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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Metal Tree Table Lamp....Please help with date and possible price

« on: March 17, 2014, 07:57:12 am »

Thank you all for the great advice and actually finding a picture of one. If I were to try to clean it up a little any recommendations on what to use?

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Antique Questions Forum / more pics of metal tree lamp

« on: March 14, 2014, 12:47:16 pm »

here are more of the lamp

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Metal Tree Table Lamp....Please help with date and possible price

« on: March 14, 2014, 12:26:36 pm »

it is I'm adding more pics now. I kept getting timed out when trying to upload them.

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Antique Questions Forum / Metal Tree Table Lamp....Please help with date and possible price

« on: March 14, 2014, 10:41:07 am »

 Hi,
  My wife and I are planning on having a estate sale. After contacting a antique dealer, they had planned to stop by and look at some items to get an idea of what will be sold. While he was looking around, he came across a table lamp and seemed to be obsessed with it. After looking it over and noticing several flaws, he offered us $1000. We had told him to let us think about it. So he kept looking around and adding more to the offer price getting up to a final price of around $1500. I then became extremely curious about this lamp.

 A description he gave us is, he believes it to be maybe German and made of White Metal. Dated I think to the 1930's.

 So, after searching and searching, I came upon an ebay sale of the same lamp style in better condition without a shade for around $900.
 This is the ebay site. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-SIGNED-SPELTER-CAST-METAL-WITH-BRONZE-PATINA-TREE-FORM-LAMP-BASE-/261308563113?nma=true&si=JC3FsLLp5GwLGDpS2MJcz%252BqPvNo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557#viTabs_0

However the dimensions for my lamp are 12 1/2 inch base. 24 inches tall, holding a 16 inch round shade. Here are some pics.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Prints of Old Maps/Documents in Massachusetts

« on: March 14, 2014, 08:50:00 am »

 Ok, thanks.  Yes they are interesting to read when in moderation.  However, when it seems like may have more then your public library, it hurts my brain and back. lol

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Prints of Old Maps/Documents in Massachusetts

« on: March 13, 2014, 06:39:19 am »

My mother in law's family lived in MA for generations. It's more the Saugus and Woburn area. She is was a "collector" in better words, so we have tons of old documents. Basically from 1880's when her GG grandfather became a citizen from Sweden, to current. You may also want to check out books from Arcadia Publishing. They are the Images of America series, showing historic photos of towns/cities. You may find a few cool pics. If the books don't help I will gladly hunt some stuff down, and send you a picture of items I come across.