Calling all antiques ninjas. My mom inherited this multi-leaf dining table that can be expanded to 14 feet in length (it's at least 125 years old, probably more). It's really been beat up over the years, and has several epoxy jobs to its legs and underside. Do those repairs render moot the old adage about wrecking the resale value by refinishing? Can I just not worry about that and give the topside a complete revarnishing to make it pretty again—without guilt?
Some repairs can make value go down, I would say that a good restorer can probably re-do a lot of this and remove the evidence of repair and increase the value of the table in question.
There are a few TV programmes in the UK where they do a really good job so not sure, there are people with the right skills to do the job properly.
@zleap And what about refinishing? It's not horrible to look at, but the beauty of a nice finish is sorely lacking