How much is my china cabinet that says reaser furniture company Gettysburg pa 1829 pattern 770 blended dull worth?

Answer 1

Levi Starner and his son Charles Emory of the Orrtanna Manufacturing Companyjoined John M. Warner, John Kimple, Louis Mitzell,…Chas. S. Duncan…and David M. Wolf to start the Gettysburg Manufacturing Company in July 1902. The company manufactured eight or more furniture styles (e.g., buffets, sideboards, hall racks and washstands mainly in oak). Following Levi Starner's 1902 death, the remaining owners purchased the company in December 1904 ("Gettysburg Furniture Co" in 1912).

The successor to the Warner Furniture company was the Engle Furniture Company of Michel Engle which in April 1905 commenced making dressers and later added chiffoniers, buffets, sideboards and library tables; using oak and mahogany. The Engle Furniture Company became the Reaser Furniture Company of Clayton S. Reaser in May 1907, producing over 40 styles in addition to hand-carved pieces. In May 1917 the joint venture Stouck-ReaserCompany filed documents for incorporation to buy, sell and deal in wholesale lumber products. In 1918, M. C. Jones was elected manager of both the Reaser and Gettysburg furniture factories to succeed the late Clayton S. Reaser, and Henry Cordes was a local furniture designer.

This is the history. Maybe that will help you determine its value. Good luck:

In 1920 the Gettysburg Panel Company formed to manufacture veneer panels for the other firms. The 1923 borough production totaled almost 71,000 pieces of furniture. In 1927 there were 522 employees in the three plants: 261 in Gettysburg; 153 in Reaser and 108 in Panel.

In 1923, the Gettysburg Chair Company was chartered to supply chairs that the local factories needed to complete their bedroom and dining room suites. In November 1951 when the Stouck-Reaser company obtained a permit for a new office building, the other companies were sold to Sidney G. Rose of Cincinnati. The Gettysburg Furniture Companyfactory closed in 1960, becoming a warehouse and distribution point for Rose's other furniture factories outside Pennsylvania.