My mother inherited secretary upon her mothers passing and used for years until her passing two years ago. She explained that the secretary was given to her mother by her father as an anniversary gift sometime in the mid 1930's. The item was bought new. It is constructed using early twentieth century mass production methods from Cherry wood stained to appear like manogany. Not sure what style they were trying to copy but as you can see by photos it is a formal design. The top can be removed w/o difficulty for ease of moving. Both top and bottom have an outward curve. Top style has scroll inlay of unknown wood. The glass in the 2 doors on the top are single curve pane for each door and have intriquite muttons applied over them. Top piece has three curved shelves 10 inches deep at center. Bottom is also curved to compliment top piece and has slant top which folds out to become writing surface and is supported by two styles which automatically extend when top is opened. Interior of "desk" has 4 slots (1 large slot and 3 small slots) on either side of cubby hole w/ door. Below the three smaller slots on each side are a single drawer. This whole assembly can be removed if desired. Below "desk" is three large curved drawers. Front and sides of drawers are solid wood with mahogany veneer plywood as well as back of top and bottom pieces. Entire secretary sits on scroll work base w/carved legs.
I have a old collection of photographs from the JFK State funeral, 161 black and white 8 by 10 photo's and was wondering if you could put some kind of value on it for me? The best thing to do is direct you to our ad on Ebay, we are not going to sell it there, we just wanted to check and see if we could find someone who was interested and see what they would bring. So go to ebay where you can view the pics and description if you would and let me know what you think.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290187804935Shelby
this antique national cash register was left behind by a former housemate who didn't want it. we don't have a key for it but I understand that those are relatively easy to come by? there are no screw holes for a top sign. The serial number of the unit begins with the letter S meaning that it was worked on at some point by the company that manufactured it. what i don't know is the style of the background to determine the value of the piece.
This belt buckle has a 50th Anniversary banner in red lettering at the top. In the middle is a glossy black back ground along with Roy Rogers written in red lettering a picture of him carved in silver with a cowboy hat and along the bottom in red lettering is "king of the cowboys".
