repair ??

[debodun]

It's my considered opinion that that metal brace is not a repair since there is one on the other side, too. Maybe it isn't noticeable in the photo.

[Pelady]

The legs look like they might be maple.  How heavy is the table?  This would not bring much money in my area perhaps $30 to $50 bucks.

[cogar]

Me thinks the "metal strap(s)" ….. is an amateur "quickie" repair. 

[mart]

Me thinks the "metal strap(s)" ….. is an amateur "quickie" repair. 

Yes it is Cogar,, thats why I love it !!  I like things people have had their hands on !!  Thats part of the history !!  I  would put $75 to $100in your area !!  I know the buyers there are pretty ,, cheap !!  Couldn`t think of a nicer term than that !!

[debodun]

It's pretty heavy, but not impossible for an old lady to move by "walking" it (lifting one side and moving it forward, then going to the other side and doing the same, alternating sides). I don't think I could just left it off the floor by myself, but a couple of strong fellas probably wouldn't have any trouble.

[mart]

It's my considered opinion that that metal brace is not a repair since there is one on the other side, too. Maybe it isn't noticeable in the photo.

Can you take a close up of the metal piece ??  Both sides if you don`t mind !!  No I couldn`t see the other side !!

[cogar]

It's pretty heavy, …………….. I don't think I could just left it off the floor by myself, but a couple of strong fellas probably wouldn't have any trouble.

That explains why the "metal strap" were affixed to the table "top" and not to its underneath. 

[debodun]

More pics - close up of one of the metal pieces, I stood on a chair to get a better angle to show both sides with the metal piece (the fuzzy dots aren't on the table - they may be dust floaters. I probably kicked up quite a few when I moved the table) and laid on the floor to take a pic of the underside of where the metal is. BTW - when I was under the table, there was a very faded paper sticker with $150 on it. I don't know if that's what my parents paid for it back in the 1970's, but in today's money, that would be about $650.

[mart]

The table is probably late 20`s or early 30`s but those metal pieces were not on it when made !!   The round head screws and the rough cuts say that these metal pieces were added later !!  No idea why unless they were trying to get the look of a higher end table that had the inserts !!

[debodun]

The bolts don't even go through to the underside.

[mart]

No need to if only done for the look of it !!

[cogar]

There is surely a few people out there, …. that if they owned a “drop-leaf” table that the “glue-joint” of the conjoined 2 boards of the “leaf” started separating, …… they would use railroad spikes to “nail” them back together.

[mart]

Could be Cogar !! But wouldn`t you think those same people would have taken the easy way and made the repair on the underside ?? Then they wouldn`t have to take the time to cut into the table top !!