Article: Terrestrial globes: professional appraiser Helaine Fendelman identifies and evaluates your possessions.(What is It Worth?)

valued at: $50

This mid-20th-century 12-inch Rand McNally terrestrial globe rests on a tin stand and is covered with a lithographed colored map. Globes from the 1950s are popular with collectors nostalgic for the days when such spheres were used as teaching tools in classrooms. Beginner collectors respond to the globes' graphics and their deep blue-green backgrounds.

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1 I bought this chair at auction. It is good and sturdy! Is it old? Does the fact that some of the paint has been peeled off affect the chair's value?

C.E., CASSVILLE, MO.

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