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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 187805, member: 25&quot;]I doubt if it was made in the mid forties, the wood would have not been available for anything but essential uses such as building and utility furniture.</p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly a bit later when things began to recover from wartime conditions. </p><p><br /></p><p>It looks to be a good quality thing, I&#039;d buy something like that if I needed one, the trouble with the market is that tastes change, and folk who&#039;d like it mostly have one already.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are still small craftsmen making individual pieces of furniture to high standards, as there must have been when this was made. We bought a really nice oak table from a craftsman in Pembrokeshire when we got lost and wounnd up outside his shop. And look at the price of Mouseman pieces being made today. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have never done anything with Gumtree but it might be worth a try. It might be an idea to investigate the alleged Horbury maker, if you can find some details (local history society, maybe) the cachet of it being an individual craftsman made piece might give it some clout in the market. Provenance is always helpful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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