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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 1617772, member: 5170"]Looks like your rocker is oak, ca. 1900. As for reupholstering and reselling, a repeating theme here on the board is the decline in value of brown furniture, like your rocker. Since you seem to like it more than you thought, you might want to hang on to it for awhile. And in case there's any doubt, I DO like your purchase!</p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime, I've borrowed my own response from another thread to a question about past buys that didn't work out as planned. This seems pertinent: </p><p><br /></p><p>"I bought two reupholstered, beautifully refinished walnut rocking chairs from the 1890s for $15 each, thinking that I would HAVE to make money on them. Two years later I had to give both of them away. Another eye-opener on the state of brown furniture."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 1617772, member: 5170"]Looks like your rocker is oak, ca. 1900. As for reupholstering and reselling, a repeating theme here on the board is the decline in value of brown furniture, like your rocker. Since you seem to like it more than you thought, you might want to hang on to it for awhile. And in case there's any doubt, I DO like your purchase! In the meantime, I've borrowed my own response from another thread to a question about past buys that didn't work out as planned. This seems pertinent: "I bought two reupholstered, beautifully refinished walnut rocking chairs from the 1890s for $15 each, thinking that I would HAVE to make money on them. Two years later I had to give both of them away. Another eye-opener on the state of brown furniture."[/QUOTE]
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