Article: Sideboards useful, historical; Current Prices Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. Rumrill Pottery pitcher: Orange with undertray, 7 inches: $25. Cast-iron doorstop: Amos & Andy mascots, Check & Doublecheck, 1930s, 81 2 inches: $175. Lady-head vase: Earrings, necklace, marked, Relpo, paper label, 7 inches: $210. Milk-glass dish: Rabbit cover, original eyes, marked "Pat'd March 9, 1886," 61 4 inches: $260. Toys: Pinocchio the acrobat, Pinocchio on spring rod, Jiminy, Gepetto, Figaro and whale on base, tin, Marx, WDP, 1939, 11 inches: $360. Harold Lloyd bell-ringer toy: Tin, German, plunger action, 1920s: $435. Smith Bros. glass sugar and creamer: Blue and beige ground, multicolored violet and leaf design, silver-plated metalware, 4 by 3 inches: $750.

Sideboards, common pieces of dining room furniture, have been made since the 16th century. They are long tables, often with drawers and cupboards beneath, used to hold food and dishes.

The design changed from the heavy oak carved style popular before 1700 to the trim, inlay-decorated style of Sheraton in the early 1800s. Then came the large carved sideboards of the 1880s. Styles continued to change, and by the 1920s the sideboard was made in a sleek modern style.

Each type of sideboard was made to be useful. Early types had places to keep warm dishes, wine or waste receptacles. Later versions held dishes, linens and silverware. The greatest change in sideboard design came in the 19th ...

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