Featured Eastlake Hall Mirror Never Sold - Had to Leave It

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I bought it in the early 1970s at an estate sale for $100. Had it for years in the hallway at my Victorian house where it looked perfectly at home. It was in excellent condition - so many period mirrors have damage. It also had a marble shelf.

Sadly, when I moved, there was just no room for it in my new, much smaller modern house where it also wouldn't have fit in with a more modern home's decor. I tried to sell it all over the local online selling sites and at my moving sales for $200. I even contacted a local high profile antiques dealer. No interest

I always wondered what the people that bought my old house did with it.

 

When I moved in here, I bought a huge wood coat holder with a mirror. Behind the mirror was a small door with a compartment. I put some special things in it.
Purchased it at an antique store. I know I overpaid.
But I wanted something to hang my coats on and have a mirror.
Mine is more angular in shape. And has a place to hold umbrellas too. Have my grandfather's umbrella in that.

 

If they were smart, they kept it and used it. Having a mirror and something to dump your wet gloves and car keys on (i.e. stone) right when you get in the door is a Good Thing.

 

It's a shame interest in such pieces is so limited these days . . . cleaned and waxed, the carved walnut is very nice on this type of Victorian furniture. On the plus side of a depressed market means if you appreciate these, you can find one for a song....

 

if you have a hallway to fit it in ....

 

Or a hallway at all.Lots of houses these days are "open floor plan", aka no place to hide your stuff and no mud room. Somebody is already regretting that life choice.

 

Nice looking piece of furniture! Sorry you had to abandon it. With any luck they are enjoying it or at least moved it on to someone that is. I’ve often daydreamed about knocking on the door of the house I lived in from 0-5yrs old. Maybe they’d let me look around. My folks talked about that house and yard so much over the years. They loved it, just not the city it was in. I remember it a little bit. It would be nice to see it as an adult even though I’m pretty sure it doesn’t look like it used to anymore. Maybe you could knock and ask to visit your hall mirror? ;p

 

Sometimes you can re-visit former houses by searching the address on Zillow. If it has been sold in the recent past, listing photos will show up. I have been able to revisit my Grandparent's house this way.

 

Me too. I saw my grandparent' house, that sold in 1979. What's wild is that the independant pharmacy down the street from her house then is still there! It even has the same name.