Sunday, February 22, 2009
CURRENT PRICES
Around the nation
Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.
Girl Scout lunch pail, tin, green, image of Scout leader, girls playing sports, bail handles, c. 1930, $75.
Chuck Taylor Converse All-Star basketball shoes, text with star appears on side and heel, unused, 1960s, size 91‚Ñ2, $115.
Sweeping Mammy toy, tin windup, Mammy holding broom, shakes about while sweeping, Lindstrom, 1930s, 71‚Ñ2 inches, $230.
English backsaw, brass button with profile of George Washington circled by “Exported Solely by W. Graves & Sons,” c. 1790, $305.
Betty Boop string-holder, painted plaster, black hair, side-glancing eyes, hole in mouth, c. 1930, 6 x 71‚Ñ2 inches, $465.
Arts & Crafts-style armchair, windowpane cutouts on wings, original leather upholstery and brass tacks, 42 x 32 x 26 inches, $490.
Mt. Washington jack-in-the-pulpit glass vase, pale green stem with leaf and vine design winding around, 151‚Ñ2 inches, $2,105.
Tin reindeer cookie cutter with large stylized antlers, late 19th century, 8 inches, $2,105.
Ivory miniature memorial picture, 2 figures at grave, “Hope Lies beyond the Grave,” Feb. 14, 1799, aged 25 years, 13‚Ñ4 x 11‚Ñ2 inches, $3,515.
Stiegel-type molded glass flask, amethyst, Diamond-above-Flute pattern, c. 1770, $7,020.