Antique Stroller/Pram/Carriage

Hello all, found this stroller and the lady on Facebook was asking for 150$ but talked her down to 80$, does it look like an item I could flip? Appreciate any info, she said her grandma bought it in the 70's.
Thanks

 

This looks like a wicker baby carriage (pram) from the 1890's to early 1910's. The metal part protruding at the top back would be where a parasol attached.

Sears sold millions of these carriages thru their catalogue.

I'm afraid I know nothing about the current value.

 

Repros are about so be careful.

 

In my parts of the country I would not be able to resell this no matter how old, so I guess it depends upon where you live.

 

Thanks for all the responses guys, yeah not really worth reselling (with the demand). @SBSVC cool observation

 

Hi,
Best idea is look for a doll collector. They love these things.
greg

 

Yes, that could be a repro, but doesn't look like any I've seen. You can search Google, Bin or others and see a ton of repros. Even on eBay.
I presume Grandma supposedly bought it in 1870s, not 1970s.

OK here's what you might want as an answer. A few years ago I found a DOLL carriage at a garage sale. The owners said it was a repro, and sold it to me for $10. I cleaned it up a bit, put a tag on it saying - REPLICA - and a price of $75.00 and wheeled it into the antique shop where I have three glass cases. Showed it to the folks there and asked the owner how much to put on the floor because it obviously would not fit in a glass case. NOW, she certainly knows WAY more than I, but I gave her an argument when she insisted it was antique. Her daughter kind of agreed with me, but at her mom's insistence put a new tag on it with a price of $195. (I wouldn't let her put my ID on it, so the daughter put theirs.)

I'm sure you have guessed the results here. Sold with a 15% discount.

I think you might have an original. Do some Googling. And check eBay solds.

 

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People who live in Victorian houses do buy these. Not only to showcase a doll, but to contain extra blankets in the guest room, to house pots of colorful plants in the sun room, and a collection of decorating magazines in the living room.

 

". . . to house pots of colorful plants in the sun room . . . . "

What a clever idea, especially because the plants could be easily wheeled around the sun room to get more or less light/warmth as needed.

 

90% of these seen are reproductions but this one looks pretty good. I would want to see a lot more pictures to make a satisfactory determination. If a repro, you paid about retail. If old, there is money to be made.

 

On the subject of re-purposing, my supermarket has stuffed clam and scallop shells. (I like them. I make no excuses!)

Anyway, one evening I needed a concentrated light on something, and I grabbed one of those tea lights that come two dozen to a package (or whatever), and reached for the handiest thing to hold it away from my glass table.

From which grew my centerpiece of: silver tray, spread with a layer of pachysandra leaves or evergreen tips, and pretty, candle-lit, white scallop shells.

In winter, I've made a snow decoration for it. Ivory Snow, a bit of water, and an old tooth brush; dip brush into glop, hold with brush facing up, and run your thumb over the bristles. Instant snow sprinkles.

 

Amazing.