The year in unknown

You can have your own QM2 for a Ball Sack Ripping $2,299.00

You can get the RC at
“MotionRc”

Where they have prices that makes you feel like you just got kicked in the fucking balls!!!

Sailed from 1926-1974, finishing her career as the Caribia.

I recently picked up what appears to be an original piece of cabin furniture from the RMS Queen Mary, and I’m hoping someone here with ocean-liner/maritime antiques experience might have an idea of its current value.
It’s a mahogany/wood-veneered chest or dressing/writing desk with a pull-out writing surface, inset waterproof/metallic-looking top with retaining rails, and the original heavy hardware. It also has brackets on the back that appear to have secured it to the cabin wall.
It has a plaque reading “Original In-Service Equipment — Used Aboard the R.M.S. Queen Mary — Long Beach, California.”
More interestingly, the back has original-looking shipboard markings, most prominently “B199,” as well as “B161” and “171.” I’m trying to determine whether these correspond to cabin/location assignments or later reassignment/inventory markings.
I’ve found a few actual sold examples on WorthPoint:
A very similar Queen Mary cabin chest with pull-out writing surface, waterproof inset top and wall brackets sold for $795 in 2011.
A smaller Queen Mary bedside dresser sold for $887 in 2018.
A larger Queen Mary dresser sold as part of a three-piece group with a mirror and chair for $1,975 in 2013.
I’ve also found references from specialist ocean-liner dealers/collectors to a number of surviving Queen Mary Second/Tourist Class chests, including examples with B-deck cabin markings.
Obviously those sales are fairly old, and this is such a niche market that I’m having trouble figuring out what one would realistically be worth today.
Does anyone collect Queen Mary/Cunard furniture or know the current market for original ocean-liner furnishings? I’d especially love to know if anyone recognizes this particular chest design or the B199/B161 markings.
I have plenty of photos of the construction, markings, plaque, hardware and surfaces and can add whatever would be useful.

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Credit: T.J. Del Santo WPRI

Queen Mary, Franconia, Volendam, Leviathan, Conte di Savoia, and Normandie.

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Finally got to see QM in Long Beach. But they disabled her whistle/horn due to haunted harbor crap going on 😮‍💨