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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 1782633, member: 5066"]Meanwhile, still on the case over here on this chest and the family of joiners who immigrated here in the mid 18th century.</p><p>Ordered the only book known that has any research on Bieber & it's taking forever to get here! It was published in Oct 2019 so very recent by, Richard L.T. Orth</p><p>"The Early Decorated Furniture of the Pennsylvania Dutch: 18th century Bieber Family of Craftsmen & Other Folk Artists"</p><p>Fired off an email to the guy who published that 2012 article on the "edelweiss" chest, emailed a descendant of the Bieber family as well who tracks his great grandfathers work. HEY! if you don't ask & push a bit, NOTHING HAPPENS!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Looked up recent sales of Bieber chests and they are ALL OVER the place price wise which i was kinda expecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>1788 chest, feet replaced, some inpainting. Sold in 2001 for 6k</p><p>[ATTACH=full]239853[/ATTACH] </p><p>1789 chest, feet replaced, original brass, losses to drawer lips, sold in 2012, 28k</p><p>[ATTACH=full]239854[/ATTACH] </p><p>1785 chest, condition unknown, sold in 2001 for 140k, photo in 1978 book by Monroe Fabian , sold in 2001 for 140k</p><p>[ATTACH=full]239860[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 1782633, member: 5066"]Meanwhile, still on the case over here on this chest and the family of joiners who immigrated here in the mid 18th century. Ordered the only book known that has any research on Bieber & it's taking forever to get here! It was published in Oct 2019 so very recent by, Richard L.T. Orth "The Early Decorated Furniture of the Pennsylvania Dutch: 18th century Bieber Family of Craftsmen & Other Folk Artists" Fired off an email to the guy who published that 2012 article on the "edelweiss" chest, emailed a descendant of the Bieber family as well who tracks his great grandfathers work. HEY! if you don't ask & push a bit, NOTHING HAPPENS!:singing: Looked up recent sales of Bieber chests and they are ALL OVER the place price wise which i was kinda expecting. 1788 chest, feet replaced, some inpainting. Sold in 2001 for 6k [ATTACH=full]239853[/ATTACH] 1789 chest, feet replaced, original brass, losses to drawer lips, sold in 2012, 28k [ATTACH=full]239854[/ATTACH] 1785 chest, condition unknown, sold in 2001 for 140k, photo in 1978 book by Monroe Fabian , sold in 2001 for 140k [ATTACH=full]239860[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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