Antique Humidor questions & pictures

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From furnituredetective.com:

Brad – Humidors like that were typically made during the Depression of the 1930s and were considered to be “novelty” items. During the Depression many companies turned to the manufacture of small items to have something affordable to sell that people could afford to buy rather than entire sets of furniture.

These items were called "novelties" and included things like magazine racks, hanging shelves, magazine and lamp tables and smoking stands. You can see a number of novelty items in the book "Furniture of the Depression Era" by Swedberg, Collector Books. http://www.amazon.com/Furniture-Depr...745725&sr=1-41

Your cabinet appears to be slightly more modern than the 1930s but I can’t tell without actually seeing it. As far as the manufacturer goes – without a label it is impossible to tell. It is a fairly generic design.

Your humidor has no antique or collector’s value. It is simply a family treasure.

From gotham-museum.com:

Brad,

These are very common cigar furniture style humidors, you can find about a dozen of them on ebay without many takers.
They were made sometime 1900 - 1930 time frame give or take a few years, in terms of worth; $50-$100 provided you have an interested party.

Cheers, Nick
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