May 29, 2012
This is a neat old piano stool / chair. The seat height is adjustable thanks to a big iron screw thread. The letters cast into the iron are too faint for me too read so I don’t know the manufacturer of this component.
The rest of the chair is wood and is generally simply styled except for some patterned veneer in the upper chair back and carved claw feet. Unfortunately one of the chair back uprights needs repair (see slide show below) but otherwise it is in good condition. The top of the back is about 37 1/2 inches tall.
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May 20, 2012
Arts & Crafts style rotating book case. Great display piece for a store or a good way to squeeze a lot of books into a small space (just don’t over water the plant on the top shelf!).
The book case is roughly 20 inches square and stands 35 inches tall.
It is in great condition and was probably made in the 1970′s.
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May 18, 2012
It doesn’t have a lot of depth, but don’t call it shallow. Think low-profile, chill or incognito instead.
This vintage / antique piece is about 30 inches wide, all of one foot deep and 41 1/2 inches tall. It is in good condition too.
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May 16, 2012
With the passing of the rainy season and the return of sunlight we’re once again faced with a great problem: how to block the light so it doesn’t stress our unaccustomed eyes.
You could wear you sunglasses indoors or you can hang light filtering devices in your windows to break up its terrible natural brightness. Cardboard and tin foil are the traditional ‘go to’ methods of doing this, but why not step up your game a bit and use something just a tad more refined?
For example stained glass panels. They are mostly clear or textured glass so they’ll still let a lot of light through, but they have great decorative patterns too.
We have two pairs of these. The larger set is comprised of panels 26 by 14 1/2 inches and they depict a stylized dragon-fly. They are in OK shape although there are some cracks and one very small fragment of missing glass. SOLD!
The smaller set is 20 by 14 inches and shows a rose and a blue bird. They are in good shape although each panel has one cracked piece of clear flat glass. SOLD!
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May 13, 2012
Is this more fun than a barrel of monkeys? I don’t know because we’re fresh out of monkeys but it is a neat piece none the less. Some one took an old barrel and made a custom one of a kind bar out of it. The barrel bar features a built-in ice bucket accessible through a trap door in the top, lined receptacles for glasses and bottle, casters so you can move it around, and a hasp on the doors so you can lock it to keep honest people out.
It stands just under 32 inches tall and is about 24 inches in maximum diameter.
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May 6, 2012
Cool old reclining platform rocking chair, upholstered in deep red vinyl. It’s pretty comfortable and in good condition.
Something, but I’m not sure what, makes me think this would be an interesting barber’s chair, or at least a good place to recline for a hot towel shave.
It is about 27 inches wide and 36 inches tall to the top of the upright back.
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April 30, 2012
Antique French mantle clock. It is stone, possibly slate or marble with gilded carved decoration. On the clock face it is marked Bouquit a Lyons. The The face retains the glass door and the works may also be seen through glass from the back of the clock.
It is in good shape except that the right front corner has a chip (see picture) that is about 3/4 of an inch long. There is an old retail or service label on the back and it has been engraved with Lenfant which I presume is a former owners name.
The clock works and keeps decent time but will need to be tuned in better with the fast/slow adjustment. I believe this has an eight-day movement but I’m not entirely sure as I keep forgetting to let it run down to see.
The bell which strikes the top and bottom of the hour is a wonderful little silvery toned thing too. Is very discreet and drawing-room friendly. It’s perfect to remind your guests that they must be getting along but not so loud that it will make your lover think the same thing.
It is 12 1/2 inches wide, 6 1/2 inches deep and stands 8 1/2 inches tall. $135
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April 25, 2012
Then maybe a vintage vanity is just what you need. Aside from my general loathing of the species* I think this is a pretty nice one that needs a good home.
So here it is.
It probably dates to the 1920′s and it is in good condition considering the usual state of vanities. They tend to show more wear than we see here due to accidental spills of perfumes, ointments and other concoctions that act act solvents and burns from mislaid cigarettes.
Personally I wonder how often in the past these two independently mildly annoying phenomena combined into a disastrous conflagration. Oddly enough the vanity that grandma lit on fire when her Chesterfield upset the bottle of Samurai perfume that she bought in New York at Lazell’s in 1922 tend not to be handed down as treasured heirlooms . . .
