Stiffel Lamp help!

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  1. Aujess

    Aujess New Member

    Antique Experts!
    I thrifted the most beautiful Stiffel brass lamps for my bedroom a couple weeks ago, and am having the hardest time identifying them, their value and the time around they were made.
    I don’t see any serial numbers etched anywhere, but the lamp switch does have the logo and the bottom felt as well.
    Attaching pics and hoping someone can help!
    TIA
     

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  2. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    Value: Lamps are a tough sell being hard to pack and ship. Yours appear to be the shorter desk-style lamps, rather than the elegant tall living room lamps. Stiffel is a "good" name and having a pair is nice but IMHO, modest value... especially since your lamps are Made in China. Production moved there in 2000 until 2013.
    https://enlightenmentmag.com/news/cutting-edge-stiffel-brand
     
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  3. Aujess

    Aujess New Member

    Oh no, I’m not selling them! Lol
    I bought them for $7 each! They are very tall and heavy! Not desk lamps
     
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  4. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

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  5. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    :)
     
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  6. Aujess

    Aujess New Member

    Thanks! Good info to know!
     
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  7. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Sorry @bluumz. Clearly I"m losing it!

    Debora
     
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  8. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

    Welcome to Antiquers, Aujess :)
     
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  9. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    New ones similar to this on the Stiffel website retail for around $350 per lamp, so I'd say you got a decent deal.
     
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  10. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    According to the internet, their Made in China lamps sell somewhat for less. Still, a very handsome pair with appropriate shades in good condition.

    Debora
     
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  11. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    New Stiffel lamps can be quite pricey! And they're no longer Made in China, they are now made in the USA again.

    Agree, the "Made in China"-era is the least-desirable/lowest quality Stiffel.
    My local estate/tag sales and thrift stores abound with Stiffel lamps, though it is harder to find a pair, and all types can be got quite cheaply in my Midwest suburban area. I've bought some for resale in the past and soon realized that shipping was a big problem... if they even sold at all. And there's so many listed on my local sales sites that prices are very low. A quick search of my local FB Marketplace shows loads of Stiffel lamps with the vast majority priced below $100, even for a pair... and even those not Made in China.
    Nice shades can help drive a selling price over $100 but even that's not a given. OP's plain shades (which appear to possibly be low cost replacements - or perhaps during the Chinese production era, higher quality shades were not included) do not enhance value.
    I say all this because the initial inquiry did ask about value. Nevertheless, they're a decent quality set and should be serviceable for many years!
    I like the classic look of Stiffel lamps and have been eyeing this older pair on my local FB, listed at $90 for the set. They've been posted for months, with no takers yet:

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