get to an auction if you can spare the time. I had a solid mahogany extending dining table and 8 chairs (included 2 carvers) and put it into auction (with no reserve) and it sold for £8... YES £8!!
The set was near perfect too, as it came from an old couples home and was barely a mark on anything.
My loss but someone elses gain. so, point is, try an auction if you can as they go for peanuts there!
Think this ended up in the wrong thread pete.... where did you take it to... what auction