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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9642463, member: 649"]<i>New</i> Stiffel lamps can be quite pricey! And they're no longer Made in China, they are now made in the USA again.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agree, the "Made in China"-era is the least-desirable/lowest quality Stiffel.</p><p>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 <i>not</i> Made in China.</p><p>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.</p><p><i>I say all this because the initial inquiry did ask about value.</i> Nevertheless, they're a decent quality set and should be serviceable for many years!</p><p>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:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470276[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9642463, member: 649"][I]New[/I] 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 [I]not[/I] 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]I say all this because the initial inquiry did ask about value.[/I] 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: [ATTACH=full]470276[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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