Bavarian Bedroom Set (5 pieces)
Hand painted, (repainted 1937) Bavarian bedroom set, blue, 1 Closet, four seasons on doors, twin sleigh beds, 4 seasons , 1 on each panel, headboards: crest of family on one, crest of Berchtesgaden on other, foot boards: scene of Berchtesgaden area, garlands of roses and ribbon on all pieces. 2 nightstands with birds and roses, matches same on closet 1 Wardrobe, 23x52x76 1 Side Table 16x12.5x33 1 Side Table 16x12.5x33 1 Bed 38.5x79x23.5 (top of mattress), 58 (top of headboard) 1 Bed 38.5x79x23.5 (top of mattress), 58 (top of headboard)
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Hi Abigail,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry.
Based on the photos and information provided, and subject to examination, this is:
An antique Bavarian paint decorated five piece bedroom suite
Continental, late 18th or early 19th Century, with later painting
Comprising:
A tall double-door cupboard painted with the Four Seasons and floral garlands, (76 inches high, 52 inches wide, 23 inches deep) - $1,200-1,800
Two twin beds, each painted with four seasons, armorials and landscapes (headboards each 58 inches high, length 79 inches long, 38 1/2 inches wide, top of mattress 23 1/2 inches) each $300-500
Two side table cabinets with birds and garlands, (each 33 inches high, 16 inches wide, 12 1/2 inches deep) - each $200-300
CONDITION: not examined in person but with wear and separations commensurate with age. Client advises these were repainted in 1937.
$2,200-3,400 for the set*
*represents a fair-market value for auction purposes; retail or asking price may vary.
Please let us know if you have additional items to appraise, and thank you again for using Mearto.
Additional 8 comps included in pictures as screenshots as well
HI Abigail,
I won't have time to look closely at these comps until later this evening but I will say that because people can ask whatever they want on eBay, and sometimes they find a buyer at that level, doesn't mean it was a fair-market situation where people were bidding against each other.
We also do not look at what galleries / antique dealers, including those that list objects on retail sites like 1stDibs, because they also will rarely tell you what things actually sold for.
I'm quite happy to justify/amend values as long as they are from sources I can trust/verify. It's also important - if you are looking at/for auction results - to note what the estimates were, as well as the provenance and any exhibition or publication history as that can add value to a particular item (thinking back to the blue Aurene salts that sold at Jeff Evans but I'll address those in that appraisal inquiry).
Good morning, Abigail,
Please look at recent auction records on this link (https://www.liveauctioneers.com/search/?keyword=painted%20bavarian%20furniture&sort=-relevance&status=archive); I think it shows what the secondary market (auction; retail and eBay are considered primary markets) for this kind of furniture is.
I found some additional comps, is there a reason those sold or are listed for so much higher?
1
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/storage-case-pieces/wardrobes-armoires/18th-century-german-bavarian-blue-painted-antique-kas-armoire-cabinet/id-f_16923841/
2
https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/2202410/
3
https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/160525/
4
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/storage-case-pieces/wardrobes-armoires/antique-german-bavarian-hand-painted-pine-cabinet-armoire-kas-circa-1780/id-f_15734422/
5
https://www.1stdibs.com/buy/antique-armoire-blue/
6
https://www.harpgallery.com/shop/item34838.html
7
https://www.harpgallery.com/shop/item40499.html
8
https://www.antiquesboutique.com/antique-cupboards/18th-century-bavarian-folk-marriage-armoire/itm74962#.YhPpmOjMLZs
9
https://www.dorotheum.com/en/l/160519/
10
https://www.johncornallantiques.com/antiques-armoires-cupboards/antique-folk-painted-marriage-cupboard-in-blue-and-cream-7-0-refno-5273.html
11
https://www.johncornallantiques.com/antiques-folk-art-of-europe-and-rest-of-world/antique-folk-painted-box-bench-with-flowers-on-blue-ground-22-0-refno-5822.html
12
https://www.johncornallantiques.com/antiques-folk-art-of-europe-and-rest-of-world/folk-painted-pine-marriage-cupboard-with-cuckoos-and-flowers-22-0-refno-5670.html
13
https://www.johncornallantiques.com/antiques-folk-art-of-europe-and-rest-of-world/folk-painted-box-bench-in-blue-with-pink-flowers-22-0-refno-5824.html
14
https://www.pamono.com/antique-biedermeier-floral-painted-farmers-cabinet