Chest Identification

Hi everybody. I want to sell this old piece of furniture I have.
It is a brown wood chest of drawers. I would say 1930's - 1940's but I am not expert.....

Can anybody add any information?
Many thanks.

 

well, it's a little beat up....may have had a mirror.....and is ' brown furniture '.
Depends on where u R & how you want to sell it......but I'm betting that the furniture folks here will put a $30 value on it...or suggest painting it a distressed light color...add new hardware.....& maybe ask $60..!

( 1 or 2 might even suggest kicking it to the curb....)

 

I'm in Manchester, UK and was thinking it was worth around 20 GBP. I was thinking about leaving it on the street for somebody.....

 

I'm sure @daveydempsey will have something to say about that......
he's always taking stuff to the tip !

 

Yes, I understand but the idea of people paying to take ones rubbish away....

 

Do you guys have the equivalent of a Craiglist Free board over there? It's a nice bit of wood some maker/crafter would like to mess with.

 

Similar here. If it's damaged, it's done for generally.

 

If you're in the UK, Freecycle or Freegle it.

 

Sadly, the pulls are probably worth more than the chest.

 

It's got at least one missing as I recall, but otherwise I agree. They'd be far easier to flog without all the brown wood. Then again with missing bits, it might be a case where you sell the handles and put new matching ones on. Then mess with it.

 

I hadn't thought about removing the handles. They appear to be tortoise shell coloured, but probably made of Bakelite plastic?

 

get a close up of one.....& folks will tell u how to test for authentic bakelite..!

 

Attached photos.

 

Look more like celluloid. Either way, these would sell well on ebay.

 

Yeppers. If they're celluloid, wait until cold weather to move them. Celluloid plus heat can spell "celluloid disease", when it starts cracking and falls apart.

 

Thanks to everyone for input on this. It has just been collected by some lucky freecyclers.

 

Good! Saved from the tip!