help id and value this find

[jennysilver4]

please help all my research has turn up empty so can you help. i need the kind of furniture it is a date and value. please help!

 

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[jennysilver4]

please help all my research has turn up empty so can you help. i need the kind of furniture it is a date and value. please help!

more pictures again please help

 

[trdking]

It looks hobby made in someones garage woodshop. Does not look terribly old. The spindles were probably pre purchased already turned and ready. They don't appear to match the other wood or the style. Value is in the eye of the beerholder

 

[jennysilver4]

thanks for your reply and no way it home made. wow this must be very rare furniture cause no one seems to know. i challenge this forum to get to the bottom of this furniture and prove all the naysayers wrong when they say treasure hunters are a joke. Please lets stay on this one!

 

[GopherDaGold]

Mission inspired but the turned spindles suggest Arts and Crafts. Bench seats with matching dining chairs are a relatively newer concept so I'm going with 1970's-80's and possibly a hand-crafted marriage of both styles. True Mission-style collectors would probably pass on this set.
Just because something may be homemade doesn't mean it's not a quality-made piece.
I would value the set at $400-$600.

I'm not an expert, this is just an informed opinion.

And who said treasure hunters are a joke?
Was that meant to be a challenge?

 

[Tpmetal]

measure The dimensions of the rectangular pieces of wood. Looks like mostly standard sizes for construction grade stuff.(like 2x6 or 2x8) keep in mind those are not true sizes they will measure somewhere around 1.5x5.5 and 1.5x 7.5. if thats the case then I agree 100 percent with above statements of hobbiest or roadside craft store of some sort. Even if its not those sizes I still think that route is correct based on style, just a better quality build would be the difference.

 

[chub]

Agree, looks hobby/ homemade. The screws underneath the chairs are unevenly placed. the screws on the ends of the pew type chair are exposed -not generally seen on commercial furniture. The construction itself is not very cost effective (too much thick timber) and uses rudimentary construction technique. The underside of the table also appears to be ply? The feet on the pew style piece are unevenly sanded ,one is round one isnt. Pine furniture isnt worth so much generally. looks modern. I would guess $200.

chub

 

[GeoW]

Looks as if someone tested out his new Shopsmith! Value like beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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[xaos]

The bench seat appears exceptionally unstable, look at how wide the feet are! The chairs dont look much better. The legs on the table are also not wide enough to be stable.

This whole setup looks especially unsafe.

I see in the pictures the chair and table are already in the crash position.

I would not let anyone I cared about sit on that bench.

Worth less than firewood, burn it before someone gets hurt. (liability $$$$$)

 

[creskol]

My son built a nearly identical set (minus the bench) back when he was in high school from plans out of Wood Magazine.

 

[Plumbata]

Lol, is the table top made of a sheet of plywood? Sure looks like it from the poor photos.

Definitely a rather modern home-made garage/workshop project, and worth no more than whatever someone on craigslist would pay for a used modern dining room set made of crappy wood.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Whew!!! Rough crowd!!!

However, sorry - but I have to agree with the rough crowd

 

[chub]

thanks for your reply and no way it home made. wow this must be very rare furniture cause no one seems to know. i challenge this forum to get to the bottom of this furniture and prove all the naysayers wrong when they say treasure hunters are a joke. Please lets stay on this one!

Us joke' treasure hunters' = rough crowd I think it was this reply that just gave everyone a little tickle in the wrong spot...

chub

 

[smokeythecat]

Goferthegold is correct. I saw a fair amount of this new in the BETTER craft markets in the early to mid 1980's. All of it was custom made by a few families here and there. It's a nice set. A reinvention of the mission style was very popular then.

 

[xaos]

Sorry, bottom line, it is a mess and dangerous. Finding it on a corner with a "free" sign in crayon should have been the first clue. Although, looking at the surrounding decor, it does somehow fit.

Anyways, I think it is a liability, not an asset.

Burn it and get some warmth from it.

 

[RelicHunterPro]

I would put the value at 190-250$ I'm not a furniture expert. But if it's from 1980s it sure isn't worth more than a Victorian set that goes for 500$+ or just burn it because its a hazard to society sorry but the rough crowd is absolutely right.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Looks like a high school shop project to me. I’d dismantle it and build a display case for rusty junk(; I have a house full

 

[chub]

Looks like a high school shop project to me. I’d dismantle it and build a display case for rusty junk(; I have a house full

Thanks for meeting the 'challenge' of the op

chub

 

[A2coins]

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