I need help identifying this peice of furniture.

I buy storage auctions and I got this out of a unit today. I have no clue what it is, Any help would be greatly appreciated measures 29" wide, 15 1/2 deep and 26" tall. the brackets kind of new(maybe added later for stability)

 

Sewing table? The REAL experts will be along soon!
Hola, and welcome to the Forums!

 

It is a sofa table or console table now. It appears to be cobbled together from old furniture parts from something larger. The style of the old components date to circa 1875.

 

Cobbled together ...is right !!!!

And left to decay in a wet basement for about 70 years....

 

Nothing decayed or rotten. Just looks like 5 coats of paint put on a unprepared surface

 

Thank you all for your help! Hopefully I will find more goodies to list soon

 

Well then.....a dry basement !!

 

I think it's half a full size table.

 

I buy storage auctions and I got this out of a unit today

Is it like Storage Wars or whatever the show is called or is it typical household junk 99% of the time.?

How much of the stuff do you wind up having to pay to dispose of?

I don't see any reason why the owners of the storage facility do not take the short time required to pick over the contents first

I'd assume that when a container holder defaults on payment the owner of the facility would change the padlocks to ones of their own to stop the storers coming in and emptying anything of value, so why do they cut off locks they should have a key to?

Does anyone believe the show biz containers are not salted first? Are the 'stars' paid extra to so pig ignorant about almost anything?

 

You need to watch the behind the scenes , interviews with the stars ......
you'll have your answers..

 

You must be kidding. I would like answers from a real person, not someone with a script. 'Behind the scenes' comes from the same jokers who give you 'in front of the scenes' and sticks to the script.

 

Yes it does....but I've seen one and the guys and gals seem to talk more freely...about the whole deal.

They're not really actors...
& besides.....the only way to get the ' truth ' is to find a person involved in production....who'll talk.

As far as the locks...they don't cut them all and most of these places have security so the owners can't just come and loot the locker.

And different States have different laws about personal property being sold for non payment of storage fees.

In the end, it's made for TV .....

 

There are 2 lock positions on the slider mechanism.
When they don't pay they put a lock in the unused position so it can't be opened.
When it goes to auction they usually cut it off right then. The law seems to vary with this.
There is no way to tell if they open it after hours...BUT...if the buyer pays or buys the unit, and the lock is different.............. Uh Oh.
When ready they open the door for 5 minutes. No one can go in.
Then the door is closed and off to the races.
Buyer either goes at it then or locks the door and off to the next one to return later.

 

I know the TV version and general rules, but I was hoping the OP might come back with some thoughts on how it really does go for a real world buyer.

 

well, you can always hope !