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I spoke with a helpful guy who knows something about antiques and got the low-down on the china cabinet. Basically this kind of thing is really really out of fashion; and there are zillions of people down-sizing out of big houses who are trying to get rid of stuff like this. So the market for stuff like this is glutted. He said that it's hard to even give this stuff away these days. So, I massively reduced the price of the china cabinet on Craigslist, but I'm holding out no hope for that to lead anywhere. I e-mailed the pictures to the guy who's in touch with the antiques market, and he will ask around, but I'm holding out no hope for that to work out, either. I told my broker to ask my buyers whether they would buy the china cabinet for $40, but I'm not very optimistic about that. If they want it for $40, excellent, I will just let it go, but they are likely to have their own ideas about furniture. But, then again, the realtor thinks this will be a second home for them, so maybe they need to buy a whole new set of furniture. So, maybe.
But, it will fit in the library of the new apartment! The space doesn't look big enough but that's what the measuring tape claims. I couldn't believe it, I measured twice. So, default course of action, have the movers move the thing, if nothing else pans out.
Also, to my astonishment, it looks like the Metro shelving unit with the more square-ish footprint will fit into my storage space. I was going to try to sell all the Metro shelving, but now I don't need to. I'm still willing to sell the longer Metro shelving (the one I'm using for hanging clothes) but it's not a high priority.
The seller of the new apartment wants to sell me the kitchen table. But she is under the illusion that it's worth a lot of money because she paid a lot of money for it new. I like the table OK (it's just a kitchen table) and I appreciate the lack of hassle of having it just stay in place, but I can't justify spending much more than I would spend at Ikea for a table. So, we'll see where that goes.
I visited the new apartment today-- It looked smaller than my mental image of it. But all the measurements I took with the tape measure were bigger than my mental images of the furniture I'm trying to fit into it.
Cute, but functional!
But, it will fit in the library of the new apartment! The space doesn't look big enough but that's what the measuring tape claims. I couldn't believe it, I measured twice. So, default course of action, have the movers move the thing, if nothing else pans out.
Also, to my astonishment, it looks like the Metro shelving unit with the more square-ish footprint will fit into my storage space. I was going to try to sell all the Metro shelving, but now I don't need to. I'm still willing to sell the longer Metro shelving (the one I'm using for hanging clothes) but it's not a high priority.
The seller of the new apartment wants to sell me the kitchen table. But she is under the illusion that it's worth a lot of money because she paid a lot of money for it new. I like the table OK (it's just a kitchen table) and I appreciate the lack of hassle of having it just stay in place, but I can't justify spending much more than I would spend at Ikea for a table. So, we'll see where that goes.
I visited the new apartment today-- It looked smaller than my mental image of it. But all the measurements I took with the tape measure were bigger than my mental images of the furniture I'm trying to fit into it.
Cute, but functional!
