<p>old coal carriers can double as furniture today</p>
<p>Today the attractive furniturelike coal hods are used as little tables or journal racks. An Art Nouveau coal hod with inlay offered at a current auction in Chicago for $310.</p>
<p>Q In 1992 I bought a buffet that was at least fifty years old. There's a brass emblem inside a drawer that states, "Henry C. , Inc., Buffalo, New York." Can you tell me some thing about the producer?</p>
<p>A: was born in Buffalo in 1859. He and his brother Conrad grew to become companions in a furnishings company, , in 1882.</p>
<p>Conrad died in 1888 and Henry discovered another companion, , in 1890. Their company integrated in 1904 as , Inc.</p>
<p>The company name altered again in 1920, turning into Henry C. Steul Sons. So your buffet was produced following 1920.</p>
<p>Steul Sons was in company via at minimum 1937. The business produced copy furniture, a lot of it in European Renaissance styles. It concentrated on eating space and bedroom sets. Steul buffets promote for a few hundred dollars.</p>
<p>Q: I have a extremely old Frister Rossman treadle sewing machine and wood cupboard. I have not cleaned or oiled it, but presumably it could be put in operating situation. The device is rusty and "seized up," and it also requirements sharpening.</p>
<p>You have often stated in your columns that items in their authentic situation have more worth. Could you tell me the approximate age of this stitching machine?</p>
<p>A: was founded by and Robert Frister in Berlin, Germany, in 1864. It was the biggest sewing device producer in Germany in the late 1800s and produced millions of stitching devices.</p>
<p>The business was sold in 1925 to ,cheap michael kors replica, which ongoing to make stitching devices under the Frister Rossmann name. Collectors want the early stitching device designs that have gold trim and extravagant decorations.</p>
<p>It is the situation of the machine and the case,michael kors replica handbags, not whether the machine works, that determines value.</p>
<p>Q: I'm hoping you can give me some information about a dress clip my husband's greataunt still left him. The front of the clip is decorated with coloured stones, and the metal clip on the back again is etched "Czechoslovakia." There's also a soldered mark, "Isser Singer Son, 498 seventh Ave., NYC."</p>
<p>A: It is most likely that your costume jewelry gown clip was made in Czechoslovakia and that Isser Singer Son was the New York retail shop that sold it. It is not unusual to discover a retailer's mark on a piece of costume jewelry. Costume jewelry is becoming more and more well-liked, so wear the clip with satisfaction.</p>
<p>Q: I have a set of twelve plates stamped "HigginsSeiter, New York, Patented Dec. 4, 1905." The plates are embossed and painted with different scenes of rabbits. Can you tell me anything about them?</p>
<p>A: was a New York City importer of china and glass. , and Col. Seiter formed a partnership in 1887, but the business had been in business for about 20 many years before that.</p>
<p>Higgins Seiter was not in a position to get shipments from Europe when World War I started and went bankrupt in 1915. The plates are expensive these days, about $400 each.</p>
<p>Q: I have an Estey pump organ that was made about 1880. An appraiser told me it is really worth $700 to $900. I'd like to know the history of the company.</p>
<p>A: was a successor to , which was founded in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1846. The business made melodeons, reed organs and a strange instrument known as a seraphim, sometimes known as a hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica.</p>
<p>The possession and name of the business altered several occasions. became part proprietor in 1853. The title of the business grew to become Co. in 1865.</p>
<p>The business produced much more than 500,000 reed organs and more than three,000 pipe organs. Estey went out of company in 1960.</p>
<p>Don't use gold or silverdecorated eyeglasses if the trim has turned chalky gray. This is a source of direct poisoning.</p>
<p>Present prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions all through the United States. Costs vary in different places simply because of nearby economic circumstances.</p>
<p>n Limoges clover plate, crimson clover with eco-friendly leaves, gold rim, Coronet Borgfeldt mark, 8 1/2 inches, $40.</p>
<p>n St. Patrick's Day postcard, lady in eco-friendly dress keeping bouquets, "And It is O, the Eco-friendly Shamrock," postmarked March 13, 1911, $forty two.</p>
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