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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 685890, member: 5066"]No problem, the real value today on these type chests rests primarily on their original paint decoration, it crosses over from furniture collecting into the "folk art" world & can get pricey in a hurry.</p><p>It's to bad yours has lost it's original decoration but, your chest is still in good structural condition & the paint decoration can be restored later. There are artists/painters today that specialize in doing this work.</p><p>GOOD LUCK! with your chest, it's a fairly rare survivor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 685890, member: 5066"]No problem, the real value today on these type chests rests primarily on their original paint decoration, it crosses over from furniture collecting into the "folk art" world & can get pricey in a hurry. It's to bad yours has lost it's original decoration but, your chest is still in good structural condition & the paint decoration can be restored later. There are artists/painters today that specialize in doing this work. GOOD LUCK! with your chest, it's a fairly rare survivor.[/QUOTE]
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