Cookie jar carries lasting value
Dear Collector,
The Dutch Boy cookie jar in the enclosed photo was purchased in the late 1940s. On its bottom there’s only “USA.” Is there any value in this jar?
One of Shawnee Pottery’s best sellers, along with their Dutch Girl and Smiley the pig, your jar is now worth a high of $300.
Dear Collector,
Please help me find info on my James Warner Pocket Revolver?
A Springfield, Mass., gunmaker, Warner produced a large number of percussion pistols in the 1850s, including your Model 1857, which is now valued at $600-$1,000.
Dear Collector,
We found this cloth wrapped straight razor under some old clothing in a trunk under the eaves of our attic. It’s not in very good condition, but we’d still like to know its age and value, if any?
With an unremarkable celluloid handle and a series of jimps or fluting marking the tang, your circa 1910 cutthroat blade, made by the German firm of Henri Boker & Co., is probably worth only $10.
Dear Collector,
Would you tell me when this Majestic radio was made? It looks like it could be from the World War Two era.
Constructed in 1940, your five tube AM Zephyr in an ivory case has a working value of about $150.
Dear Collector,
I have in my possession a Victor Victrola VV-XI Talking Machine and have no clue as to its value.
Production on this model started in 1910 with the earliest type being a table top. By 1919, when your machine was made, the XI had been converted into a floor model in either oak or mahogany. Selling for about $120 when new; if still working, this fairly common phonograph would be worth $200-$300.
Dear Collector,
I recently read that a 1913 Statue of Liberty nickel was valued at over $50. I have a 1913 dime, and wonder if it is also valued likewise?
You confused the Liberty coin designed by Charles Barber with the really large effigy of “Liberty Enlightening the World” in New York Harbor. Your dime, another Barber pattern, has a value of around five dollars if minted in Philadelphia.
Dear Collector,
This dish has been in our family forever. We would like to know more about this piece?
Clearly backstamped with the crown and letter “B” of Beyer & Bock, a former decorating studio located in Rudolstadt, Germany who later moved into porcelain manufacturing, your celery dish dates from around 1910-1920, and is worth, coincidentally, $10-$20.
Dear Collector,
I acquired this piece of furniture for a song. Do you think it’s worth getting new handles and replacing a missing piece? It’s very solid and pretty, even the way it stands now.
In my humble opinion, saving anything from the past is worth the effort. The price on your find was a song; now make it sing!
Dear Collector,
I have the “Complete Volumes of John Fenison Cooper” published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 1896. What is the set worth?
Sorry, my research only turned up books by a James Fenimore Cooper.