Furniture
Vintage steel file cabinet, 4 drawer, letter size, gray
A four-drawer steel letter-size file cabinet in industrial gray, the kind that turns up in basements and home offices. Buyers want smooth drawers and a working lock, and the older ones get pulled into shops and studios as storage credenzas. Rust and seized slides cut the price hard.
Estimated resale range (used)
$40 – $110
A ballpark, not a quote. Condition moves this number a lot, and so does who turns up to buy it. It isn't an appraisal and it isn't a dealer's offer.
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What matters when you check it
- Pull every drawer all the way out and push it back - a drawer that sticks or falls off its slide is the main deal-breaker.
- Check whether the lock works and the key is present; replacement keys are hard to match on older cabinets.
- Look at the bottom edges and back panel for rust and dents, and weigh it before promising delivery.
Where the number comes from
Watching what these go for, not a record of sales. The range is a judgement call from what the same thing fetches secondhand. When an item has real sources behind it, they'll be printed here with the date they were checked.
Before you sell anything, look at sold prices rather than asking prices. Asking prices are wishes; sold prices are evidence.