Pricey Bronte furniture?

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  • ardcarp
    Late member
    • Nov 2010
    • 11102

    Pricey Bronte furniture?

    A table at which Emily Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights and her sister Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre is returned to the family home.


    (My writing desk cost £10 down the recycling depot. It works quite well.)
  • Don Petter

    #2
    Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-30973455

    (My writing desk cost £10 down the recycling depot. It works quite well.)
    But does it have Bronte chewing gum under the top?

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    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 30327

      #3
      Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-30973455

      (My writing desk cost £10 down the recycling depot. It works quite well.)
      Who wrote on it before you?
      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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      • Dave2002
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 18025

        #4
        Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-30973455

        (My writing desk cost £10 down the recycling depot. It works quite well.)
        Wot. No Freecycle?

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        • eighthobstruction
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 6444

          #5
          ....it's a very important table....
          bong ching

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          • Richard Tarleton

            #6
            A Napoleon hat for dressing up, £60

            Napoleon's hat, 1.9 million euros

            It's all about provenance, innit

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            • eighthobstruction
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 6444

              #7
              ....still more amazing is the E400k of fresh air for the selling of it....(Nap's hat)
              Last edited by eighthobstruction; 26-01-15, 12:39.
              bong ching

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              • Don Petter

                #8
                Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
                No, that's just because of this morning's exchange rate.

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                • french frank
                  Administrator/Moderator
                  • Feb 2007
                  • 30327

                  #9
                  Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
                  ....it's a very important table....
                  I made my table. In fact, as I look round me, I see four tables that I've made. In most cases the wood cost more than the tables are worth
                  It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                  • ardcarp
                    Late member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 11102

                    #10
                    the wood cost more than the tables are worth
                    Surely not, with that provenance.......

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                    • french frank
                      Administrator/Moderator
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 30327

                      #11
                      Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
                      Surely not, with that provenance.......
                      My abilty to convert timber into expensive firewood knows no bounds, but I have a cloth covering one and another is covered with stuff.

                      My exam piece was a small writing table, with cabinet (and secret drawer) but someone said something rude about it and I cannot now view it with any pleasure
                      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        #12
                        Originally posted by french frank View Post
                        My exam piece was a small writing table, with cabinet (and secret drawer) but someone said something rude about it and I cannot now view it with any pleasure
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                        • french frank
                          Administrator/Moderator
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30327

                          #13
                          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                          How true! It may be worth £580,000 now .....
                          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                          • eighthobstruction
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 6444

                            #14
                            Originally posted by french frank View Post
                            I cannot now view it with any pleasure
                            ....sounds just the right sort of wood for making for making bad vibes....
                            bong ching

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                            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                              Gone fishin'
                              • Sep 2011
                              • 30163

                              #15
                              Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
                              ....sounds just the right sort of wood for making for making bad vibes....
                              A bad marimba, surely?
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