The vanity is 48 inches wide, 20 inches deep and 71 inches to the top of the mirror. There are a few flaws, notable some small rings that could possibly be covered with a scratch-cover product and two spots where the mirror is starting to lose its silver. Luckily they are both on the edges of the mirror (on the left side, one high and one low) so you won’t need to do your mascara around them.
*I feel I have to explain myself. Vanities are one of those things that everyone once had but few people really want now. It’s frustrating, as a fundraiser and retailer, to see great stuff that no one wants while people go buy [expletive] that will fall apart the next time they move (in the apartment, not even to a new place) for three times the price at a big box store.
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April 22, 2012
This is quite a nice small trunk. It is 24 3/4 inches wide by 15 3/4 inches deep and 19 inches tall. There are cedar planks on both the trunk bottom and at the base of the removable tray to discourage insects.
The top is rounded to limit stacking of other trunks on top of it in crowded baggage cars and there are leather strap handles on the ends. There is a lock but we only have half the key. Luckily it is the end that goes into the lock, so it could be used to guide you in finding a replacement.
This trunk is a great size for both practical and impractical uses. For example, if this were 1812 it’d be a good size for storing a few valuables in the Troika as you flee Moscow in front of the invading French horde (i.e., a hoard away from the horde).
Or it could be used for more prosaic and contemporary purposes, like a convenient place for knitting supplies or for keeping a treasured blanket.
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April 16, 2012
Alas it’s only the ottoman. This goes with one of Ingmar Relling’s famous Siesta Chairs and we know not where the chair is. Luckily the ottoman can be used as seating all on its own if necessary.
The ottoman is roughly 24 1/2 inches long, 20 inches deep and 17 inches tall.
It is in very good condition, the only flaw is one of the Allen screws is missing, which is not an uncommon problem with these.
$120 but we’re willing to dicker a bit.
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April 8, 2012
This flat panel hall tree rack is 33 inches wide, just under 78 inches tall and 11 inches deep. There is a spot to stash your umbrella, a dowel-rod shelf for your hat and six double headed brass hooks.
As it was originally designed it would lean against the wall and could be additionally secured by a length of string (much like one would hang a picture). This system hasn’t bee improved upon since but it might be a good idea to at least replace the string or think of another way of securing it in case of an earthquake.
All bets are off for when the ‘big-one’ hits, but how foolish would you feel if we had a piddling little 2 point something quake and you got squashed by a hall tree?
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April 2, 2012
I had a hard time finding out much about the artist, Sam A. Roberts. What I did discover is that he was fairly prolific, fairly competent and he did nice ornamental stuff.
This is a wide painting, suitable for hanging behind a sofa and it measures 27 1/4 inches tall and 55 inches wide. It is signed and dated 1968 in the lower right corner.
In very good condition.
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March 28, 2012
This nice set of six fiddle-back pattern teaspoons was made by the Syracuse New York firm of Hotchkiss & Schreuder sometime between 1850 and 1871. The company was a partnership between David Hotchkiss and Anthony Schreuder. In addition to making and selling their wares it seems they were also in the wholesale trade to other retailers.
This can be deduced by the mark of French & Son to that of the manufacturers.
French & Son were likely located in North Attleboro, Massachusetts and so served the greater Providence and Pawtucket market and south-eastern Massachusetts.
Combined these spoon weigh 3.63 troy ounces and individually they are 5 7/8 inches long. As you can see in the pictures they bear a monogram in copperplate script which appears to read J.T.W.
$105
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March 24, 2012
Although he was rarely photographed with furniture* I can imagine this is the sort of thing that was in John Wilkes Booth’s dressing room at the Arch Street Theater in Philadelphia in the run up to the American Civil War.
At the time Philadelphia was the premier American theater town and later the Arch would become the home of the great Barrymore acting dynasty. However in the late 1850′s it was the scene of great disappointment for Booth. At the Arch Street he was employed in his first professional gig as a member of a theater company but he was a relatively young actor, lacked confidence and didn’t have the natural skills (or work ethic) of his older brothers and late father.
