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Was there any monetary value to this collection?Ī: A collection is worth about 25 percent more than the total value of the individual tubes. I bought several tubes but regret not buying the lot. Each tube had a piece of paper rolled inside with the date it was purchased, from the 1920s through the 1940s.

These were ornate lipstick tubes, even mini works of art in gold, silver, wood, bakelite, celluloid, and enamel. Q: I went to an estate sale that had a great collection of vintage lipstick tubes. In working condition it could sell for as much as $900. Most of the boxes with Jacot’s Safety Checks were made by Mermod Freres of Ste. 22, 1886.” It plays eight songs and is 22 1/2 inches wide by 7 inches high.Ī: Jacot and Sons was an importer in New York City that held patents for a device that “checked” the music box cylinder and kept it from spinning too fast and damaging the pins and teeth of the combs. Q: What is an antique music box in excellent running condition worth? It’s marked inside “Jacot’s ‘Safety Check,’ Patented Apand Sept. If you decide to add to your set, you should look online for a china-matching service. The 19th-century pieces, most often found today, usually have colorful transfer-printed decorations showing peasants in local costumes. Transfer-printed wares and majolica were made in the 19th century.

We have many pieces and are trying to decide whether to sell them or buy more to complete the set.Ī: Porcelain was made in Sarreguemines, Lorraine, France, beginning about 1775. Q: We’d like some information about Lorraine Sarreguemines pottery. In excellent condition it’s worth about $300.

There are not a lot of collectors for these. The first Edison Diamond Disc phonograph, so named because it had a diamond stylus, was made in 1912. We don’t want to sell it, but are wondering what it’s worth.Ī: Although Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, his company was one of the last to switch from cylinder recordings to disc records. We also have the key that locks the top lid and bottom door.

#Buster brown shoes 1980s full#

It’s in excellent condition and has a full rack of records in the cabinet. Q: We inherited a C19 Chippendale Edison Diamond Disc phonograph. The drawers below were closed off by doors, similar to a cabinet. It had a drop-front that looked like a drawer but opened up and became the desktop. The auction house described the piece in our column as a bookcase and cabinet. Most of them have slant-front desks with drawers below. We have a similar one in black walnut with a lot more detailing on it that belonged to my mother-in-law and father-in-law, but they always called it a “secretary.” What is the difference?Ī: A secretary is a desk with a bookcase top. Q: A few months ago your column included a picture of a bookcase-cabinet that sold for more than $5,000. Tiffany &Co.’s flagship store is on Fifth Avenue in New York. He started his own business and made stained glass, lamps and many types of art glass. When Charles Lewis Tiffany died in 1902, his son Louis Comfort Tiffany became the company’s first art director. It became famous for its silver hollowware and flatware and also for jewelry. The company began making silver hollowware in 1851 and was the first American company to adopt the British silver standard. Young opened a “stationery and fancy goods” store. The company started in 1837 when Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B.

Q: I have a tea infuser marked on the edge “Tiffany and Co 20085 Makers 25884 Sterling B25 1008 7K.” What is it worth?Ī: Tiffany &Co. It was made with a curved bottom so it would rock on the store counter and attract attention. A vintage 91/2-inch-high Buster Brown die-cut tin sign was sold at a Maine auction for $1,778 in June 2015. Collectors want all sorts of memorabilia from toys and games to advertising signs. He was given a more up-to-date look for his advertising in the 1980s and ’90s, but the hat and Tige remained.