Posted 12 years ago
Weiss0211
(1 item)
One of the trunks we got this weekend at an auction. Not really finding much about this style online. Lable stating "Taylor Made" C.A. Trunk Works 1859 Chicago - New York. Has a pull out shelf under the lid. Also the letters "P M" on the sides of the trunk. Not sure if its personalized or if thats a style. Letters on the side about the size of a ladies hand. Any idea what it's worth, age or used for would be extremely helpful!
I love the Taylor trunks -- still trying to find one. Yours looks to be from around the early 1900's with what appears to be vulcanized paper covering. A standard use trunk like many of its day. Taylor made a better quality trunk than a lot of other manufacturers. This type and style does not hold a big value -- you should be able to find similar trunks in your areas classified to get a handle on value. Nice to see it still has the tray with it. thanks for the post -- hope this helps a little.
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Thank you very much! We definitely want to get it looked at just need to find someone who might know about trunks. We saw 2 on ebay that were going for $450+ so with you saying not much value kinda a bummer! Thanks again!
They can ask a lot on ebay and not get the return. Value is a little subjective. I believe your trunk is a nice example -- just to clarify I said it did not have "big" value, which some specialized trunks have. The problem for some on this type of trunk is the covering -- which makes it hard to refinish. It does have value, probably not in the $400 range but again my market area can be quite different than yours. Perhaps on ebay a collector looking for a Taylor trunk might bite at that range -- hard for me to say, but that certainly would be the "upper end". I think it is a nice quality trunk and I would be happy to have it in my collection.