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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 173223, member: 25"]<i>I have not got a big enough house for this</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A crucial comment from the OP Trouble is that this is a common condition. A parking space in Cornwall can cost £10,000, a decent sized house half a million, because of all the retired folk from everywhere else colder wanting to live there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't speak for the Cornish market specifically but I agree with Spring, it is usable rather than collectable, and at auction I'd expect about £100 - £150. A dealer might buy it to reinstall a clock and sell as a clock dresser, but given how depressed the brown furniture and the clock markets are it may just go to someone to be useful in their home.</p><p><br /></p><p>Considerable age does not work any wonders in the UK market, there is still a lot of country made furniture out there. 300 year old oak coffers can be had for around $200. Some late Georgian or Victorian furniture can be had free if you can take it away.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the styles swing back, all the shabby chic stuff will be given away and the country oak command hundreds and thousands, it's just the way it goes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 173223, member: 25"][I]I have not got a big enough house for this[/I] A crucial comment from the OP Trouble is that this is a common condition. A parking space in Cornwall can cost £10,000, a decent sized house half a million, because of all the retired folk from everywhere else colder wanting to live there. I can't speak for the Cornish market specifically but I agree with Spring, it is usable rather than collectable, and at auction I'd expect about £100 - £150. A dealer might buy it to reinstall a clock and sell as a clock dresser, but given how depressed the brown furniture and the clock markets are it may just go to someone to be useful in their home. Considerable age does not work any wonders in the UK market, there is still a lot of country made furniture out there. 300 year old oak coffers can be had for around $200. Some late Georgian or Victorian furniture can be had free if you can take it away. When the styles swing back, all the shabby chic stuff will be given away and the country oak command hundreds and thousands, it's just the way it goes.[/QUOTE]
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