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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 158916, member: 37"]As said above, 19th century gothic in style but hard to say how old exactly. These are pine and probably made by a carpenter for a country church. The gothic style persisted in churches long after it fell out of fashion elsewhere and country churches probably hung on to it even longer. </p><p><br /></p><p>These would sell as primitives today and their relatively short length is a plus (about 4 ft. ?) Long pews are hard to sell and, those that do buy them, tend to cut them down for resale. These would sell readily in my semi-rural Midwest location in the $100-200.00 range at retail. I suspect at auction they would go in the $50.00 range around here. Hard saying what kind of demand there is in other locations. I wouldn't do anything to them other than clean them and put a coat of paste wax on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 158916, member: 37"]As said above, 19th century gothic in style but hard to say how old exactly. These are pine and probably made by a carpenter for a country church. The gothic style persisted in churches long after it fell out of fashion elsewhere and country churches probably hung on to it even longer. These would sell as primitives today and their relatively short length is a plus (about 4 ft. ?) Long pews are hard to sell and, those that do buy them, tend to cut them down for resale. These would sell readily in my semi-rural Midwest location in the $100-200.00 range at retail. I suspect at auction they would go in the $50.00 range around here. Hard saying what kind of demand there is in other locations. I wouldn't do anything to them other than clean them and put a coat of paste wax on them.[/QUOTE]
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