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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 542556, member: 37"]Not sure why it looks that way but not missing a knob. The knobs are all replacements that someone put on when this was refinished. I could tell where this originally had at least two coats of paint on it before refinishing. A lot of labor went in to this piece and I am glad that I was able to sell for profit without painting. </p><p><br /></p><p>Agree that no one wants to do any work any more and many antiques are going to the landfill. Customers have no inclination and dealers can't make any profit if they have to do any major work to pieces. I still do minor repairs and touch ups but that is about as far as I will go these days. All I had to do to that chest was remove some Star Wars stickers from the side, fix a drawer bottom, and some minor touch ups. Truth be known, the Star War's stickers might have been worth as much as the chest if I was able to get them off cleanly …. LOL!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We don't even have much of an MCM market here. There is some demand for the very best, but at rock-bottom prices. Even Heywood Wakefield usually goes begging here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 542556, member: 37"]Not sure why it looks that way but not missing a knob. The knobs are all replacements that someone put on when this was refinished. I could tell where this originally had at least two coats of paint on it before refinishing. A lot of labor went in to this piece and I am glad that I was able to sell for profit without painting. Agree that no one wants to do any work any more and many antiques are going to the landfill. Customers have no inclination and dealers can't make any profit if they have to do any major work to pieces. I still do minor repairs and touch ups but that is about as far as I will go these days. All I had to do to that chest was remove some Star Wars stickers from the side, fix a drawer bottom, and some minor touch ups. Truth be known, the Star War's stickers might have been worth as much as the chest if I was able to get them off cleanly …. LOL! We don't even have much of an MCM market here. There is some demand for the very best, but at rock-bottom prices. Even Heywood Wakefield usually goes begging here.[/QUOTE]
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