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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2012, 01:18:28 pm »
What are the dimensions?
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #16 on: July 10, 2012, 01:27:38 pm »
Size is almost 23 centimeters and the base is 6 cm widht .
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #17 on: July 10, 2012, 04:18:33 pm »
Can you find a faint seam anywhere ?? Many times bone is laminated together !! Did you check the link I gave you !!
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2012, 08:50:08 pm »
"And if the are Ivory towers there maybe good presents to the Dutch goverment"

Or maybe an appreciative American, such as myself... ;)

Seriously, those candlesticks are AWESOME!
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #19 on: July 11, 2012, 01:12:31 am »
I agree also that there very nice . But is there any idea about there value ? 
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #20 on: July 11, 2012, 07:56:41 am »
You are not in the U.S. are you ??  Would be difficult to give an estimate since we do not know your market !!  No matter how well items are made,, we have so many asian imports made of bone here that value in my estimation would be $50. to $75. for the pair !! And they are unmarked so that hurts it as well !!
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #21 on: July 11, 2012, 04:44:59 pm »
I would have thought more, but respect is due to Mart!  :)
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #22 on: July 11, 2012, 08:26:12 pm »
Awww !!  Come on ,, need more opinions than mine !!  Hopefully he is not in the U.S. and they will bring more !!!
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #23 on: July 11, 2012, 09:30:47 pm »
Well you could put a reserve on them and see what you get.
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #24 on: July 12, 2012, 05:16:06 am »
Good idea, Greenacres. Why not put a reserve on them and let the market decide? Of course, the market for most things is pretty soft at the moment, so even that might not give you a true idea about their value.

« Last Edit: July 12, 2012, 05:19:05 am by ghopper1924 »
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #25 on: July 12, 2012, 07:00:52 am »
Thanks for your ideas about a value . But I dont think I would sell them for that yet . Had tip from a good friend and have also contacted the France museum off Dieppe about the items . The conservator is back the 17th  zo maybe he is able to tell me if there made there or where else .
There's also a antique shop in England who has exactly the same pair and he sells them for 1750 Englisch pounds .

http://richardgardnerantiques.co.uk/product/717/2644

So who's right or who is wrong ?
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #26 on: July 12, 2012, 08:00:59 am »
There is no right or wrong !! Just different markets !!  And because a shop is asking that price doesn`t mean they will get it !!  Shops have a pretty good mark up and they are usually are way above market values !! See if you can find what a similar pair actually sold for !! Not just the asking price !!  What you ask and what you get are two different things !!  Another thing is that shop has a pretty good following among its customers. They can sell more consistantly than you or I could simply on their reputation !! You or I as unknowns and with no customer base would have much more difficulty getting the same price as they do !!
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #27 on: July 12, 2012, 08:11:47 pm »
Only one way to find out...try 'em on E-Bay  ;D
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2012, 10:07:53 am »
Don`t think I would go with ebay !! It has pretty much went dowhill !! I would consign to a good auction house !!
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Re: Ivory candlesticks or bone ?
« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2012, 10:05:10 pm »
Agree with Mart!  Meet with the individual on 17th and then decide!
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