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Category
Furniture
Medium
Wood
Condition
Fair
Date Period
not sure. I think around 1890
Weight
heavy
History
My husband and his sister bought this at a garage sale 20 years ago. We were getting ready to throw it out until I came across one almost like this on the internet. It was an 1890 flat top trunk that had been restored.
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
$20.00
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Trunks like this date from
<p>Trunks like this date from the last quarter of the 19th Century. Though one can find identical trucks that have been fully restored selling for $400.00 most is "As Is" or "in the rough" often sell at auction for less than $75.00.</p><p> </p><p>Lovejoy </p>
Re: Flat Top Trunk
I TOO HAVE AN OLD TRUNK, I THINK IS VERY PRETTY, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS WORTH, I BOUGHT IT FOR FORTY DOLLRAS I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING A STEAL, BUT AFTER READING UP AND RESEARCHING I'M GETTING DISCOURAGED ON THE MONEY ASPECT, BUT I STILL WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT FOR FORTY DOLLARS, IT'S REALLY PRETTY.