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Title: standing ashtray era?
Post by: rogue on April 27, 2012, 01:10:55 pm

Anyone able to put a time period on this? Found at a yard sale. Has an amber ashtray that goes in the top area.

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Post by: CuriousCollector on April 27, 2012, 05:05:51 pm

Probably 60s, the height of smoking and amber!   ;D

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Post by: mart on April 27, 2012, 05:17:04 pm

Can we see it and the ashtray ??  I think this one is more 30`s vintage !!

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Post by: rogue on April 27, 2012, 05:29:18 pm

I attached a pic. The ashtray I say is Amber but it is really dark like cola colored. I don't have a pic of it and it is still in the trunk. I will try to do some photo bucket pics.

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Post by: greenacres on April 27, 2012, 06:45:31 pm

I have two of these. Mart is right your missing the glass ashtray. This is common because they usually got broken. I \have a friend that restored them and gave me two as a gift. She told me she had to hunt down the glass ashtrays.

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Post by: rogue on April 27, 2012, 07:23:41 pm

So best estimate of the era is 30's? Also so I got it for cheap should I keep as is or restore?

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Post by: mart on April 27, 2012, 07:57:34 pm

That would be my opinion,, 30`s !!  You can try polishing the metal !!  It would be nice shined up !! This one is a pretty common type so I don`t think you are trashing it by restoring it into something that looks nice !!

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Post by: KC on April 27, 2012, 08:02:13 pm

I would say late 30's to early 40's....but that is like splitting hairs here.

They do sell...search under tobaccomania even.

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Post by: rogue on April 27, 2012, 08:09:41 pm

Thanks for all the help! My wife and I buy mostly glass and furniture. Occasionally I find other interests. So for 5 bucks I felt interested.

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Post by: rockandrollrods on April 27, 2012, 10:54:45 pm

I have a similar looking one. Sort of.

Mine is wood, and about a foot shorter. But I like it, it makes a nice table for my keys! Mine is from the 1940s.

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Post by: mart on April 28, 2012, 08:46:49 am

I would have bought it for that price !!

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Post by: eclectic.widgetry on May 19, 2012, 05:17:13 am

I have one very similar to yours. It had belonged to my grandparents. When they had it the finish was polished metal but through the years it got a little rough looking. I know that they bought it new in the early to mid 40's. Maybe yours is from the same time period. I don't think these ashtrays are really worth much but they look great painted (which is what I did with mine). Value is subjective though. You might come across a collector who will make you a good offer. :)

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Title: Re: standing ashtray era?
Post by: jondar on May 19, 2012, 08:46:44 am

I couldn't find a mention of what metal the O.P.'s smoking stand is made of.  It appears to be stamped sheet metal.  The one pictured below came from my grandmother's house and my mother said my grandmother purchased it sometime between 1927 and 1931.  My mother was going to give it to Goodwill.  It had a heavy coat of aluminum paint on it.  I took it and after hours with a mild brass wheel found it was wrought iron.  The smaller brass ash tray came from my stepdad's grandfather's old home in Illinois.  Maybe some here can place a date on it.  It has the "snuffer" on the side where you put the lighted end of a cigarette in it and push the plunger down and extinguish the butt.  I couldn't find an original glass ash tray so I use the smaller ash tray to fill in the space.