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Where can I find antique lamps?
Antique lamps should feature hand-painted designs, so look for brush marks. If the work is perfectly smooth, it might be a decal. You can also identify a decal by touch — decals are smooth, while paint feels textured. Generally, the presence of decals indicates a modern reproduction rather than an antique.
Are old lamps worth anything?
Lamps are often more valuable when left in an original condition with most or all the original parts. Some lamps may appear to be made of metal, but they might also be painted to look and feel just like metal.
What metal are antique lamps?
Some vintage lamps appear to be made from copper metal, but instead are made from a substitute painted to look like copper metal.
How do you know if a lamp is an antique?
Antique Lamp Supply recommends picking up the lamp and looking for a manufacturer’s symbol, name or date stamp embedded into the base. Also look on the lighting fixture itself; sometimes, the manufacturer includes a sticker that includes the name, or date of manufacture.
Are Frederick Cooper lamps valuable?
Prices for Frederick Cooper Table Lamps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes. The price for these items starts at $295 and tops out at $9,950, while pieces like these can sell for $1,980 on average.
Who was Frederick Cooper?
About Frederick Cooper In 1923, Frederick Cooper, a Chicago artist, established a studio to create beautiful sculpture and watercolor paintings. American architecture was in its heyday in the Windy City. Mr. Cooper was drawn to the still fairly new invention of lamps.
Will you pay me for vintage lighting?
We will pay you for vintage floor lamps, table lamps, wall sconces, flush mount fixtures or chandeliers that we can restore. Our craftsmen typically look for items from the 1950s and earlier. At Restoration Lighting Gallery, our staff has the expertise to accurately evaluate the monetary value of vintage lighting.
What are the different types of antique and vintage lighting?
Our antique and vintage lighting collection includes holophane, milk glass, dish, antique glass, opaline, frosted, ceiling and etched shade types. The lighting is crafted from lighting, wood, glass, bamboo, oak, metal, maple and steel. Olde Good Things is proud to say we stock a large variety of antique lighting for your next restoration project.
Where can I find antique lighting for my restoration project?
Olde Good Things is proud to say we stock a large variety of antique lighting for your next restoration project. Use our online search filter to find the antique lighting and lighting accessories you need or contact us with your specific size requirements and we will check stock availability across all of our warehouses.
What are some of the best antique boudoir lamps?
NR! Authentic Antique Signed Tiffany Studios NY Bronze Boudoir Lamp Lily Pad 606 Antique GWTW Oil Lamp, Gone With The Wind, Squared Body Floral 25″ Tall – WOW!! Vintage Coleman Quick Lite Lantern.