May 2006 Alerts on Confusing Collectibles

Miniature oil-burning lamps with glass chimneys, manufactured in the United States from about 1875 to 1925, are popular with collectors. Genuine old lamps as well as reproduced lamps may have new replacement burners, and some new lamps have burners removed from antique lamps. Acorn and Nutmeg burners are the ones most commonly reproduced. Fakes are […]