A Michigan husband sold his wife’s then-unwanted vintage dresser online to a restoration technician, only to ask for the furniture back just 2 days later. Kandra Sobel (pictured), who restores vintage furniture, purchased the 3-drawer Kipp Stewart Drexel dresser from a seller who had posted it on Facebook Marketplace. Just 2 days later, Sobel received a message from the seller asking for the mid-century piece back. He explained that he had never done anything like this before, sharing that his wife had been crying for days after learning that he had sold her dresser. He asked if Sobel would be willing to give back the dresser if he returned her money and gave her an additional $100. Sobel took to social media to share the ordeal and invite advice as to what she should do. Some speculated that the wife may have looked up the price of the refinished vintage piece before begging for it back. Sobel suggested that the piece refinished could be worth as much as $1,500. “The thing that’s sitting uneasy with me is that he sent me that message the evening I posted a video showing how incredible the wood rain is,” said Sobel. “Is it seller’s remorse, or did she Google it and realize how much it was worth restored?” Sobel also noted that the seller’s wife was familiar with her work and knew that she planned to restore the vintage piece. The husband finally offered to give Sobel double what she paid for it. Sympathetic to the couple’s emotional attachment to the dresser, Sobel offered to sell it back to them. She posted one last message on social media, indicating that after meeting the wife, she felt really good about selling the dresser back to her.
