Porcelain light lot?
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Miss the Pontiacs
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You have just won the you **** award. That is an amazing collection of lights. I found 4 lamps that were in fantastic shape. Will post pics, I paid $100 each for 4 lamps that were made in 1954. There was a site I found in Chicago that had many options on the green lights that had unbelievably high prices on there items. I found mine on Kijiji in eastern Canada. Post pics of the different models or group them, I bet you could sell them right here.
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BillK
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Depends on what you can get them for. Look on E-bay and see what they are selling for. That will give you an idea as to what you can get.
I recently needed a discontinued part for my ancient weed whacker. A guy had a batch of 12 of them on E-bay. I bought the batch, fixed mine, kept one for a spare and then tripled my investment selling the remaining 10
I recently needed a discontinued part for my ancient weed whacker. A guy had a batch of 12 of them on E-bay. I bought the batch, fixed mine, kept one for a spare and then tripled my investment selling the remaining 10
I've got a handful I scored but they are super hard to find in good condition and usually very expensive. $50-$100 is about what I see them go for usually.
some of the explosion proof ones I have use big sodium or some other bulbs with a larger than normal screw base, so I converted them to standard 300 watt 120v receptacles by spot welding the new ones in the old cage. if yours are like that, they are easier to sell if they take normal bulbs.
some of the explosion proof ones I have use big sodium or some other bulbs with a larger than normal screw base, so I converted them to standard 300 watt 120v receptacles by spot welding the new ones in the old cage. if yours are like that, they are easier to sell if they take normal bulbs.
I did find them, but I used plain ones I got for 67 cents apiece at the box store and just disassembled the screw base from them...I'm cheap!
Falcon67
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Scored this one on eBay for $45, but caught it right when it came up for sale. Could not click the Buy It Now button fast enough.
nsula_country
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YOU ****! What's the price for the lot? Those are getting hard to come by in the wild.
I have 8 vintage Holophane Acorn Explosion Proof light. They retail around 350-400.
CT
I have 8 vintage Holophane Acorn Explosion Proof light. They retail around 350-400.
CT
rburke65
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39 fixtures for $3 is one hell of a price and a steal! 39 fixtures for $3 million....not so much. How are we to advise if ya don't give us a price?
OP
$1750 ouch, will check them out Friday, has a 100 ton press for $200 also.
Bighead38
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What’s so special about these?
1750/39=$44.87 ea. That puts it in a better perspective, plus you should be able to make a few $$ on the remainders.
I scored 3 a few years back for $10 a piece, perfect over the table saw. I too was lucky caught the ad on CL soon after it was posted, I was the 2nd caller when the first caller found out that they needed to be taken down they passed, took me all of 10 minutes to take them down.
Bought 4 perfect matching ones (great/white) two years ago for 100 bucks at a local shop -- the smaller more interesting ones get the best prices on e-bay if perfect. People use them inside (kitchens).
You can now buy new ones for outside that look like the common ones of yesteryear -- I think this has hurt prices. Plus -- the desire is aging out. I have been watching some nice ones on e-bay for months (overpriced) -- not selling .. sellers not dropping price.
The really unusual explosion proof lights from between the wars command the most money -- especially the smaller ones that can be used in kitchens or restaurants. I was looking at two for my kitchen -- $450 each .. I'm still looking for a cheaper way to go.
You can now buy new ones for outside that look like the common ones of yesteryear -- I think this has hurt prices. Plus -- the desire is aging out. I have been watching some nice ones on e-bay for months (overpriced) -- not selling .. sellers not dropping price.
The really unusual explosion proof lights from between the wars command the most money -- especially the smaller ones that can be used in kitchens or restaurants. I was looking at two for my kitchen -- $450 each .. I'm still looking for a cheaper way to go.
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OP
There's some cool 1930''s ones on ebay for $1650 each.
nsula_country
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Vintage lighting is really popular and people will pay A LOT for them.
Here is a link of what a Holophane Acorn looks like. https://brasslightgallery.com/lighting/trio-baraboo-acorn-holophane-pendants-light-galley-kitchen
I scored 4 at an auction for $160 ($40/ea). Haggled with a guy on EBAY to get 4 more at $125/ea. He wanted $360/ea.
Have 1 over the sink, 2 over the island, 1 on back porch, 2 on front porch, 2 on 2nd floor porch. I think it's cool to have a piece of history on our house.
Clean them up, you can profit from them!
CT
Here is a link of what a Holophane Acorn looks like. https://brasslightgallery.com/lighting/trio-baraboo-acorn-holophane-pendants-light-galley-kitchen
I scored 4 at an auction for $160 ($40/ea). Haggled with a guy on EBAY to get 4 more at $125/ea. He wanted $360/ea.
Have 1 over the sink, 2 over the island, 1 on back porch, 2 on front porch, 2 on 2nd floor porch. I think it's cool to have a piece of history on our house.
Clean them up, you can profit from them!
CT
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