New Stickley is marked and can be differentiated from old Stickley and new production from the 1990s on does come onto the market. It tends to sell at slightly above what typical, decent quality, used furniture from the same period sells for, at least around here. (Meaning that 1990s Stickley may get a slightly higher percentage of its original list price compared to 1990s Century, Henredon, etc.) But it is still a good value. The vintage stuff has actually lost value since the 90s when the company had the cache of not being as heavily into new production and the celebrity interest by Striesand, Spielberg et al, who drove up the prices because they could afford to pay anything they wanted for something they liked. Many pieces are still very pricey but the average table or chair is approachable. It depends on whether you want the near antique stuff or the newer stuff.

Hi Jim - your Stickley furniture appears to be the Cherry Valley type of stuff, very nice, and it is still being made to a large extent. The very old collectible "mission oak" stuff signed by Gustav Stickley is what those auction houses will be dealing in, and that is not what you have. You have colonial reproductions in solid cherry, some of the finest made, but not arts & crafts era touched-by-actual-Stickley-brothers material. Now as for the Cushman item, I am a Cushman collector, and the legs being missing is KILLING me. What you have is a 3-60 magazine box, which, according to company records was made ONLY in 1933. It is part of the Cushman Colonial Creations line designed by Herman DeVries (highly noted) who came from Holland and worked for Cushman in the 1930s helping them to establish this "rustic modern" line of furniture - it has always been unique in the industry. I have no picture of this particular model in my book but it is supposed to be 17" tall altogether including whatever legs it would have had. Looks like an original Cushman Maple finish too - very important. You never want to refinish Cushman - the collectibility is in that reddish lacquer finish. This is worth $100 to $200 (suggested) in the book, but because of rarity I would assume twice that value easily if it had the legs on it. The more rare 1930s Cushman pieces in good original condition go for some nice money online. Thanks for sharing your pictures.

I can see why you like the Stickley. What sells me on Stickley is that the drawer fronts are made from one piece of wood--i couldn't find this in any Amish line. It looks better/cleaner/classier. I also really liked the wood side glides plus wood center glide they use-- 3 points of support, although the drawer is not supposed to touch the bottom. It was "fun" to open and close the drawers, felt really balanced and permanent. Every drawer I opened after that, even Henkel Harris, was a let down. The sales lady at the Stickley store actually pulled out the bottom drawer of a dresser about 18 inches and stood on it, did a few little jumps right in the drawer, does it every day, with no breakage. I haven't seen that in any other store either. The thing I didn't like about Stickley was that when you pull a drawer out, you can see that the case piece is not entirely stained! I mean, right on the front where the drawer sits--why would they do that???. A salesman who no longer sells Stickley told me that they made some changes (downgrades) a few years ago that they thought the customer would not notice, this being one of them. If you read the arts and crafts forums, all the craftsmen there hate modern Stickley and wouldn't have it in their house. They are disgusted with the "downgrades". They recommend Warren Hile and Voorhees furniture (both made in CA and way pricier than Stickley sale price. Here is what else I found in my search: Simply Amish: Nice, but pricier than Stickley, and I don't see it having the same resale value Borkholder (Amish) I found it to be pricier than Stickley, but they have the wood side glides that Stickley uses (but no middle glide underneath the drawer as Stickley has). These next ones are steps down from Stickley (imo) but the prices are also much better: Durham Furniture--Mallard Creek and Artisan Oak lines (the finish is icky on this one) The master dresser was $2000 less than the Stickley master dresser on sale. Chatham Furniture--Kittery Point line ($1000 less) www.missionliving.com-- looks like the Barnyard Furniture type store listed above, with several lines offered, including Warren Hile, but you get FREE SHIPPING and the website is much easier to navigate as far as comparing what they have (sorry, leontuberman!). This is not a personal recommendation as I haven't ordered anything from them but it is worth looking at. In the end I agree with the above poster--if you live in Ohio, no need to order anything sight unseen, online! You must have nightstands all around you!

Leather would be a great choice with the Mission look tables. Besides H & M take a look at Leathercraft, Classic or Mckinley Leather. All of these lines have the same high quality standards and all use leathers from the same tanneries. They all are also made by hand in North Carolina. If you are looking for a similar style to these manufactures but don't want to spend that much money take a look at Omnia Leather. They are also American made and there price is considerately sharper. Still great quality and all premium leathers are used. I would suggest you take a minute and check out our take on manufactures rankings: Leather Furniture Rankings