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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 9557369, member: 6444&quot;]Antique brass (andirons, candlesticks) has been duplicated since first made. To distinguish antiques from repro requires looking closely at construction details. I would not buy based on a couple pics online - none of the links shown by brad look likely to be authentic to me, the first two definitely not, third can’t tell from that one pic but I’m skeptical. The OP ones shown are certainly 20th century, not antique, and agree with mid 20th or later.</p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed the demand for andirons is terrible, the supply is huge, and most people can’t tell the difference (or don’t care). So I have found it is pretty easy to pick up authentic ones for peanuts here in New England. New housing rarely has even one fireplace, even here in New England. We have six fireplaces in one home, and three in another, so I have accumulated a lot of andirons over the years and studied how to tell the difference. But as with most antiques these days, most people buy on the appearance, and simply don’t care about authenticity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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