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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 939284, member: 5066"]Neat, thinks ghopper covered this pretty well. Antique beds are usually a tough sell because of modern size requirements & restoring them to queen or king can get pricey in a hurry, still, I'd say $300 is fair.</p><p>Mobile huh, if you are into Victorian furniture, one of the best auction houses in the country for museum quality victorian is Hal Hunt in Tuscaloosa Al. I find that houses like Hunt are great for picking up bargains because they specialize in the "big boys" ( belter, meeks, horner, herter, roux, etc) and most of the sale clients are focused on those big boy pieces. Once a year they have a "museum" sale loaded with big names in the victorian furniture world. One can often get a very good buy on lesser pieces that do not have a big name attached plus, even if you buy nothing it's worth just looking at the top pieces in your style preference.</p><p><a href="https://www.halhunt.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.halhunt.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.halhunt.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 939284, member: 5066"]Neat, thinks ghopper covered this pretty well. Antique beds are usually a tough sell because of modern size requirements & restoring them to queen or king can get pricey in a hurry, still, I'd say $300 is fair. Mobile huh, if you are into Victorian furniture, one of the best auction houses in the country for museum quality victorian is Hal Hunt in Tuscaloosa Al. I find that houses like Hunt are great for picking up bargains because they specialize in the "big boys" ( belter, meeks, horner, herter, roux, etc) and most of the sale clients are focused on those big boy pieces. Once a year they have a "museum" sale loaded with big names in the victorian furniture world. One can often get a very good buy on lesser pieces that do not have a big name attached plus, even if you buy nothing it's worth just looking at the top pieces in your style preference. [URL]https://www.halhunt.com/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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