Estate Sale

[l2alphmacchio]

Moved my grandfather into an assisted living center a few weeks ago, and have been slowly cleaning his place to put it on the market. As I was removing a lot of his furniture, my sister-in-law stopped me from throwing out some wooden with leather cushion seats. She noticed that there was an emblem on the bottom (which is the picture attached).

Roberti Bros Furniture.
After searching Google for awhile, the only thing I can come up with is one picture on pintrest and some articles talking about the Roberti Bros Furniture store in LA. The one picture on pintrest has the chair for sale at $400.
Does anyone know of anyone that I could talk to that would have any knowledge on something like this?

 

[CycloneErik]

I don't know if any links on this page will help, but there are some ebay listings and other assorted options:
https://www.google.com/search?q=rob...l2.3386j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

I'm guessing that it's an old-fashioned local manufacturer (really out on a limb there) who was bought out about 80+ years ago?

 

[CycloneErik]

They were an L.A. company, I think:

http://books.google.com/books?id=X-...gK#v=onepage&q=roberti bros furniture&f=false

 

[CycloneErik]

Sales or review thing from August 1923. Looks like they did a lot of hand-crafted work, overstuffed things, and had been going since 1901. Nice turn of century startup company.

http://www.forgottenbooks.org/readbook_text/The_Clubwoman_v15_1000799443/371

All this so far is prior to the Great Depression. Dollars to donuts the story isn't real chipper at that point.

 

[CycloneErik]

I think these are the actual brothers:

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll44/id/80066

 

[MaccloNe]

I will haul it away for you.

 

[Cyclonetrombone]

Paint this logo on it and sell it as vintage ISU stuff... Maybe your grandfather was a big ISU track and field fan?

 

[1100011CS]

So, we now know everyone on CF knows how to use Google search You might want to talk to an actual antique dealer and/or restoration professional. Someone like Don Short (http://www.westendsalvage.com/about/)

 

[l2alphmacchio]

Thanks guys, I'll give Don Short a call later today and hopefully have an update.

 

[JP4CY]

Why would you ever throw that away? That has basement beer drinking written all over it.

 

[l2alphmacchio]

Why would you ever throw that away? That has basement beer drinking written all over it.

Not the best way to word it, I was putting it in the "free" section of the estate sale. My grandfather had lived in the house since 1961, I've been through so much stuff, I'm too the point of just wanting to get it over with.
It would make a great beer drinking seat. The chair is actually in great condition and very comfortable which is surprising for as old as it is.

 

[l2alphmacchio]

Paint this logo on it and sell it as vintage ISU stuff... Maybe your grandfather was a big ISU track and field fan?

He actually did run track for Drake back in the 1940s