# Roadshow: Do you own any antiques (\>25 years old) worth more than $5,000?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 5, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadshow-do-you-own-any-antiques-25-years-old-worth-more-than-5-000/248749 "2004-06-05T02:00:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadshow-do-you-own-any-antiques-25-years-old-worth-more-than-5-000/248749/21 "2004-06-05T18:55:02Z")

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I have some odds and ends but probably none of 'em would rack up $5k on their own. Some I’ve just picked up (well, _bought_) at out-of-the-way antique stores or at auctions over the years, just because I liked them. Others I inherited, but they 'll never be for sale simply because they are “family”. They’ll go to one of my kin when I croak or downsize.

Several exceptions:  
**Mahogany dining room set** : table and chairs for eight, china cabinet and mirrored sideboard. Immaculate condition, circa late 1890’s. And it’s actually _attractive_, very clean-lined. (Belonged to my great-aunt.)

**hardwood and tin pie safe** : excellent condition, very solid, circa 1870. (Belonged to my great-grandmother.) I’m not particularly enamoured with it–it sits in cellar and holds wine–but they’be become ridiculously trendy in recent years. Rather a family joke because the thing’s huge, and weighs a ton. We literally couldn’t _give_ it away; Mom set it out by curb at least twice. A casual friend who’s an antique dealer offered me $4K for it ten years ago. I thought she was nuts.

**Dated and stamped Rookwood vase** : Again, from my great-aunt. Had it appraised for insurance purposes-- before giving it to my sister. (Okay, so I don’t really have it any more; it’s still in the family!) She collects Cincinnati-stuff, and didn’t have much from that branch of the family. I love her and it made her happy.

**Antique brass “doggy” door knob** : found it in the attic of the house; can’t remember the name of the manufacturer offhand. One went for $6K at an auction in San Fransisco @10 years ago. The original owners of the house loved dogs (_good_ people!), so little dog-details crop up all over the place, e.g. on little metal window pulls, etc. The door knob had the head of a hound in the middle, surrounded by an oranate frame. Pretty thing!

Veb

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