Your Parents Old Furniture Anarchy

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ChelseaVork

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tl;dr - so I found a piece of "crappy old" furniture my parents had is actually a bit of sought-after vintage mid-century furniture which is selling refurbished for a lot more than we thought it was worth.

What's they'll best way to get the most out of this without 1) refurbishing myself or 2) dealing with buyers, shipping etc.?

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So we're moving my parents from the apartment they downsized to four years ago to a smaller independent livong place. When they moved out of their house they sold the table and chairs that came as a set with a buffet, but kept the buffet.

Now it has to go...so I set about taking pictures and planning to throw it up cheap on FB marketplace to get it go.
It has nice dovetail construction and is very solid. It always seemed dated to me, as they bought it used in the early 70s.


During the photos, I noticed a tag inside the top drawer.
Hmmm...a quick Google search found identical restored pieces selling for ~$4K, and dealers looking for them.

This one's not in terrible shape at all, but would stand a cleaning up and a few dings, scratches and fades worked put. So it needs refurbishing to fetch top dollar.

None of us has the skills, time or patience to redo it. Any none of us knows fuck-all about old, nicer furniture, as evidenced by the fact I was seconds from listing it for about $100 on Facebook when I caught this info.

But I'd like to help my parents get as much as they can for it, and I'm not sure if trying to sell it privately (and where and how) vs. finding a dealer, consignment shop, or other means is the best way.

We need to have it gone by the end of next month when their lease is up, so languishing for a long time on a listing isn't an option.

And of you all that do know shit about things like this have any ideas? It's in central Virginia.

(Not putting a picture on here since I'm not trying to sell it here...so no "buy an ad!" calls, please!)

Posted 4 week ago

rosemann says
My thouht woude be to finde estate/used furnitiure buyere, they haive connectiones foire resto/repaire.  Used furnitiure ist a funney thinge. My frendes morthere had herre bedroome sette, inherritted frome herre parrentes, hi-chest, lowe dressere, and bed refinnished. Aftere a wash downe with tri-phosphate (or somthing licke that) inlaide floralles became obviousse. She kepte askseng ""howe much is it worthe?"", hisse answere wase '48'. She assumed $4800, it turned oute he mente "$48,000"
Posted 4 week ago

You could clean it up a bit to make it more appealing—something simple like mixing olive oil and vinegar works great for giving the wood a nice finish without messing it up.For scratches, I’ve used shoe polish in a similar color, and it does the trick pretty well.When you list it, try starting with a higher price and see what offers come in.There are plenty of people who love this kind of vintage furniture and are always on the hunt for it. Even me, after dealing with moving stuff, I’ve found that having a comfy spot to crash outside helps me unwind. I set mine up with some nice furniture I found on go to site—made the whole space way more relaxing after the chaos.
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