How do I find out if the antique chairs I have are worth anything?
Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at
2:22 am
I have 4 mahogany chairs that have a tag on the bottom that reads "Drexel Furniture Co. Morganton, NC" and a stamp that reads in part "Commonwealth of PA, Department of Labor and Industry, Registry No. 982." I bought them from someone who bought them from someone else at an outdoor market sale, so she didn’t know anything about them.
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the best thing to do would be to contact an antique dealer in your area. What is valuable in one part of the country/world is not as valuable in other areas.
(and just because something is old doesn’t mean it is worth anything)
I can tell you that your chairs were probably a product of child labor
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/24/
I have to comment on the post below.. Drexel Heritage is NOT the same company as the original Drexel furniture company. Drexel merged with Heritage in the 1950s and now is only the same company in name. They do not have an on site historian nor do they offer any support or information on furniture made by either company prior to the merger.
Good luck! I hope this site helps.
Try Drexel Heritage’s customer service to see whn the chair was manufactured. They’re online. That’s a good place to start. Drexel furniture is mass produced, so it may be a matter of populaity rather than rarity, but some of the styles are hot right now.
Another good place to go online is ebay. Many sellers know the worth of what they’re selling and you can get an idea of what your chairs are worth by what people are actually paying for similar chaairs. It’s a great way to find out more about your chairs, etc. I think someone can put a price on an item, but it’s only worth that much if someone is willing to buy it at that price.