And an antique desk is always in good taste. Q: Back in the late 1980s, I bought an oak roll-top desk from someone who had owned it for years. On one side of the desk there’s a bronze plaque ...

Question: I was wondering what the age and value is of a child’s oak roll-top desk that ... However, in checking antiques and collectibles oak furniture reference books, desks such as the ...

By 1900, most of them were made of oak. It was not until the 1970s that roll-top desks became popular for ... A–The prices of antique, carved ivory pieces are not likely to be affected by ...

The oak wood is quarter sawn revealing the ... It appears the mantle clock sitting on the roll top desk is an antique. If so, it is likely more valuable and salable than the desk.

Question: A friend closed his law practice during the 1980s and gave me an old oak, roll-top desk that was in his ... Alyce Hand Benham is an antiques broker, appraiser and estate-liquidation ...

That's what you'll find at this weekend's Antique and Collectors' Revival, where millions of odds and ends will be spread over three acres. They've got country oak roll-top desks, art deco ...