[dorrie]

I have 2 matching lamps, with no shades that have the stamps on the bottom....I am clueless as to where to find out what they are worth and I am not sure that I even want to sell them...they are pretty and with a couple little shades would look even better.
Any advise on how to find out what they are worth?Thanks
(I hope I was allowed to post this here..if not..I am sorry!!)I am not trying to sell....just looking for advise

[Chemar]

Hi Dorrie

"Occupied Japan" items are much sought after by collectors and some of these lamps go for hundreds of $
Occupied Japan was stamped on Japanese made goods for the period 1945-1952

Kovels has a list, but bear in mind some of these prices are for the nineties and so would be much higher today..
http://www.kovels.com/priceguide/kovels_occupiedjapan/

If you have any pics of them feel free to post or PM and I will see if they are in any of my reference books

[weegot5kiz]

yes they are worth a price and noritaki (sp?) my folks collected cut, depression and carnival glass, and noritaki, and occupied Japan china my mom let it all go and started a collection of the irish belek products and has the whole set of what they came out with i dont even want to go near it, for fear of my clumsy ox mode kicking in

[Chemar]

wow Frank! Irish Belleek is valuable, especially the older pieces (the color of the mark on bottom indicates which period it is from)

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I think I am going to move this thread to the member's mall where chatting about stuff like this may be helpful to others too.

maybe we can even start a "what have I got and what's it worth" thread there
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[Tootsie]

I hope you find out they are valuable. My thing with antiques and collectibles is that even if something is worth a lot, unless you find the 'buyer' who wants to spend the money, it is often disappointing. I speak from experience.

I have a booth at the local antique mart. I find few people want to spend much; many are just hunting bargains or are other dealers looking to score something cheap so they can resell.

Every now and then I have good luck though.

If I were you I'd take your items to a professional auction or post on E-bay. The only draw back to E-bay is mailing....You can always stipulate you want buyer to pick up (local buyer) or make sure you insure the item for it's true value.

Good luck.

Tootsie