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Article: Collectors speak the language of cupboards; CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. Commemorative plate: University of Notre Dame, Vernon Kilns, 101 2 inches: $25. Playboy swizzle sticks: 1970s, 22-piece set: $40. Buster Brown advertising pocket mirror: pictures of Buster and Tige, 1946: $80. Mae Starr composition shoulder-head doll: sleeping blue metal eyes, open mouth, blond wig, cloth body, 1928, 29 inches: $125. Westinghouse electric fan: No. 149575, brass cage and blades, original paint and tag: $210. Victorian bedstead: oak, American, rectangular panel headboard, applied scroll carving, raised ogee panels, circa 1885, not quite 6 feet: $280. Anne Fogarty black wool dress: long sleeves, full skirt, 1950s: $425. Animation art cel: Wendy and Peter Pan telling the children a story, 1953, 71 2 by 91 2 inches: $870. Amish patchwork quilt: lone-star pattern, multicolored on navy blue ground, 1931, 84 by 83 inches: $1,455. Tiffany glass decanter set: pinched-in sides, four-sided decanter, original stopper, brilliant iridescent gold, signed, 101 4 inches: $2,950.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 16, 1997
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Specialists sometimes use different terms than the rest of us. A
doctor or anthropologist refers to a "mandible," not a "jawbone." A
chemist says "sodium chloride," not "salt." Antiques dealers and
collectors also have a special vocabulary. There's a whole jargon
devoted just to cupboards.
Cupboards first were used in the United States in the 1700s. The
first type had boards that held cups and other dishes.
A corner cupboard was made with a wedge-shaped back that fit in
the corner. A jelly cupboard had doors that concealed shelves. It
was used to store food, and the doors kept out rodents. A kas
cupboard was a large piece with doors concealing the shelves. It was
made in the 17th and ...
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