Saturday, 1 February 2014

Factors To Consider When Buying Antique Trunks

By Jayne Rutledge


While shopping for antique trunks online or offline, customers should consider various factors to ensure getting the right products. You should for instance look at the size, condition, uniqueness, completeness and hardware utilized in designing such products. It is essential also to determine the reputation of the seller from who you are buying such items. In order for buyers to get quality in return for their money, there are some important features that the antique trunks they are planning to buy should have.

Designers construct antique chests in various sizes; some that are small while others are large. Larger antiques are usually costly but more valuable than the small ones. When visiting a dealer, it is essential to determine how big you want your trunk to be to ensure you get the right product.

Antiques are used for numerous purposes that mean they should be strong enough to endure the impacts associated with such exposures. Therefore, you need to be careful when choosing the product by for instance looking at the hardware used in making it. It is also essential to know that, some hardware are stronger than others. For instance, you need to choose grey metal hardware and solid brass hardware, as they are stronger than the colored black metal and the coated brass and copper hardware.

The condition of the trunk is another vital factor to consider. Generally, poorly finished chests would suffer from high risks of scratches, wear and tear, scuffing and other impacts that would reduce their value. Before buying these products, it is therefore important to determine whether there is any missing component as well as knowing the condition of the varnish, the handles and locks and determine whether the leather material has holes.

Some trunks are not fitted with all the necessary features and components hence may have low value. Consequently, clients should determine whether the potential antiques have the necessary materials and components. You should never forget that, top quality items would have leather edging and brass hardware while poor items would have poor materials like metal edging and metal handles.

Designing these products require certain levels of expertise. Experienced and qualified designers would have the potential to design better items than unskilled people. You should for this reason consider from who you are buying the potential item from. You need to consider the experience of such makers as this would determine their ability to create quality products.

You need also to determine whether such items are equipped with the right embellishments. It is for instance important to consider whether such materials have all drawers, shoe-boxes, mirrors, locks and cubicles. Chests equipped with all the appropriate materials and embellishments would have more value than the ones which do not; hence it is important to choose a fully equipped trunk.

Besides antique trunks having a lot of historical meaning, some people use them for home decoration and storage purposes. Various people also collect these items to wait for their values to increase and sell them making a profit. Despite the reason for collecting these items, it is always advisable to consider various things to ensure getting the right products in return for your money.




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