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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 4365078, member: 6444"]There’s a bit of confusion here. Altavista is a city in VA where Lane made and labeled furniture, so any furniture coming from Lane in that time period says Altavista on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lane Acclaim is a line of furniture like bluumz shows. I’m surprised you couldn’t find a buyer, maybe it was in lousy condition? I always found Lane Acclaim pretty easy to sell as long as not overpriced (like for one to a few hundred depending on the piece), but only if they were refinished to good condition first. Demand much less in poor condition, and a lot of it shows up in poor condition. If yours actually was in refinished condition, then must be as you say, due to location you are selling in (I’m in northeast US, Boston area).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, Acclaim is about the most desirable of the Lane line, and OP didn’t include a picture, so we don’t know if his is Acclaim, or even MCM, since Lane also made a lot of furniture in that time that wouldn’t appeal to the MCM crowd. If it’s not MCM, then value would be much less. So really no way to know without some pics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 4365078, member: 6444"]There’s a bit of confusion here. Altavista is a city in VA where Lane made and labeled furniture, so any furniture coming from Lane in that time period says Altavista on it. Lane Acclaim is a line of furniture like bluumz shows. I’m surprised you couldn’t find a buyer, maybe it was in lousy condition? I always found Lane Acclaim pretty easy to sell as long as not overpriced (like for one to a few hundred depending on the piece), but only if they were refinished to good condition first. Demand much less in poor condition, and a lot of it shows up in poor condition. If yours actually was in refinished condition, then must be as you say, due to location you are selling in (I’m in northeast US, Boston area). Anyway, Acclaim is about the most desirable of the Lane line, and OP didn’t include a picture, so we don’t know if his is Acclaim, or even MCM, since Lane also made a lot of furniture in that time that wouldn’t appeal to the MCM crowd. If it’s not MCM, then value would be much less. So really no way to know without some pics.[/QUOTE]
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