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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 494012, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> It will look wonderful when restored. My SIL had an old wooden desk in her laundry room painted white which she used as a sorting table. I told her it was a beautiful desk and needed refinishing. A year later she asked me if I wanted to redo it so I agreed. Took it home and was going to start stripping off the paint when I noticed a red mark on the back apron. If turned out that I did not strip the desk since it was a Stickley!!!!! I called my SIL and suggested she turn it over to an auction house. Again she thought I was crazy but when the auction house gave her 3 thousand for the desk she damned near died. When it was professionally restored it sold for 8 thousand. It was in the house when she bought the house.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 494012, member: 78"]Hi, It will look wonderful when restored. My SIL had an old wooden desk in her laundry room painted white which she used as a sorting table. I told her it was a beautiful desk and needed refinishing. A year later she asked me if I wanted to redo it so I agreed. Took it home and was going to start stripping off the paint when I noticed a red mark on the back apron. If turned out that I did not strip the desk since it was a Stickley!!!!! I called my SIL and suggested she turn it over to an auction house. Again she thought I was crazy but when the auction house gave her 3 thousand for the desk she damned near died. When it was professionally restored it sold for 8 thousand. It was in the house when she bought the house. greg[/QUOTE]
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