Comments on: Antique Furniture Marriage Proposal: How to Tell if Different Pieces Have Been Wed http://www.worthpoint.com/article/antique-furniture-marriage-proposal Get the Most from Your Antiques & Collectibles Thu, 23 May 2013 08:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: barbara hartnett http://www.worthpoint.com/article/antique-furniture-marriage-proposal/comment-page-1#comment-4816 barbara hartnett Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:04:38 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2486237#comment-4816 Fred- Thank you so much for your help with this! I suspected when we purchased it that we had been duped. The one on your site is lovely and ours is really primitive and I'm not sure what the wood is. You have directed us as to what to do with it anyway! Thanks again. Most sincerely, Barbara Fred- Thank you so much for your help with this! I suspected when we purchased it that we had been duped. The one on your site is lovely and ours is really primitive and I’m not sure what the wood is. You have directed us as to what to do with it anyway! Thanks again. Most sincerely, Barbara

]]> By: Fred Taylor http://www.worthpoint.com/article/antique-furniture-marriage-proposal/comment-page-1#comment-4687 Fred Taylor Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:35:21 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2486237#comment-4687 Barbara - Most American dough boxes do have a stand of some sort. An expert in the subject would need to examine yours in person to determine the authenticity of the stand. The potential buyer may have just been trying to "steal" the box. Very few dough boxes have sold recently in the $600 range. Most are in the $100-$200 range. Here is a nice exmaple, on a stand, that sold for $250 in April 2008. http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5110151 Best regards, Fred Taylor Barbara – Most American dough boxes do have a stand of some sort. An expert in the subject would need to examine yours in person to determine the authenticity of the stand. The potential buyer may have just been trying to “steal” the box.

Very few dough boxes have sold recently in the $600 range. Most are in the $100-$200 range. Here is a nice exmaple, on a stand, that sold for $250 in April 2008.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5110151

Best regards,

Fred Taylor

]]> By: barbara hartnett http://www.worthpoint.com/article/antique-furniture-marriage-proposal/comment-page-1#comment-4659 barbara hartnett Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:54:07 +0000 http://www.worthpoint.com/?p=2486237#comment-4659 We purchased a 19th century lancaster county doughbox some years ago for $600.00 from an antique store. When we attempted to sell it for much less last year, an interested buyer decided against it because it looked to him like the box was placed on a base that was not original. It has much wear evenly, the woods seem to match and the stain is all the same. The base is of turned legs with round grooves and there is an unusual sliding top rather than the more common lift type. Even if the base was added later, was that not a common practice to get it off the table? How can we decide how much that would effect it's value? Thank you for helping, if you can! We purchased a 19th century lancaster county doughbox some years ago for $600.00 from an antique store. When we attempted to sell it for much less last year, an interested buyer decided against it because it looked to him like the box was placed on a base that was not original. It has much wear evenly, the woods seem to match and the stain is all the same. The base is of turned legs with round grooves and there is an unusual sliding top rather than the more common lift type. Even if the base was added later, was that not a common practice to get it off the table? How can we decide how much that would effect it’s value? Thank you for helping, if you can!

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