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Title: German candle holder
Post by: any88 on August 27, 2012, 10:36:37 AM

Check this out. I completely forgot i had this, remembered it only when i opened a drawer. I did not took time to clean it before I took pictures so they are not too pretty.

Around the pointy thing where wide candle goes on, it says : Made in Germany

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Title: Re: German candle holder
Post by: mart on August 28, 2012, 11:02:57 AM

what does it seem to be made of,, tin ??

Title: Re: German candle holder
Post by: any88 on August 28, 2012, 03:16:45 PM

i think so, yea. if its so, its not a thin layer, i can tell you that

Title: Re: German candle holder
Post by: ghopper1924 on August 28, 2012, 04:33:45 PM

A German tin fat candle holder. Doesn't seem terribly old.

Title: Re: German candle holder
Post by: bigwull on August 28, 2012, 04:55:14 PM

Scrap price of tin over here has gone through the roof....Chinese are buying all the scrap they can get their hands on,then turning it into fake Tiffany lamps

Title: Re: German candle holder
Post by: any88 on August 28, 2012, 11:42:29 PM

well i can tell you this - we had it since we are in this house, so minimum 20 years old..

Title: Re: German candle holder
Post by: bigwull on August 29, 2012, 06:57:37 AM

age goes for nothing,and at 20years + does,nt mean its worth something...I,m 62 and sometimes my wife says i,m next to useless....so there you have it....old does not always = worth!!