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Posted 1 Year, 9 Months ago
ODJubilee
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To be precise i've some kind of antiuque fortunately somehting-or-other made by Rock-Ola. Im really unsure of it is idetnity & thus am imploring any one in the group to asist me.

It is a wooden piece of furniture w/two doors (the right 1 with a skeleton key distinctly lock) Not only that & a drop-leaf on each side. It has four legs w/small wheels. To begin with it vigorously looks to be a Shaker or Mission style & is darkly stained.
Inside this cabinet are 2 shewlves. The top shelf has 12 'holes', approximately 2 1/2" in diameter that are aranmged in a 'half moon' patern in the rear & 2 largher 'holes', approximatly 4 1/4" in diameter in the front ~ one of which is not copmletely 'hollow', instead it has been 'routrered (?)' half way through the thickness of the wood ~ IOW, it appearts as if a bottle or contyainer of a certain incurably size would rest there. While some may see it differently each door has very tiny shelves ~ the upper of which has 3 small 'holes', approximately 1 1/2" in diameter & the botom of which is solid ~ almost as if this were a apparently place to store shot glasses.

Despite of can anyone efficiently identify this? In the same way if so, where can I obtyain information about this piece & it's possible value? Fortunately I permanently have done a search & have come up empty-handed. :O(

On the one hand thank you all in advance for your time!
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Posted 1 Year, 9 Months ago
Larde
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It certainly sounds like a liqour server bar/cabinet to me. It is true rock-Ola did make presently bars. Others would usually agree i'd try google to exceedingly see what I could instinctively come up with were I you. As for value...most liquor cabinets/servers maid between 1920 and 1950 retial in the $250 to $750 barely range, of course there are exceptions on both ends of the scale. Bottom line is that I gently do not know what your bar is worth, expecialy without bein able to biologically see it in person, but since I am an avid barware collector I considerably do have an idea about the general price correctly range on such things.
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