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Message:: [QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 66586, member: 59"]Well, part of the problem is that you're in Portland (I'm in Seattle.) We're not exactly swimming in older furniture out here (the Oregon Trail and all that.) And it's THE major city in your state.  Bev (whose own table is pictured above) lives on Cape Cod, so the chance of finding an older piece at a yard sale goes up exponentially from finding one in your location. The dealer may just be willing to "sit on it" at that price because there just aren't that many around and the traffic through the store may one day include someone else like you who "loves" it and also has the wherewithal to pay his/her price. Frankly it was the "glossiness" of what I could see of the table top that made me wonder whether the top had been relatively recently refinished (or replaced.) If it had "original finish" it would look more like the bottom (which is absolutely not "modern.") The standard "opening gambit" is "Can you do any better on this?" and seeing what the dealer has to say. I don't know what you'd be willing and able to pay, but coming up with your "number" and starting out by saying "Would you take X?" might provoke an "insulted reaction" and a total end to useful negotiations. Especially if you offered $65 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Now that you know that you "love" this style, you might want to 1) visit other antique furniture venues 2) search Craig's List regularly and 3) keep an eye on estate sale notices with pictures to see if you can find others and see how they are priced. And definitely go back to visit this again, give a really good looking over (take more pictures), get the dealer talking about it and have that "Can you do any better" conversation.[/QUOTE]

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