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Witco table lamps
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RL Gipe
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Tue, Apr 13, 2004 4:52 PM
I recently saw a pair of witco lamps approx.4ft.high. I started researching about these and discovered this sub culture of "tiki ites". I have seen numerous items about William Westenhaver and witco, but nothing about large table lamps. any info would be appreciated. I could possibly purchase these, providing enough background info is found on these. The number on the lamps are E35730 and both are in perfect condition. |
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Benzart
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Tue, Apr 13, 2004 5:57 PM
Welcome RL Gipe to TC. |
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bigbrotiki
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Tue, Apr 13, 2004 6:59 PM
Witco did indeed make a lot of lamp bases, especially in the early 60s. The 1964 catalog offered about 50 different ones, some modern some Tiki, some antiquey, but a lot of them were cancelled the following year due to low orders, so they were never mass produced. Also, back then, the items had low numbers, (like the lamps were "LA 47 -Boy Puppet") which even in the 70s never went up beyond 3 digits (to my knowledge). And forget about value quotes, TC is not a Schiffer book, and we are into it for the romance, money is nice but less of our concern. We would underprice it anyway to be able to afford it :) Maybe Keigs knows more. |
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keigs20
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Tue, Apr 13, 2004 11:39 PM
I know nothing. I looked through the catalogs and found nothing with more than 5 digits in the serial #. Like Bigbro says a picture or describe them and maybe we can help. As for a price. As cheap as you can get them. After you own them, priceless! |
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