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Aladdin made in Chicago Ill.
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Aladdin made in Chicago Ill. by vicky
Posted: Nov. 03, 1998 @ 07:19.
Can anyone tell me about this lamp and it's value. It has the long slender fluted glass "globe?", a short cream colored base. It has the colman lantern type burner and it was made in Chicago, ILL. Don't know the proper terms to describe it any better. No rust, in excellent condition. Thanks.
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On Nov. 03, 1998 @ 21:16, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary
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Vicky: I was OK with a thought until I saw you had said "Aladdin!" Aladdin/Mantle Lamp Co. of America made but one "Coleman lantern-type burner", the PL-1 lantern, but that doesn't really fit the rest of the description. There were MANY companies in Chicago that made pressure and gravity feed lamps and lanterns (Nagel-Chase, M&M, Acorn Brass, Yale Light for instance), and both Sears and Monkey-Wards were/are HQ'd there.
"No rust" implies that this IS indeed a lantern, with a cream-colored painted pressure vessel. I have a feeling I'm going to have to ask you for a photo! The "long slender fluted glass" sounds like a fluted chimney (not common), until you add "globe". I can't think of a fluted lantern globe!
With a photo, I can at least pin down what type of light you have, and direct the image to somebody who could identify "who". You can attach an image to your response, or E-mail me for a Snail mail address for hard copy. We'll do our darndest to identify your lamp, but will not do appraisals here! Although many of us are collectors, and even dealers, here we are Researchers, and must leave financial speculation to other places or other times. ::Fil::
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On Nov. 13, 1998 @ 21:36, Fil Graff, Guild Secretary
wrote:
For those waiting to hear the end of this saga, we find that Vicky has the FONT of an Aladdin white moonstone Majestic, with a complete Model B burner. If any of y'all out there have a spare Majestic FOOT around, Vicky needs one! :: Fil ::