Coming off a two week bout with Covid, I’m doing a low-key day at home and polishing my better pieces at home, using OZ Polish. Worst thing you can do is quiet Pledge on up our wood pieces as it’s silicone-based and will seep below the finish coat into the wood. If the piece ever has to be refinished, the silicone will fisheye any new finish, only use non-silicone polishes.

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One of my showcase pieces is this Eldred Wheeler Flat Top Secretary Desk in Tiger Maple made in 1989. This belonged to my parents, and all the time we were a dealer for Eldred Wheeler in the 80’s and 90’s my wife and I could not afford one. They used to make 30 to 35 a year and our store would take about 1/3 of the the total production. I hauled and delivered every one from Hingham MA for many years. When my Mother passed in early 2020, this came to my house and once a year I polish it up.

It has 13 “secret” compartments, which was where you used to hide your money and valuables in the 18th Century before there were any banks. In the bottom of one of these document drawers is a sliding panel to stash things in. Emmett Eldred knew this piece was for my parents so we wrote a little diddy in the bottom which makes me smile every time I see it.

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If you ever get a chance to acquire one of these I highly recommend it. They are out of favor right now and can be purchased for less than their new price 30 years ago, and when they come back to the market in years to come, I predict they will be highly sought after. They never made that many, and this level of workmanship is not out there in 2022.

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