Coin glass walks fine line with counterfeiting regulations

My great-great-grandparents moved to North Dakota from Ontario in 1880, and four generations of our family have lived in the house they built here. The glass pane, which has a blue tint, was in the house's original front door. The etching shows a woman on horseback next to her hunting dog.

Can you tell us anything about this type of glass? A: We have received other questions about these glass panes, which are called "door lights" because they were mounted as windows in pressed-wood doors. This type of door was mass-produced in the early 20th century and sells today for about $100 to $200.

The design on the glass was applied by a process called acid-etching. A wax coating was applied to the glass pane using a stencil, then hydrofluoric acid was spread on the surface to permanently "etch" the stenciled image. Another design we have seen on these door lights shows a woman feeding a horse.

Q: My great-aunt never threw away anything. I inherited her old appliances, along with various unopened packages of detergent that came with them when they were new. Any suggestions on where to go to sell these items?

A: You would probably have better luck selling the detergent separately from the appliances. There are many collectors of old advertising, especially original packaging. You can find buyers online or through classified ads.

If the appliances are odd enough, old enough and still working, you can probably find buyers in your area who want to use them in their vintage kitchens or laundry rooms. Q: I have a 1920 calendar tile marked "Wedgwood Etruria" with a scene of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor. The calendar is on the other side, above the name and address of a Boston retail store, "Jones, McDuffee Stratton Co.

, Crockery, China Glass Merchants, 33 Franklin St., Boston, U.S.

A." The tile is cream-colored with a brown design and printing. What can you tell me about it?

A: Your calendar tile was made by the famous English pottery founded by Josiah Wedgwood in 1759. Throughout the years, Wedgwood operated factories in several Staffordshire towns, including Etruria. Jones, McDuffee Stratton (JMS) -- a Boston retailer in business from 1810 until about 1955 -- sold an extensive line of Wedgwood tiles and plates decorated with historic American scenes.

Calendar tiles with JMS advertising and a calendar on one side and a historic scene on the other were made from 1879 to 1929. Early ones were decorated in various colors, but by the early 1900s only brown was used. Today these tiles sell for $50 to $150 each, depending on condition.

Q: My grandparents left me an 1895 Koken hydraulic barber chair with an oak claw pedestal. It has all its parts except the headrest. The hydraulic system still works.

My father restored the chair, refinishing the wood and replacing the leather upholstery. He's thinking about selling the chair. What is it worth?

A: Ernest Edward Koken started his barber-supply business in St. Louis in 1874. At first he sold hand-painted shaving mugs to local barber shops.

By the end of the next decade, he had invented the first hydraulic-lift barber chair. His Koken Barbers' Supply Co. manufactured the chairs in St.

Louis from 1892 to 1926. They sell for prices ranging from about $1,000 to nearly $10,000, depending on condition, quality and age. Koken Manufacturing Co.

still operates in St. Louis, where it manufactures chairs for barber and beauty shops. But now the company is owned by a large Japanese conglomerate.

Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. Hooked rug, dog portraits, German shepherd and black lab, striated ground, tans and black, pink and blue geometric border, wool and cotton on burlap, 24 x 36 inches, $115.

Fireplace bellows, gold flowers on red ground, dark salmon paint, leather with brass tacks, early 1900s, 21 inches, $175. Redware loaf pan, yellow slip design, incised running deer, signed, stamped label, 13 x 16 inches, $230. Jiminy Cricket wristwatch, chrome case, Ingersoll, 20th Birthday box, 1948, $355.

Webb perfume bottle, teardrop shape, red body, gilt flowers, marked on lid, 6 inches, $575. Fraktur, pen and ink, red watercolor accents, Pennsylvania births, 1786 for Abraham King, 12 x 7?1?

?2 inches, $615. Arranbee Nancy Lee doll, Cinderella, white and lavender taffeta dress, decorated with leaves and flowers, 1949, 14 inches, $850.

Sterling-silver bottle coaster, George III, ball and claw feet, c. 1767, England, 2?3?

?8 x 5?1?

?2 inches, $975. Pictorial map of the United States, 1850, paper on linen, border pictures U.

S. presidents, Senate chamber and capture of Gen. La Vega, black and white and color, 31 x 43 inches, $1,090.

French provincial fruitwood armoire, rounded, molded cornice, floral spray inlaid frieze, two long doors, upturned toes, c. 1855, 85 x 56 x 26 inches, $3,840. The Kovels answer as many questions as possible through the column.

By sending a letter with a question, you give full permission for use in the column or any other Kovel forum. Names and addresses will not be published. We cannot guarantee the return of any photograph, but if a stamped envelope is included, we will try.

The volume of mail makes personal answers or appraisals impossible. Write to Kovels, The News-Times, King Features Syndicate, 300 W. 57th St.

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