Sunday, May 17, 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.
Hubley doorstop, thoroughbred horse, painted brown and natural colors, cast iron, 73‚Ñ4 x 103‚Ñ4 inches, $50.
Majolica Pond Lily plate, 4 green lily pads with white lily in center, impressed mark, 8 inches, $75.
Bookplate, red, green and yellow illuminated lettering & flowers, hand-drawn ink on paper, variegated letters, “Samuel Witmer, May 1848,” 11 x 91‚Ñ2 inches, $100.
Hand-crank firetruck siren, red nickel-plated ground, “Sterling Siren Fire Horn, Rochester, N.Y.,” Serial No. 8094, 12 inches, $275.
Needlework sampler, silk threads on linen ground, tree with flowers, rows of alphabets, pious verse, hearts, “Eliza’h McCarthy, 1780,” 20 x 9 inches, $475.
Regency upholstered library chair, mahogany with urn- and ring-turned arm supports, blue silk damask upholstery, 1850, 35 x 24 inches, $880.
Royal brand toy stove, nickel plated, cover plates, 2 side shelves, 15 inches, $955.
Ice-cream scoop, nickel plated, wooden handle, cone shape, signed “H.S. Greer,” 9 inches, $1,110.
Moravian Polly Heckewelder doll, cloth, hand-painted facial features & hair, original blue checked cotton dress, Bethlehem, Pa., c. 1900, 17 inches, $1,900.
Wool needlework wallet, double fold, Irish stitch in zigzag diamond pattern, green, red, yellow and violet, “David Stephen, 1786,” 5 x 9 inches, $4,445.