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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 246329, member: 29"]Your hall chair, that second one, is wildly out of fashion, sadly. Looks like classic North of England country furniture. I think £20 is a bit low, you might get £40 at auction, but you'd have fees, of course. That would take it to £30 - see if you can push it to that. If you look on Ebay UK under hall chairs, you'll get a good idea of what I'm on about. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the Chinese one, I'd email a couple of the better auction houses or look for a specialist dealer in Chinese furniture. </p><p><br /></p><p>This bloke isn't that far from you, relatively: <a href="http://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/chinese_huanghuali_chair/as178a1934" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/chinese_huanghuali_chair/as178a1934" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/chinese_huanghuali_chair/as178a1934</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer will typically offer you a quarter of retail, but that's still more than £20! </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and these guys are Ooop North. <a href="http://chineseart.co.uk/about-us/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://chineseart.co.uk/about-us/" rel="nofollow">http://chineseart.co.uk/about-us/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 246329, member: 29"]Your hall chair, that second one, is wildly out of fashion, sadly. Looks like classic North of England country furniture. I think £20 is a bit low, you might get £40 at auction, but you'd have fees, of course. That would take it to £30 - see if you can push it to that. If you look on Ebay UK under hall chairs, you'll get a good idea of what I'm on about. On the Chinese one, I'd email a couple of the better auction houses or look for a specialist dealer in Chinese furniture. This bloke isn't that far from you, relatively: [URL]http://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/chinese_huanghuali_chair/as178a1934[/URL] A dealer will typically offer you a quarter of retail, but that's still more than £20! Oh, and these guys are Ooop North. [URL]http://chineseart.co.uk/about-us/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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