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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 6404, member: 51"]$35? Oh no, that's what I was afraid of. It isn't my piece, but I hate being the messenger of bad news. This cabinet belongs to a doctor and his wife, honestly nice people who supply me with many of my shipping boxes-- they do a lot of online shopping due to time constraints and kindly drop empty boxes at my door twice a month. They knew I sold antiques/collectibles so figured I might want to help them sell this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would I be correct in telling them that years ago this might have sold for $850, but that the market has completely dropped and they might be lucky to get $100-200? I think we are in a slightly better location for selling this period furniture -it doesn't come up as much, but maybe I'm even wrong about it even being in the $100-200 range. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I should suggest they donate it and take a tax write off.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 6404, member: 51"]$35? Oh no, that's what I was afraid of. It isn't my piece, but I hate being the messenger of bad news. This cabinet belongs to a doctor and his wife, honestly nice people who supply me with many of my shipping boxes-- they do a lot of online shopping due to time constraints and kindly drop empty boxes at my door twice a month. They knew I sold antiques/collectibles so figured I might want to help them sell this. Would I be correct in telling them that years ago this might have sold for $850, but that the market has completely dropped and they might be lucky to get $100-200? I think we are in a slightly better location for selling this period furniture -it doesn't come up as much, but maybe I'm even wrong about it even being in the $100-200 range. Maybe I should suggest they donate it and take a tax write off.[/QUOTE]
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