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I’ve taken several pictures of our very finest things, but what we’ll need to make this work is proving hard to find. We hope to pass them on, you see, to truly - ‘worthy owners’, who’ll cherish them as we have when they’re fin’ly left behind. Some are things we bought at auctions...some were found in shops...and some are simply hand-me-downs are elders left to us, But learning that a lot of what we need to - find new homes for - doesn’t appeal to others makes me mad enough to cuss! Granny’s wicker rocker is in really good condition, and Aunt Lenore and Uncle Chester’s rosewood tester bed Looks and sleeps as good as new! It’s close to ten feet tall, and worth, I guess, a ton o’ dough...least...that’s what Chester said. The tall Victorian dresser is a ‘lock-side’ - those are rare...the china cabinet’s carved to death with heads and huge claw feet… The Morris chair was built to last...it’s made of solid oak, and - unlike cheaper models, has a tooled leather seat! The roll top desk is oak as well - I’m pretty good at ‘woods’ - but when it comes ‘vintage’ - I can only guess at dates. The 3-piece bookcase - solid cherry - came from New Orleans…but all we ever used it for was - Mother’s mother’s plates. The fancy walnut table with the oval marble top was Mother’s granny’s wedding gift in 1884... And proudly poised above the hearth is Granddad’s mint condition, 50 caliber rifle from, I’m told, the Civil War! This is why we’re so upset! It isn’t like we’re selling crap ya’ find at junky yard sales pret’ near every week! These are things we’ve loved for years...but, sadly, few these days will ever know the aura of a truly fine ‘Antique’. My books and Audio-CDs are available at - writerofbooks.com
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