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Family heirloom, when to sell?
Posted on 12/20/14 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 12/20/14 at 1:53 pm
How much would you need get in order to sell a family heirloom? This family struck the jackpot, but would you have considered keeping the furniture?
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When they were found, they were appraised for the chair between $30,000-$50,000 and the desk between $150,000-$250,000
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The chair and desk were put to auction by the Merwin Hale Wilkinson, Jr. family. They fetched $653,000 for the chair, and $365,000 for the desk, totaling $1,018,000!
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Posted on 12/20/14 at 1:54 pm to redbullwings
depends on what kind of history it has.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 1:55 pm to redbullwings
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This family struck the jackpot, but would you have considered keeping the furniture?
Not at all
Posted on 12/20/14 at 2:00 pm to redbullwings
Depends on how much sentimental value, which isn't stated in the article, and whether I needed the money. If it's a piece of furniture we just happened to have, no problem. If it come in a covered wagon via the Oregon Trail with an ancestor, I'd want to hang on to it if possible.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 2:06 pm to redbullwings
My wife and I have banged on almost every piece of furniture in my house. They are entirely too sentimental to let go because I am such a sensitive person about things like that.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 2:08 pm to redbullwings
I'm not really sentimental about anything outside of my wife, my kids, and my dog.
So, uh, yeah, I'd sell. As soon as I received it.
So, uh, yeah, I'd sell. As soon as I received it.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 2:10 pm to redbullwings
That's some life changing money right there for someone who may be 30 years old. Not in the lottery sense, but that kind of cash in a lump sum would put my mind at ease in a lot of areas.
Sell in a heart beat
Sell in a heart beat
Posted on 12/20/14 at 2:45 pm to redbullwings
I love this kind of shite. My mom was an orphan and we have no family heirlooms whatsoever. I have a problem with collecting other people's. Not like hoarding or anything, but I buy antiques and vintage furniture all the time. Love it when people sell their family heirlooms because it adds to my collection. Admittedly, I cannot afford those prices, though. 
Posted on 12/20/14 at 3:17 pm to redbullwings
That is pretty amazing. I love heirlooms, but with that being said, I would sell that furniture in a heart beat. Furniture is not like a painting or piece of jewelry. It takes up lots of space and knowing how valuable it is, I would have a hard time ever using it or leaving it out.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 3:38 pm to LSUfan4444
Sell it you never know when a natural disaster,fire etc will strike
Sell sell sell
Sell sell sell
Posted on 12/20/14 at 3:38 pm to redbullwings
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Wilkinson
They struck the jackpot the day they were born.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:28 pm to redbullwings
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totaling $1,018,000!
Standard auction house cut is 35%. They'll have to pay taxes on top of that.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:31 pm to redbullwings
Depends. I'm sentimental, but I don't like heirloom furniture if it is fragile/non-practical.
Much more likely to hold on to other (smaller) stuff, paintings, guns, knives, clocks, watches, etc.
Much more likely to hold on to other (smaller) stuff, paintings, guns, knives, clocks, watches, etc.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:38 pm to LSUfan4444
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My wife and I have banged on almost every piece of furniture in my house. They are entirely too sentimental to let go because I am such a sensitive person about things like that.
me too. if you ever decide to get rid of any of it let me know. I like to remember all the times your wife and I banged on it
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:39 pm to redbullwings
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This post was edited on 12/20/18 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:42 pm to gingerkittie
What percentage of your posts would you say you mention your simple life in? 50%?
You're pretty proud of it
You're pretty proud of it
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:43 pm to yellowfin
100% of them
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:43 pm to yellowfin
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What percentage of your posts would you say you mention your simple life in? 50%? You're pretty proud of it
I'm going with 100%. I've never seen a post of her's that doesn't mention something related to downsizing and moving to the country.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:45 pm to KingRanch
We are all just simple salt of the earth people around here KR
Posted on 12/20/14 at 4:47 pm to redbullwings
When it's ripened.
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