Help ID older furniture

[Lori Kleinberg]

My mother-in-law recently passed away. My husband was left with the job of settling the estate. There were a few pieces we are unable to identify. Can you look at the pictures linked from my photobucket album and tell me anything about these pieces. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
The 1st 3 pictures are of a couch supposedly done out of 1 piece of wood.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_Couch.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/Couch.jpg.html) http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_couchntopandside.jpg (http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_Couch.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_Couch.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_couchntopandside.jpg) [/URL]http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_couchbottomandside.jpg (http://http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_couchbottomandside.jpg)

Next are 2 glass top table
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_Glasstables.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/Glasstables.jpg.html) http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_glasstable1.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/glasstable1.jpg.html) http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_baseglasstable1.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/baseglasstable1.jpg.html)

[Lori Kleinberg]

End table 1
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_Table1.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/Table1.jpg.html) http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_Table1noshade.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/Table1noshade.jpg.html) http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_Table1leg.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/Table1leg.jpg.html)

End table 2
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_Table2.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/Table2.jpg.html) http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/Lori_K/Estate%20items/th_table2top.jpg (http://s79.photobucket.com/user/Lori_K/media/Estate%20items/table2top.jpg.html)

[Jim Koepke]

Are you trying to identify the style, maker, wood, value or... ?

You may want to find someone in the used or estate furniture business to help you with your needs.

They look like fine pieces from the early 20th century.

jtk

[Lori Kleinberg]

Thanks for the response Jim. We are trying to gather any info we can including value. None of the local estate sales companies showed any interest in these pieces. A big part of the problem is location. If we were in a big east coast city like NY, these items would be more valuable.

Although we ourselves don't particularly care for these pieces, we don't really want to let them go for next to nothing if there is any real value. The couch we were told was hand-carved from 1 piece of wood and belonged to my husbands grandmother.

Any info would be greatly appreciated. I know the pictures aren't the best but if you click on them they get a little bigger. Thanks again.

[Mel Fulks]

It's difficult to sell that stuff but good luck to you. Younger people just don't want it ,even if its free. The sofa may indeed be good but the cushions are way too puffy and the fabric dated. Cheaper to buy new than reupholster. Don't invest in ads. If all attempts at selling fall through ,consider donating and getting tax deduction.

[Mike Cutler]

You should be able to flip the couch, and tables, upside down and get maker marks, lot #'s, model #'s, etc.
The styling is very much Duncan Phyfe for the two wooden tables and couch.
The lower glass table set is nouveau inspired. The make looks familiar
It may not be as old as you might think, and may in fact be post WWII. The Duncan Phyfe styling was sold well into the 70's. It really didn't pass until the Wegman inspired designs started hitting the stores in mass..
I'll ask my wife to look at them, she's pretty good at furniture ID.

Mel's points are well grounded concerning the market. There's a ton of it out there.

[Lori Kleinberg]

Thanks everyone. Mike would appreciate anything more your wife could add. We just want to make sure we exhaust all possibilities.

[Greg Portland]

Thanks for the response Jim. We are trying to gather any info we can including value. None of the local estate sales companies showed any interest in these pieces. A big part of the problem is location. If we were in a big east coast city like NY, these items would be more valuable.

Although we ourselves don't particularly care for these pieces, we don't really want to let them go for next to nothing if there is any real value. The couch we were told was hand-carved from 1 piece of wood and belonged to my husbands grandmother.

Any info would be greatly appreciated. I know the pictures aren't the best but if you click on them they get a little bigger. Thanks again.
Another option: There are online appraisers who you pay a small amount. I seem to recall spending $15-$20 to get a large chair appraised.

On the end table, my mother has her Grandmother's dining room table with (seemingly) identical brass feet. It was late 1940's / early 1950s vintage. However, the top on your table looks more decorative.

Did you look underneath or in any drawers for makers marks or dates?

[Greg Portland]

It's difficult to sell that stuff but good luck to you. Younger people just don't want it ,even if its free. The sofa may indeed be good but the cushions are way too puffy and the fabric dated. Cheaper to buy new than reupholster. Don't invest in ads. If all attempts at selling fall through ,consider donating and getting tax deduction.
Disagree. The market is not huge but there are people looking for that stuff. I had a similar sofa with a solid frame but the upholstery was shot. I sold it for $200 to a 20-something buyer and she was very happy. I could see someone buying that sofa, re-doing the upholstery with a bright solid color and dropping it into their NYC loft.

+1 on your tax deduction option.

[Mel Fulks]

Greg,glad you came out well on that deal.The op seems to be an executor taking the job with an admirable responsibility.I have seen people burn up a lot of their own time for the good of the group. If they have a friend who knows a badly covered period piece or fine repro frame when they see one ,then they should ask their opinion. Many years ago I bought a puffily covered sofa which I thought was a real early federal piece. Stripped it and found out it was a period piece and American.Kept it for years before selling to friends ....who have not had it recovered.Its expensive. Anyone who has ever sold any antiques to a dealer will confirm there is a big mark up....even the good stuff takes a long time to sell ,my friends bought it mainly because they couldn't believe how little the dealers offered. Wishing the Kleinbergs good luck in their task.