Information on a Brandt Drum Table?

Pghgirl40
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November 12, 20190 found this helpful

Is it 3 legs or 4? If it is 3, it may be from the 1930s. 4 later, maybe as late as the 1950s or early 1960s.

Brandt is one of those company's that the numbering system is like gibberish and unless you know the pedigree (meaning you bought it new or were lucky enough to find the bill of sale in the drawer) it is super hard to date them.

I often see these pieces just listed as "1900-1950" or "vintage" because the sellers have no clue when it was made because it has been around a family for so long no one remembers or it was a curb find etc.

Pristine, a piece like this in most retail settings, could fetch in the $100-150 range (if you are in a low supply, high demand town).

In the condition yours is in, in most every market, the value will drop to $10-$50 (again...supply and demand based so if you are in a high supply/low demand town--$10, a low supply, high demand location-- $50).

This piece could clean up nicely, but I would let the buyer do it if you are not an expert at refinishing. A bad refinish job can devalue an already low value piece to nothing.

Thanks for sharing!! Post back how your sale goes!

Judy
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This is a pretty table, but in poor condition. I don't think you would get more than $30 for it.

cybergrannie
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Brandt is usually a good name in furniture but when most people buy furniture, they want it to be in very good to excellent condition as not too many people are into refinishing furniture.

You could check out used tables advertised on Craigslist to see if you can find any similar tables (any brand) that are in need of refinishing to see if some close value can be found.
Not trying to be down about the value, but you can probably find nicer tables on Freecycle - free for pick up.
Refinishing is expensive and but I have seen some excellent styles done in modern colors and offered as 'one-of-a-kind' that did sell for $100 or more but I'm not sure this table style would adapt to a modern 'finish'.

Would be nice to know what you decide to do with your table so keep in touch.

Myrna
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August Brandt, a German immigrant established his Brandt Furniture Company, Inc. in 1901. It's doors were closed in 1985 and reopened by the employees in 1986 and still continues today as a small family business. Their address is: 682 Pennsylvania Ave.