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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Geoff10, post: 4472691, member: 76673&quot;]Yeah!!&nbsp; There I go…..knock down too!!&nbsp; Like I said, I know nothing about real antiques.&nbsp; I always thought of this like something that someone in my family would fight for after I was gone….not fight like it sounds….but take care of it. Don’t damage it anymore…..help it in anyway they could….bring it forward and try they’re best to leave it in better condition than they found it in fight for it.&nbsp; My youngest son shops at a local fair in Brimfield MA every year.&nbsp; I’m not entirely sure if this story is correct….but about 30 yrs ago, just after I had it’s damage repaired, I went with my sister who lived in Wilton CT, to a HUGE place called I think United Home Wrecking, or something similar.&nbsp; They had very similar to mine pieces that weren’t near as big, or carved like mine, and back then they were asking 5500.00 for it.&nbsp; I know it’s only worth what anyone would pay, and a price is usually just a beginning price to a negotiation in a place like that…but I’m sure mine isn’t worth just dirt….even in the condition it’s in.&nbsp; The more I talk about it here, the more confidence I get that I should finish what I started with it……I think of it like a diamond in the rough.&nbsp; Somewhere in there is a conversation piece if I put the effort in.&nbsp; I’m just not in the habit of inviting people up to my bedroom to discuss it.&nbsp; It still has potential, in spite of me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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