What vintage furniture is worth money?

The vintage furniture worth real money falls into a few high-value groups: mid-century modern, Art Deco, and traditional 18th to 19th century antiques, plus well-made pieces from respected 20th century makers. Across every era, value comes from the same things, high-quality construction, rare materials like rosewood and burl walnut, original condition, and verified maker marks or designer labels. A signed piece from a name like Herman Miller, Knoll, Henredon, or Baker commands far more than an unmarked equivalent, and originality matters, since refinishing or replaced hardware can cut worth sharply. For reference, furniture is generally considered vintage at roughly 20 to 100 years old and antique past 100. The single best clue to value is often the wood and the joinery: solid hardwoods, hand-cut dovetails, and honest age point to something worth keeping, while particleboard and staples do not. If you are buying to hold value, chase condition, maker, and material over style.

AURA looks for these same signals, real materials, credible age, and construction that lasts, when we build our old money furniture edit, since the pieces that hold value are the ones worth living with. Buying vintage online rewards a designer’s checks, which our old money house interior guide walks through.