SEEN A DRUNKEN BRICKLAYER, ANYONE?

I think Ellpus was going to be gone for at least six weeks.

Here are some links from google -
from google images - http://images.google.com/images?q=drunken+bricklayer&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

from google Web -
http://www.whitefriarsorg.org/memb1/ref3.htm
http://money.guardian.co.uk/investments/alternativeinvesting/story/0,,1817077,00.html

Got one!!!!!!!!
At the beginning of this week i would of thought a drunken bricklayer was the obvious!

Somewhat like your story, my auntie who I am currently visiting told me this story...

Many years ago she purchased a vase which was a couple of pounds at a car boot it has been on the window sill with flowers on ever since....

Until she watched an episode of flog it and realised that the wiggly shaped vase with her lovely lillies in was in fact worth hundreds of pounds, it is the bigger version and is a kinda dark blue....

Very excited even if it isnt quite mine.... we told her she should sell it for a tidy sum while it is popular but she has decided she really likes it now!!!

Kristin--

Welcome to A2K.

Perhaps if you're very nice to your aunt, she'll think of you when she writes her will?

How very satisfactory that she had her taste vindicated.

I thought this thread was about me.

Hey Amigo - good to see you!

Sounds like an excellent dinner or coffee table in the making... Unless it cracks while drying.

Might make good outdoor furniture, too.

drunken bricklayer
my aunt has got an orange drunken bricklayer vase, i want to know how much you would offer for it. bearing in mind i know these can go for in excess of £1000.

i am in england however, so please state if you are interested.

confusedkid xx

Hi confusedkid......

I can only advise you to have a look at various auction sites, or go to a specialist site that deals with Whitefriars glass and email them for an idea of how much your aunt's item may be worth in todays' market.

If it is a tangerine (orange) Bricklayer, then it may not fetch as much price as some of the other colours, such as pewter (smokey grey), kingfisher (vivid blue) or if you're lucky enough to find one, willow (dark green).

There are two sizes of Bricklayer, the 8 inch, and the 13 inch, which is more rare.
Just having had a quick look at ebay, a 13 inch tangerine Bricklayer recently fetched a price of just over £300 (just do a search on item number 200039641960 )..... which would possibly suggest that the sellers market is not all that brilliant at the moment.
A year ago this would have fetched over £600, so I would possibly suggest hanging onto this item until the market picks back up again.

Hope this info helps.

Farmerman wrote



I have been collecting Lalique glass for many years. I always scan the car boot sales (which I ADORE) and flea markets etc but have never been lucky enough to discover any real bargains. I think people who sell at these places are much more clued up these days. Therefore my collection is still pretty small as even the smallest pieces are mega-expensive to buy in shops.

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DP!! I'm impressed that you collect Lalique!

VERY CLASSY!

Some of it is quite stunning, and if it's signed R.Lalique, quite rare and expensive I understand.

My favourite Lalique items are the car "mascots" that used to sit on the bonnet of old Rollers and such. I bet if they came up in auction now, they'd be worth a fortune.

If I see any L stuff at a car boot sale I'll give you a shout, although like you say, it's pretty unlikely that you'd find it there nowadays.

Why thank you. See I'm not common-as-muck all the time.

Never knew they did the mascots on Rollers, cool. The old perfume bottles are beautiful too.

x

Be aware that many pieces of purple Lalique are actually radiated to activate and change the state of the Managanese in the glass, thus giving a fake purple color.The purple color that is sold and priced based upon its purple hues should be given a look see by a suface chem lab to see whether the Mn is constant to te center. Its not really expensive to do the test and any competent museum lab can do it or else get it done at a university chemistry dept.