Gold, Silver, Copper and Bronze

Art Metals continue to bring in good prices. Learn more about Roycroft, Jarvie, Heintz and other 20th Century valuable art pieces.


Alert! Alert! Gold and Silver are falling.

Even the weight of a bad stock market can’t keep the value of these industrial metals up. In the best environment these metals could have, they are hanging on by their teeth. Sell, Sell, Sell, and then check back with me in six months. I think you will want to buy me dinner.

This is the third time I have put out the alert To sell gold and silver, and because of the time lag from the first call to sell, I believe this decline will even be steeper than I originally imagined. Trade your gold and silver for wonderful and fantastic items produce from the common metals. I personally believe this is where the money is to be made in the short run.

Even though I am very negative on gold and silver, I think differently about choice antique & collectible pieces made from copper and bronze. If you have followed the metal markets, all the touters are pushing investments in gold and silver very heavily. This is usually a signal that a top has been reached in the market for those commodities. This can't be said for copper and bronze however.

Fine art pieces from the Art and Crafts movement will continue to bring high prices for items produced by such companies as Roycroft, Jarvie, Heintz, Gustav Stickley and Dirk Van Erp.

The real Arts and Crafts look will be hammered, and this hammering will be wonderfully crafted. Most of these copper pieces were meant to be displayed with furniture of that style and era, namely Stickley, Limbeth and others.

When you become familiar with their marks and learn about items from these companies, you’ll be paid handsomely in the future. Right now, the 31 Club is discussing the possibility of buying a large collection of Roycroft through our Associates Program. I have my fingers crossed on this one. What a great buy this will be for both the club and the member who called for our help.

Bronze has been used for producing figures, jewelery, sculptures and different types of lamps from almost the beginning of civilized man. It is easily worked and develops a wonderful patina over time. Items made from these metals bring huge prices in today’s markets. Rare bronze sculptures can easily bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars with ease, but the more common pieces you’ll find can fetch from $5,000 to $25,000. Considering most dealers can't tell the originals from the reproductions, they pass on all of them. This knowledge served one dealer I have previously written about when he purchased a Jarvie Candelabra for about $80 and sold it for around $7,000 or $8,000 if my memory serves me correctly. You will clean up big time if you have the knowledge in this area.


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Collectible Bookends

These Scottie Dog Bookends sold on eBay yesterday for $361

I sat down at the computer knowing I needed to post today's blog, but found myself struggling a bit. You see, my mind was preoccupied. You see, yesterday was the last time I will see my Pastor at the church I attend. Even though I knew this day was coming, I guess I wasn't as prepared for it as I thought I was. So, with this in mind, I'm asking some of you to keep me, my family and my Pastor in your prayers.

While my mind was wrestling with myself and wondering what would be a good blog topic today, I went into my library and began looking through some of my books. It's usually very easy for me to have a topic at the forefront of my mind, but, today, I was having some difficulty. I left the library and returned several times, each time moving the bookends to take out a few selected books. Then, it came to me. Bookends.

Bookends Can Prove to be Great Finds, so Don’t Overlook the Opportunity to Cash in.

Many pairs of Rookwood bookends were represented this past weekend in the Cincinnati Art Galleries auction, including the wise old owl standing on a book and about six pairs that represented “The Rook”, which was a symbol for Rookwood pottery. There was even a Buddha pair I’d never seen before. Others were the horse heads, Kingfishers, elephants, water lilies, lions, the sphinx, and even dogs. I am sure this is just a short list of what the company produced, and these bookends can bring from a few hundred dollars to several thousands depending on their rarity and color. Each will be marked with the Rookwood mark, however, some have been reproduced. But, Rookwood should be just one type of bookend that should catch your eye.

Companies producing bookends from the Arts & Crafts movement can bring you serious money in the thousands of dollars. These are companies such as Jarvie, Heintz Koppercraft, Tiffany and Roycroft. All of the different companies marked their items, so be sure to watch for those marks. You can often find these at house sales, and garage sales marked for just a few dollars. Your local auction houses can even be a good place to find valuable bookends if you are knowledgeable.

There are 2,025 sets of bookends being offered on eBay today, with the most expensive ones being Lalique and Baccarat, both listing for well over a thousand dollars. Bookends are a much sought after collectible, and I haven’t even touched the variety of items in this are you’ll likely come across.

There was a period of time in my life when anything that had a dog on it, had to be mine. My house was over run with dogs, but I never had to walk these dogs or take them to the vet. It was during this time, I purchased a set of Scottie Dog bookends for about $2.50. I didn't know much about them and figured they might bring $25 if I listed them on eBay. I listed them. The first day, they were over $100. (Yes, there was a time when people on eBay bid on the first day.) By the end of the auction, those Scottie dogs brought in over $500.

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