I am trying to find out how much this bed might be worth. Any suggestions?
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Excellent pictures but there are so many variables that only a true antique person could place a value on a bed like this.
Everything about the bed would mean something to someone familiar with furniture like this but for most members of this site, they would not be searchable and that is how we would have to determine value - mostly with finding same or very similar sold items.
I would suggest you pay a $17 fee and ask Barneby's for an appraisal as they have experts available that know antiques.
If you decide to do this be sure to include any information you have about the bed (provenance) as well as measurements and pictures.
There are some free appraisal sites but you can Google and find several of those.
For me, setting a value is going to be a bit of a challenge without a maker or a year. You could (to learn more):
-- take it to an antique dealer and ask him/her to give you an insurance value and some history on the piecewhich would tell you what it is worth in your area. If you ended up selling it to them you would not be getting the value, but would be getting what they want to pay so they can mark it up to the value price and make a profit
--talk to a consignment shop and see what they would sell it for and if they know any history on it (knowing they sell it for you they will take a percentage of the sale)
--use the genre method to set a price...but know this is really not the best method as some sellers are overly ambitious and want big bucks for something worthless and others are trying to close an estate and are asking penny's on the dollar for something valuable. Without a true apples to apples match of something that someone sold, you cannot know the true market value today.
As an example of doing a genre search...I put the term ornate mahogany bedroom into eBay and came up with this auction:
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I personally think this seller is overly ambitious, but you never know if someone MUST HAVE this item, they will pay the price!
You can do that same search in Google and see if you can find similar sets on Craig's list or Facebook Marketplace and what they are asking and that can help you set your value (price to sell).
Look for markings behind or under the bed. It will be difficult to determine age/value without knowing who made it.
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