An antique furniture is as valuable as someone is willing to pay for it and is generally considered to be 70 to 100 years old. This is of course not the only determining factor in it’s overall worth as we shall see. Value is determined by many factors, age, limited production or scarceness, uniqueness, quality and individual taste of the used furniture.
There are many tell tale signs that one can begin to discern an antique right away. Obviously this is a subject that requires much research and learning and cannot be entered into lightly as one could easily spend a fortune with nothing to show except some very fine re-productions or even forgeries!
Each area of antiques has unique markers for the experienced eye to see and determine age, where it was made, by whom and of course also approximate value. Anyone who has watched the antiques road show on tv knows how many an overlooked or unwanted piece kept forever in the garage can become the “cause celebre” overnight and be priced at a an unthinkable value.
Considering all of these facts you may discover that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure!