Antique Davis-Birely small desk

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$100
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Furniture
Sausalito, CA USA
Description from user:

Small desk with drawer that opens to reveal flip up writing surface. Ink container intact.

Client received from amntique dealer step dad about 20 years ago.

Answered within about 21 hours
By Delia
Jun 27, 15:59 UTC
Fair Market Value
$50 - $75 USD
Suggested Asking Price $100 USD
What does this mean?

Hi Teri,

Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
If you'd like for your appraisal to include dimensions, which is customary, please forward in the comments section - at your convenience - the height, width and depth and I'll update this ASAP.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:

A vintage oak student's desk
made by Davis-Birely Table Co., Shelbyville, Indiana, circa 1900-1940
The square (rectangular?) top over a frame fitted with a single long drawer with desk interior and inkwell and two turned wooden pulls, on square legs joined by a shelf stretcher.
(DIMENSIONS)
CONDITION: with some wear commensurate to age and use.
PROVENANCE: not original owner, acquired from someone who inherited it.
$50-75*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.

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