- to buy antique furniture.
We've just had an auctioneer round to suss out all the furniture that we won't have room for, and it was very depressing indeed.
It seems that the bottom has fallen out of the antiques market as far as "brown goods" are concerned and it looks as though we'll get derisory sums for ours. Not that we anticipated any of it turning out to be worth a king's ransom, but it's all family stuff and we have a sentimental attachment to it (and so do the kids, but they don't have room for it, either). Believe it or not, our lovely oval Georgian drop-leaf dining table will be lucky to reach £150, and a set of Edwardian chippendale-style dining chairs will make about £20 each.
I reckon that by the time we've paid for transport and commission, the net proceeds will just about pay for the (budget) kitchen worktop in our new house.
So if you like old furniture, visit your local auction!
We've just had an auctioneer round to suss out all the furniture that we won't have room for, and it was very depressing indeed.
It seems that the bottom has fallen out of the antiques market as far as "brown goods" are concerned and it looks as though we'll get derisory sums for ours. Not that we anticipated any of it turning out to be worth a king's ransom, but it's all family stuff and we have a sentimental attachment to it (and so do the kids, but they don't have room for it, either). Believe it or not, our lovely oval Georgian drop-leaf dining table will be lucky to reach £150, and a set of Edwardian chippendale-style dining chairs will make about £20 each.
I reckon that by the time we've paid for transport and commission, the net proceeds will just about pay for the (budget) kitchen worktop in our new house.
So if you like old furniture, visit your local auction!