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<p>[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 94969, member: 878"]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.</p><p>I presume Grandma supposedly bought it in 1870s, not 1970s.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure you have guessed the results here. Sold with a 15% discount. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think you might have an original. Do some Googling. And check eBay solds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheOLdGuy, post: 94969, member: 878"]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.[/QUOTE]
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