I bought this Pie Crust table today. I can't find any markings anywhere on it. The seller said it was her late husband's father's. I would like to know it's value, how old it is and who might have made it?
The top is 30 inches across. The top appears to be made of 4 pieces of wood. Each piece is 1/4 of a pie and point into the center of the table top like pizza slices. The bottom of the top is made of 5 pieces of wood to look like 1 solid board. The hinges look rather modern to me. I know nothing about inspecting furniture, but it appears to be untampered with. The finish looks old and untouched from cleaning, staining, etc.
Thank you for your assistance.
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I do not believe you have a 'brand' name table.
The following information is my personal opinion so please feel free to ignore it.
You stated the seller said, "The seller said it was her late husband's father's". This may be true and it's possible he purchased this table in the same condition as it was sold to you.
The first thing that raises a 'red flag' are the new hinges on the underside of the table. These almost look like they were just purchased at a hardware store. No vintage table would have such hinges. Even if hinges had to be replaced, they would usually be replaced with vintage hinges. I'm not sure hinges have to be replaced very often.
The second 'red flag' is the block of wood that attaches the leg block to the tabletop.
This appears to be a scrap of wood cut to fit the pieces of the leg block. The tops of the leg block appear to have been glued to this scrap of wood and the hinges attached to the wood block are fastened to the tabletop so it appears to be a tilt-top pie crust table.
The vintage leg block could have been from any type of vintage table but does not belong with this tabletop.
I hope you understand that I'm only making comments on what I can see in the pictures and you, as well as other members may not see this at all.
Dear Cybergrannie,
Thank you and all the respondents for the thoughtful replies to my request for information. I am hoping you could suggest, in your opinion, an honest classified ad description and price as I would like to list it for sale in good faith. I know what I am asking of you is subjective, and I also understand that is all I should expect with a piece such as this.
Thank you for any further opinion you can supply,
Luke
You can send me a message through ThriftyFun and I will be glad to try and help you make a decision.
It is a lovely table even with the 'revisions' and sometimes that is all someone wants; just a lovely table.
If you're thinking of selling your table, you might want to have it professionally appraised.
This pie crust table is priced @ $671:
www.libertycarvings.com/
It depends on who manufactured it. If there are no markings it will be hard to tell if its an antique or a knockoff. I would see a dealer if I were you
Thank you all for replying. I did notice 1" white scratch marks just above the hinges on the underside of the table top - you have to expand the picture to see them. I don't know if the maker would mark it in this way or if they're just marks?
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