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Marketplace ----Webster, Ma. Glass and brass

These lamps are repros.

If you're not going to bother posting a photo, then at least include a link...

Hello Jerry, I don't have a cell phone---so I can't take pictures and I don't belong to marketplace, so I can't get any info. Part of the enjoyment to me collecting, is hunting leads---makes things a bit more fun, part of the enthusiasm that gives collecting that good "found it" feeling. Always enjoy the hunt, whether or not you get it or not----always feel happy if another collector gets it ----it means it is not trashed or being turned it to a wine rack.

Hello Curt, Thanks for posting that information ---You are a wealth of knowledge

I googled it out of curiosity. Described by one ebay seller as ‘very rare’ and yet there seem to be a large number for sale.

I Googled Webster Ma Marketplace and found this: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/111867628829182/

Then I did a site search for Grafofoni Columbia Lamp and found this page:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... ace_search
As Curt noted, these are reproductions. In fact, I'm wondering if there were ever any "originals."

OrthoFan

Here is the original advertisement on which this lamp is based :

I have a shopping bag with that desing.edisonplayer

I have one in my phono room that I bought from a place that specializes in designer repro stuff. It was less than $100 and they had several of them...
Antique lamps do not use "lamp harps" to support shades. The bases are NOT "heavy brass", as described - they are bronze colored pot metal.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Grafofoni- ... SwbJ5e~-R8