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Antique Questions Forum / W&S Blackinton Coffee/Tea Set, oil lamp question...

« on: January 07, 2012, 12:50:45 pm »

Ok just wondering if anybody knew anything more about these 2 items.

I found this W&S Blackinton Tea/Coffee set at my local goodwill store as the wife was sitting there looking for clothes and I spotted this and it looked old and very good. I figured I would buy it and see if it was worth anything, if not it can go in our antique room at the house. It's in very good condition and has no scratches on anything. I was going to polish it with some silver stuff that the wife has for her jewelry as there is a little bit of tarnish on it, but I didn't do it yet as it could hurt the value if it is worth something.




This oil lamp was in my grandma's basement and she wanted me to look it up for her...I don't know anything about it,she said she's had it for a very long time and also she was saying that there was a shade on it, which I don't think there was, as there is no place to put it,  and something about "gone with the wind lamp"

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Antique Questions Forum / Chainmail purse, beer signs, avon perfume, sewing machines, lots of stuff, help

« on: December 31, 2011, 07:26:09 pm »

Ok so I went up in my grandma's attic and I found many things, I've looked up some of it, but really not sure of value or collectibles. Just looking for some opinions on these items, values, if they are something I should keep or just try and get rid of. There are lots of pictures, and they're big. 5mb a piece. I figured the higher quality pictures would be better so you can see more detail. She told me that all of the perfume bottles were from Avon, however I've tried to search them and there are SO many that I couldn't really single them out.

There were 2 purses, my camera died so I took them with my phone, but they were very strange and old looking so I took pictures anyways. I only took pictures of 1 of them, I looked it up and saw that there are others out there, but I've never seen anything like it.




A retro looking lamp


This was a sewing machine cabinet, it has the actual machine inside of it and it raises out of the top, not sure of the manufacturer as I couldn't find any markings on it in the brief time that I looked.



I'm not sure what this thing is....any help would be appreciated...


Some type of bells, again not sure of what they are or what they are used for


Some old irons


A vase?


Not sure what this is, looks like some type of horn...


Cow bells, I'm assuming...


A rug beater and what I think is a milk bucket thing?


These are all of the Avon bottles (At least that's what my grandma told me they were, she said the majority of them were Avon perfumes and colognes)








An old butter churning jar?


These are all old books that I saw in a bookshelf, again not sure of anything about them...





What looks like to be a moonshine jug or wine jug?


A bottle that has a woven cover


Old glasses/jars/vases



A type of old baby chair?


An old cash register


Some type of frogs?


These are some pictures, clocks, and frames, some of the frames are metal, some wooden. Not sure of the pictures or who they are by...








A Jaromir Jagr signed picture


An old guitar, it's obviously been used



And here are all the beer signs, my grandma owned a bar, and I only uncovered a few signs, there were many more but my camera died and her attic was too dark to look through the rest while getting good enough pictures.













ok that's it, I know it's a lot of stuff, but if anybody can provide any information about these items, if they are collectibles, the values, what they were used for, what they are, it would be very much appreciated as I would love to know about all of these things. Thanks in advance.