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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JMat, post: 147093, member: 2116&quot;]Thank you everyone for the input. I reached out to an antiques professional in NJ (where I live) and he was very quick to label it a &quot;butlers desk&quot;. He dated the piece early to mid &quot;federal period&quot;. So late 18th or early 19th century. He did say the majority were solid mahogany with poplar and/or pine drawer sides, which this definitely is/has. He agreed that or would need to be completely taken apart, reassembled, and refinished. He gave me a few suggestions on how to go about doing so and even making a new oil cloth writing surface, which is a neat &amp; fairly simple process. He said it was definitely repairable and that he would put a value of $500- $700 on it once restored. I&#039;m going to get started on it shortly so I will post pictures as I go along. Thanks again for all the input and I look forward to any additional thoughts on the piece. Check out some of my other pieces if you have time too. I&#039;ll be working on them soon as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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