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I would like to know if you know this makers mark. It is under an Isle of Man tilt top tripod table (or so I'm told). It's been in my family since 1946. The story has it, that it came from Alexander Graham Bell's office that was dismantled at Western Electric, Kearny, NJ. My father worked there and took it home.
Any ideas? Would you advise me to try and clean up the makers mark to make it more visible. Thank you!
You might try a pencil rubbing to see if more characters can be made out. At least there is no risk of damage that way! www.ehow.com/
I do not believe I would do anything to the mark until further investigation. You might just try rubbing it with white vinegar and a couple of dots of Dawn Dish soap.
Please let us know what information you find.
I have a beautiful antique tilt top table I'm looking to sell, but have no idea what the value is. Does anyone have some insight they would be willing to share with me?
I would really appreciate it!
Wow! It is a beautiful piece! Is there a maker mark on the underside?
Do you know the age? You said antique, which to me means it is at least 100 years old (so from 1918 or before).
Do you know the wood type? It is hard to tell if it is a walnut or a mahogany or even oak with a different stain.
All of these factors affect the value--as if you look online at sold auctions they can range in price from around $30 into the low thousands if it has significant provenance.
It is pretty and seems to be in nice shape...usually the more ornate patterns fetch a little more, and this one has nice floral carvings. The edge appears to be a pie crust edge (meaning fluted) although at the angle, it may just have a raised edge (not the actual fluting like a pie has if done up fancy.
If there is no markers mark on it, I would suggest either going to Google images and describing and looking for an EXACT match and then seeing if it was sold at an auction house and for how much OR taking the name and plugging it into eBays SOLD section and seeing what comes up.
Value is based on current market price--meaning what an item sells for (I use selling price plus shipping because that is what the person pays)--although most big pieces are local pick up only because shipping is a nightmare.
Never use asking price to determine a value because that only tells you what the seller thinks it is worth...SOLD price tells you what someone actually paid--value.
Value is different than profit also...so if you sell online or to a consignment store, you may sell for 100, but profit less than 50 after fees or commissions.
I wish I could help more, but there are no exact matches on ebay at the moment based on photos...if you don't find a match first time out, check back to eBay or Google images every few days as the market is very fluid and changes almost daily.
It is a lovely piece! Maybe someone else here will recognize it immediately and be able to give you an EXACT market value! Thanks for sharing it!
I seriously doubt that you will find an exact match to your table as there are hundreds of tables shown on Google, Pinterest, eBay, Etsy and many other sites and it is rare to see two of the same antique or vintage table. You could get lucky and find a picture of your table but that would not give you any indication of true value.
You can check some of these sites for similar tables:
I would like to sell these tables, but I don't know the value of them. I need some help.
Unfortunately the photos are not enough to give me enough info to give you the most accurate values. There are so many variables like the type of feet, the tilt mechanism, and condition that are going to play into value.
Also, do you know their approximate age...there are repros of these style of pieces so it is helpful to know if they are truly old or if there is a chance that they could have come from Home Goods made last week or even Bombay furniture made in the 1980s, vs. an early 1920s-1940s piece. These factors all contribute to value.
The little I can see on the tilt table is it appears to have some condition issues so that is going to affect what you can ask for it in any market whether it is new or old it will drive the final price down.
The two tier table I can't make out any of the features so I can't gauge condition or age at all.
I can offer some general info for you until I can see better photos--of the pieces full on, the undersides, and the feet close up for example. Also, one more question, where are you located? That will be helpful to know because furniture sales are regional.
General info...Furniture sales are supply and demand based. If you are in a high supply, low demand area the values are driven down. Low supply, high demand increases prices.
Condition is everything so even a small amount of damage can lower prices significantly unless the item is so rare that a collector must have it.
Where I am both types of tables (if they are truly older pieces) are plentiful, so condition would be a huge factor since I would be competing against pristine pieces in the market.
Age is not necessarily going to make it more valuable...there are some newer pieces that people want....which is why knowing its history is important.
Last thing is not matter what the value, right now is not the time to try to sell them. People are in desperate times right now in most parts of the world and money is very tight and people are in lock down and self preservation mode. Even someone who would desperately love to have this piece may not be able to buy it because they have no money or are on lock down.
Now is the time to gather info and set values and hold the piece to sell when the world settles.
Post back with more info and hopefully I can guide you in the right direction! Stay safe out there!
What is the value of an antique tilt table? It's marked 127 on bottom. I know that because I am refinishing it.
