Used chest of drawerses in Adelaide typically sell for A$57 to A$345 (about $40 to $240). Drawer runners are the thing that fails, and buyers open every drawer before they say anything about the price.
Selling a chest of drawers in Adelaide
Adelaide is compact, affordable and easy to drive around, which makes it unusually good for buying anything large second hand. It is surrounded by wine country and has a strong festival culture, and its slower housing turnover means the furniture that does come up tends to be older and better made.
Households turn over more slowly than in Sydney or Melbourne because more people own rather than rent. That means less volume, but what appears is more often a genuine downsize or a deceased estate rather than a share-house clear-out.
On older furniture, check the joints and any veneer rather than the surface. A good deal of what appears here is genuinely old and well made, and those are the two places age actually shows.
Adelaide has around 1.4 million people in South Australia, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Mount Gambier, Whyalla and Sydney are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Adelaide
Seasons are inverted relative to the UK and North America: warm-weather items move from September, and winter gear from around May.
What chest of drawerses are worth
What lifts the price
- Solid wood with dovetailed drawer joints
- Original handles and back panel intact
What pulls it down
- Drawers that stick, drop or fall off their runners
- Replaced or mismatched handles
Working out what yours is worth
- Open and close every drawer fully
- Pull one out and check the joints at the front corners
Getting it ready
- Empty every drawer and run each one in and out. Sticking runners can often be fixed with a candle rubbed along the wooden runner.
- Check the drawer bottoms from underneath, which is where thin ply bows or drops out entirely.
Photograph
- The chest straight on with all drawers closed, in even light
- The top surface at an angle to reveal ring marks, plus any chip, veneer lift or missing handle
Put in the description
- Height, width and depth in centimetres
- Whether every drawer runs smoothly, and whether handles match and are all present
Consistent demand all year with a January and late-summer lift. Solid wood pieces suitable for painting move fastest, often within a week or two.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (South Australia)
Common questions
Where can I sell a chest of drawers in Adelaide?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. The grid layout and light traffic mean collection is genuinely simple here, and most of the metropolitan area is within half an hour of the centre. Parking is easy by the standards of the bigger capitals, so furniture pickups are uncomplicated.
Is it real wood?
State it plainly, and photograph an unfinished edge or the inside of a drawer, which is where the construction is visible and impossible to argue with.
How much is a chest of drawers worth in Adelaide?
Most used chest of drawerses change hands for A$57 to A$345 (about $40 to $240). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a chest of drawers across Australia, what chest of drawerses are worth, everything second hand in Adelaide, or Furniture in Adelaide.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.