pdq, at the moment, it looks like a dead table..laying on the floor with it's feet in the air because it's too heavy for me to turn upright now that I put the legs back on!
I'll be taking some pictures of a guitar in a few days and if this thread is still visible then, I can snap a few of the table (and chairs) while I'm at it.

I didn't see any chips or nicks, but there's a fresh scratch (hmmph, brand new..it wasn't there last night!) It just looks like a scratch, no chips of finish sticking up around it or knocked out along the scratch.
Sounds like wax?

I don't know how to tell what kind of wood it is. Dark, but I don't think it's walnut. It doesn't look like oak to me. It's something that can grow into boards that are at least 30" wide.

Even if it has to wear a tablecloth all the time, I think I got a really good deal.