merseybeat1963 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I love furniture and this is a nice thing to put next to your music stand & chair. Its hard to tell from the pictures but if it is in reasonably good condition & if done well,its being given away. (Baker quality is not consistant) Its not a magazine rack nor walnut ..etc. It is a Canterbury made of mahagony reproduced by Baker from an original that is in a Stately Home in UK selected by Sir Humphrey Wakefield. The original is an Irish masterpiece & really best of type..and was made aprox 1740-55. I bought/ordered one of these about 1992 and it cost a hefty $2600 (at nearly half off retail)..in 1992 dollars..big difference to 2012 dollars. We put it next to the piano in living room. Then got a second really dark one that looks more Irish Georgian about 1999 from a Baker Outlet for $2k plus shipping, which is usually next to my music stand to use with guitar. Its in Chicago & am unsure due to pictures but that seems like flash effect & Id bet its excellent. A proper go over by a good furniture guy (1/2 hr) and a good polish in English wax & if its as nice as ours,you got something that belongs in a museum. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Fine-Hand-Carved-Baker-Furniture-Magazine-Rack-Canterbury-Box-/390435905485?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D256992138683272314%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26#ht_3698wt_1165 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 P.S. There is a great match to it in California in a Tea Table..that is a masterpiece & mint : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 i thought this was the gibson guitar forum , i seem to have wandered into the womens institute friday tea party sorry to interrupt as you were ladies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Morton Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 i thought this was the gibson guitar forum , i seem to have wandered into the womens institute friday tea party sorry to interrupt as you were ladies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 i thought this was the gibson guitar forum , i seem to have wandered into the womens institute friday tea party sorry to interrupt as you were ladies This a guitar "accessory" if you hadn't noticed : ) Also you might consider that if you were the only guy with guitar, invited to such a tea party .. it might be quite a pleasent experience...sounds like a good business. Anyway over the years Ive noticed its usually not chicks that get down into the nitty gritty of 300 year old carved furnture ..and its all about as gay as a nice handmade L5 or D45. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Haha beautiful piece for the crumpets haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Haha beautiful piece for the crumpets haha : ) I knew someone whould like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 This a guitar "accessory" if you hadn't noticed : ) Also you might consider that if you were the only guy with guitar, invited to such a tea party .. it might be quite a pleasent experience...sounds like a good business. Anyway over the years Ive noticed its usually not chicks that get down into the nitty gritty of 300 year old carved furnture ..and its all about as gay as a nice handmade L5 or D45. : ) haha , its all good, i never mentioned 'gay' though, dont be putting things in my mouth if it IS a guitar stand/accessory though i cant see it, its a really impractical one :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Nilppeznaf Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 haha what has this place turned into ...Location Location Location.... whats with all this banter about houses or flats and furniture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 haha , its all good, i never mentioned 'gay' though, dont be putting things in my mouth if it IS a guitar stand/accessory though i cant see it, its a really impractical one :-) Well noted.. Before that thing my music books were laying all over the floor..cause I have such a **** memory I cant remember the words (and chords ecchh!) of songs so I figure out tunes make notations & write out all the words. Ive got books & papers& books & papers.. My wife would say pick up your books..Id say Im gonna use them tomorrow.. so of course there is a tomorrow every next day so it would only get picked up once a year (Christmas) Now ... its all nice & neat side ways..plus the thing is pretty sizey & fits a lot of books...I just reach down ...seeing it yet.. : ) (Truth of the matter is I just dig wood) All the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-1854Me Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 haha , its all good, i never mentioned 'gay' though, dont be putting things in my mouth Freudian slip...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 That one surprised me merseybeat1963 - But I can see it full of these* and some strings and a few tin-boxes with pins and picks and 7 inch single with Country Joe and The Fish and the polisher in a crystal bottle and some slide tubes and. . . . *tpbiii's collection – hope he doesn't mind me loading the impressing bunch - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 That one surprised me merseybeat1963 - But I can see it full of these* and some strings and a few tin-boxes with pins and picks and 7 inch single with Country Joe and The Fish and the polisher in a crystal bottle and some slide tubes and. . . . You must still have a decent memory.. I don't see any books. *tpbiii's collection – hope he doesn't mind me loading the impressing bunch - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 You must still have a decent memory.. I don't see any books. I'm not sure the thing exactly rocks, , , , but if one look underneath those lion feet, it'll definitely roll. . . . . Ouhh yea books. . . . . A little Kerouac and Keats. A private note book for ideas and nothing but ink. 'How Not To Mess Up My Truss Rod'. 'Chords From A to Letters You Haven't Even Heard Of'. And a stack of French 1920's postcards held together by 1940's twine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Well...it's gone .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 I told you it had wheels. Frankly - let it roll. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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