As a result he didn’t gain the fame he desperately wanted (and an identity separate from just being the youngest son of his famous father) and some even said he’d never amount to much of an actor. Within the next year he retreated to Richmond, Virginia. Due to the change of pace, his better fit with southern society and growing experience Booth’s career would blossom in Richmond as would his hatred of the North.
Although this table likely dates to a few decades after the end of the American Civil War it’d make a good piece for a small space. The top is approximately 17 inches square so it doesn’t take up much floor area in a crowded and shared dressing room. Each leaf is about 9 inches wide. There are two drawers with locks (but no keys). The lower drawer has no interior divisions and would be good for holding paper or a small actor’s makeup kit. The upper drawer is divided; perfect for holding one’s pens, make-up brushes, fake mustaches and lead balls for a derringer.
In other words it’s a good dressing table for your starring role in The Marble Heart** or as a writing surface for poison screeds. In a pinch you could use it as an ‘intimate’ dining table for two.
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*Booth was rarely pictured with furniture. In one famous picture of him he is seated in a Gothic Revival chair which was probably the property of the photographer.
**Booth starred in The Marble Heart by Charles Selby at Ford’s Theather in November 1863. This performance was watched by Lincoln from the same seat he would later be killed in.
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March 22, 2012
We’ve had a sudden influx of lamps this week. I think it may be that we got a huge donation of usable lamps from one of out local hotels, so many of the lamps I would normally let go to the client families are now coming into the store.
I think I would have snagged this one unless we we’re really desperate for them in the program.
It is a really decent mid-century modern floor lamp with a tripod base, arched top and double bulb pendant fixture. The pendant part can be lowered about 12 inches to throw bright light on your reading or needlework should you need it.
Overall the lamp is approximately 60 inches to the top of the arch. and it’s in great shape.
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March 20, 2012
Dave Donalson has been blowing glass since 1991. He has displayed his pieces nationwide and also worked at the Pratt Fine Art Center. He was located in the Seattle area (married to famed glass artist Susan Glass) but the websites he used to be associated with are no longer active so I’m not sure if he’s still making art or not.
This piece is signed underneath and dated 93. Overall it is roughly 14 1/4 by 13 1/2 inches and stands 3 1/2 inches tall at the highest point.
The base is a piece of black colored glass from which the swirled clear crackle and bubble glass bowl arises. The outer rim is probably the same glass as the center but it looks slightly metallic and is even translucent in places.
In person it’s quite a striking piece of art glass. We can ship it but we will require insurance.
$135
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March 18, 2012
This vintage blue pleather (plastic-leather, a.k.a. vinyl) chair is in fantastic shape. Usually by the time we see these the plastic has cracked after someone’s college graduate child moved back home and spent six or eight months (or years) sitting in it eating nacho-chips and playing video games.
Not this one though. The plastic is in perfect condition and there’s no signs of nachos anywhere. Even better there is a pattern molded into the vinyl that mimics what woven leather would look like.
This chair is also surprising in that it is uncommonly comfortable and that the length, width and height make a cube of 29 inches in each dimension.
Pretty neat!
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March 14, 2012
This is a pretty good pair of mid-century modern end tables by Lane. They are 22 1/2 inches wide, 17 1/2 inches deep and just over 22 inches tall. They have a large drawer and are in good condition.
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February 29, 2012
This cute little kidney desk is solid and it is in generally good shape although the top could use refinishing. It features a central drawer, four drawers in the left hand column and three drawers (one double depth) to the right.
It is 46 inches wide, 21 1/2 inches deep and 30 inches tall.
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February 18, 2012
One of the more unusual finds of the week is this pair of tile topped side tables. They each depict a seahorse and are 18 1/2 inches wide, 22 inches deep and 21 1/2 inches tall.
They are both signed on the bottom by the artists and are the product of Tile Excursions, a company about which I found little info except they seem to travel on the trade-show and craft fair circuit.
