An elegant round accent table — a brushed-nickel/silver-finished metal frame paired with a smoke-grey tempered glass top. Manufacturer RRP around $999. New (other) surplus occasional furniture, held at Newcastle NSW as part of the AU designer furniture and lighting liquidation parcel.
AU stock · Newcastle NSW. Catalogued here for reference; it forms part of the 31-piece designer furniture & lighting whole-lot parcel (Gallery Direct & Casa Bella), sold whole-lot or by category to trade — pricing and RRP benchmarks on enquiry. Not sold individually.
Illustrative product images.
The Torrance round side table in silver is the second occasional-furniture line in this parcel and, like the Winslet lamp, it carries a high manufacturer RRP — around $999 — which makes it a strong illustration of the RRP vs clearance spread. It pairs a slim brushed-nickel/silver-finished metal frame with a smoke-grey tempered glass top, creating a refined contrast of materials: the polished metal reads as upscale and the tinted glass adds depth to the silhouette while quietly hiding minor surface marks. It is a clean, transitional design that sits comfortably in minimalist, modern, transitional and upscale schemes — substantial in presence without dominating a room.
As a side or end table it is designed to work beside a sofa, an armchair or a bed, at roughly 500 × 500 × 550 mm (dimensions given as approximate/typical and confirmed on the manifest). The tempered glass top is durable and easy to clean, and the metal frame gives solid, stable construction built to last in service. That combination of good looks and practicality is exactly what the resale buyers below are after: a designer accent table that photographs well and survives high-traffic use.
This is surplus designer furniture released through liquidation rather than a current retail line. Each Torrance is new (other): brand-new and unused, wrapped in protective plastic for transit, with the manufacturer’s retail box not retained. That packaging status is standard for ex-catalogue and liquidation stock and is precisely why a side table with a near-$1,000 RRP is available here at clearance cost rather than boutique retail. To be straight about the figure: the ~$999 is the manufacturer RRP benchmark, not an Austral Prime asking price and not a guarantee of resale value — it is simply the anchor a buyer prices against, and the Torrance has one of the widest RRP-to-cost spreads in the parcel.
For the trade, the Torrance slots into several channels. Interior designers and stylists use glass-and-metal accent tables to add a light, reflective layer to a scheme without adding visual bulk; hospitality and short-stay fit-out buyers need matching side tables in quantity for guest rooms, suites and lounges; boutique furniture and homewares retailers can headline a near-$1,000-RRP designer table at an attractive price to draw traffic; and property staging companies rely on photogenic occasional pieces to lift a listing into a higher bracket. Because the Torrance is a designer-attributed piece rather than a generic import, it carries the perceived value those buyers are selling — while being sourced here at liquidation cost.
The spread between recommended retail and clearance cost is where the resale margin lives. Comparable designer glass-and-metal side tables in Australian boutique retail commonly sit in the several-hundred-dollar range and up; taking Torrance units inside a bulk trade parcel resets the cost base well beneath RRP, giving a reseller room to present a credible saving to the end customer and still hold a strong per-unit margin. That is honest clearance arithmetic, not an inflated valuation, and it is durable because ex-catalogue designer stock of this calibre is finite and does not reliably reappear once a parcel is placed. Austral Prime anchors to the realistic clearance position rather than a fantasy replacement figure.
Practically, the Torrance is easy stock to hold and turn. The glass top and metal frame arrive protected in their original wrap, the piece photographs cleanly whether shot plain or styled in a room, and its neutral silver-and-smoke palette suits almost any listing. Austral Prime supplies photographs and confirmed dimensions ahead of commitment, so condition, finish and quantity can be verified before purchase — the sale rests on documentary evidence rather than an inflated valuation.
The Torrance reaches the market as trade-only designer furniture liquidation stock. It is documented individually here for reference, but it is not sold as a stand-alone retail line: it forms part of the 31-unit Gallery Direct and Casa Bella designer parcel held at Newcastle NSW, offered whole-lot or by the ‘Occasional furniture’ category alongside the Kildare magazine rack. Buyers who typically move this kind of stock include interior designers, boutique furniture and homewares retailers, hospitality and short-stay fit-out operators, eBay and Facebook Marketplace volume resellers, property stylists and designer-furniture refurbishers across NSW, VIC and QLD. The Torrance is a clean line to list against searches such as ‘silver side table’, ‘glass top accent table’ or ‘designer side table clearance’, where the look and the RRP anchor do the selling and the clearance cost base protects the margin. Stock is held at Newcastle NSW 2300, available for collection by appointment or under quoted freight to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and other metro destinations. Title and risk pass on dispatch; sale is ‘as is’, on documentary evidence, with photographs and confirmed dimensions supplied ahead of commitment. If the Torrance or the wider occasional-furniture category fits your book, request the manifest and we will confirm quantities and RRP benchmarks.
The Torrance is supplied as part of the AU designer furniture & lighting parcel. Register interest in the lot or the ‘Occasional furniture’ category, or request the full trade manifest with RRP benchmarks.