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<p>[QUOTE="JessiLynn78, post: 36420, member: 401"]Thanks for the add...a couple of years ago I was renting and older house. After living there a while, I was cleaning up some stuff in an old building on the property . I had come across this old wooden trunk that was spray painted, beat up, and filthy. I was bored and decided to see if I could clean it up. After a lot of sanding, I got through the old purple spray paint to discover on the front there where letters. I can make out J.W.Gibson. After I finshed, I researched this name and found that a harness saddle maker back in the late 1800s owned a company named J.W.Gibson harness company. In 1899 he sold it to the current Stetson Company which is popular making western wear. So the age of the trunk is between 1869 and 1899. And I belive the name changed to Gibson Trading Co. But anyway, I've done a lot of antiquing, picking, auctions, and so on. I've never once seen a picture or anything similar to my trunk. Any info would be great. I have no clue what it would be worth or if it even looks like the original. Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JessiLynn78, post: 36420, member: 401"]Thanks for the add...a couple of years ago I was renting and older house. After living there a while, I was cleaning up some stuff in an old building on the property . I had come across this old wooden trunk that was spray painted, beat up, and filthy. I was bored and decided to see if I could clean it up. After a lot of sanding, I got through the old purple spray paint to discover on the front there where letters. I can make out J.W.Gibson. After I finshed, I researched this name and found that a harness saddle maker back in the late 1800s owned a company named J.W.Gibson harness company. In 1899 he sold it to the current Stetson Company which is popular making western wear. So the age of the trunk is between 1869 and 1899. And I belive the name changed to Gibson Trading Co. But anyway, I've done a lot of antiquing, picking, auctions, and so on. I've never once seen a picture or anything similar to my trunk. Any info would be great. I have no clue what it would be worth or if it even looks like the original. Thanks in advance.[/QUOTE]
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