Both of these tables are in good condition and I’d like to see them go as a pair.$150
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February 17, 2012
This vintage pair of end or side tables by Kroehler Furniture have seen some use but still have a lot left in them. They each have minor defects, a water mark on one and a repaired veneer strip on the other (see pictures) but they’re not overwhelming flaws. Luckily the drawers still work smoothly and the original handles are still intact.
They are 21 inches wide, 17 inches deep and 22 inches tall and we’re selling them as a set.
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February 10, 2012
While not new this big table (a 72 inch by 40 inch rectangle) is in like new shape. It’s in such good condition that it must have been used by a species of near ethereal beings because they left barely any marks on the table top and the chairs. The matching bench, which we’re selling separately bears many light scratches.
There is a chance that it was used to stage a house for sale and our getting it is a sign that the real estate market is slowly bouncing back, in concert with the rest of the economy.
While having a table formerly used by a ghost family might be kind of neat the ongoing economic recovery is more practical.
In all seriousness I haven’t seen a set in this good condition in a long time. Since the table is a solid piece, without leaves we’re selling this with the set of six chairs and have split the bench off for separate sale.
Update: The whole lot has been sold!
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January 31, 2012
This is a smashing vintage silver-plate tea and coffee service in the Ascot pattern by Community Plate. The only thing missing is your own personal* Peter Vaughan (who played the old Mr. Stevens in Remains of the Day).
Included in this set are a coffee pot (9 inches tall), tea-pot (7 inches tall), cream pitcher (4 1/2 inches tall) and lidded sugar bowl (5 1/2 inches tall). The large rectangular tray is about 30 inches long (including the handles) and 17 1/2 inches wide.
All the pieces are in excellent condition. $150
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*Rest assured that the continued decline of the middle class, the slow painful death of the social safety net and the aging baby boomer population will combine to make sure there is a good supply of workers who will have to keep at it long after their ability to do so is gone.
Maybe having your own tea and coffee service will be the edge to get you in the downstairs employment door when it’s your turn?
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January 24, 2012
Last week I salvaged some sterling silver from a shipment of scrap we were about to send out. I looked around a bit more after that and found a few more pieces that seem too nice to melt down. Here they are.
Here we have four individual butter knives by Oneida Sterling in the King Cedric pattern (who the heck is/was King Cedric?). This pattern was first issued in 1949 and combined they weigh a total of 3.59 troy ounces. Sold
It weighs 1.06 troy ounces and I think it is an olive spoon. The handle does have a monogram that appears to read MAB. SOLD
Finally there is a nice set by Stieff Sterling in the famous Stieff Rose pattern. There is a large hollow handled knife, a wacky looking lettuce server, a little two prong fork, and two tea spoons.
Due to the stainless steel blade and the filled hollow handle we didn’t include the weight of the knife when we considered the scrap value of this set. The remaining Stieff Rose pieces weigh a combined total of 4.17 troy ounces. SOLD to a very nice gentleman.
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January 16, 2012
Sometime we sell sterling silver in bulk. I’m not sure what our customers do with it though. Maybe they make jewelry or silver ingots that they stock pile for when the paper dollar collapses, what ever it is it’s a modest, but nice part of how we pay for things.
As I was packing up the most recent shipment I ran across these items and decided I didn’t want them to be melted down yet. This isn’t all a factor of my over attachment to the past. The value of sterling is pretty good, but I think these are worth more than just scrap value. As such I’m offering them here first and if they’re still around the next time we get a request for sterling maybe then. . .
First up is this lovely little set of four drink stirrers/straws. The handle is a hollow tube, they are about 8 1/2 inches long and weigh just over 1 troy ounce. SOLD
Then there’s this set of six Wallace sterling spoons with a design patented September 27th 1882. They’re cute little spoons and have a monograph of MLB on the reverse. They are teaspoon sized, just under 6 inches long and altogether weigh 4.11 troy ounces. SOLD!
These are my personal favorites, they’re mid-19th century coin silver spoons. They were made in Boston by Palmer & Bachelders around 1850. They have the characteristic fiddle-back shape that was so popular in the 1800′s, especially between 1840 and 1860. These spoons are about 6 inches long, bear a monogram of JLB Rats, it’s actually JHB, I misread that. . .and have a combined weight of 3.31 ounces. SOLD
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