Arts & Crafts Hand Made Copper Candle Holder JF Hewes No market for this stuff?

When I go to an auction, I usually preview the day before and write down all the stuff I want to get. I'll go home and research prices, etc.. As is usually the case, I *always* find something tucked away in a box lot that I missed the day before. This hand made copper candle holder by J.F. Hewes was buried under a pile of newer copper trinkets. I thought I found my ticket to retirement with this little beauty. Much to my amazement, I can only find very limited information on Hewes and very little internet sales with nothing sold on eBay.

Am I missing something here? Do people only collect Roycroft, Stickley and Van Erp copper? I think this is a great looking Arts & Crafts item. It should be worth millions...or at least more than the $3 I paid for it. Whatcha think?

 

https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2213/lots/184

and $400.00
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7286158_joel-f-hewes-hammered-copper-bowl

 

With those rivets at the top, I would guess it's missing something.

 

There is a market for some of the more obscure metalwork but things are not as readily sold as they were a few years ago. I agree that something is missing from this ..... shame

 

@vitry-le-francois I don't know if you found this link or not....just a little bit of info which you probably already know, but.....

http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum17/HTML/000075.html

Edit: Why not ask Skinner's or Rago what they think might be missing????

 

aquitaine, thanks for the link. I had not seen that before. Thanks all for posting. I appreciate all the info