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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 391927, member: 51&quot;]Yes, welcome!&nbsp; Wondering if Brad meant the lamp with the woman on the swing. It is frequently copied:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Andrea-by-Sadek-M-Moreau-Signed-Bronze-19-Lamp-Sculpture-Lady-on-Tree-Swing-/273400A784701" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Andrea-by-Sadek-M-Moreau-Signed-Bronze-19-Lamp-Sculpture-Lady-on-Tree-Swing-/273400A784701" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Andrea-by-Sadek-M-Moreau-Signed-Bronze-19-Lamp-Sculpture-Lady-on-Tree-Swing-/273400A784701</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You might check to see if the plug on the swing lamp you have looks older or newer.&nbsp; Would think if newer, it is likely a repro.&nbsp; Full disclosure, I don&#039;t know the history of the Moreau signed lamps (maybe someone else here does...) The above link for your comparison, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a tricky problem with your parent&#039;s estate. Echoing sentiments that the market for this kind of thing, antique glass lamps, classic looking antiques in general, is WAY down. Of all the lamps, the one that caught my eye was that ceiling lamp which looks like of Italian, or modernist. (You might check for labels, etc. on that piece.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming you no longer have any Tiffany pieces.&nbsp; Those are still quite collectible, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lamps in the photos would probably realize the best price if you can ship them, but what a headache that would be.&nbsp; Shipping heavy glass is not for the faint of heart and takes a lot of patience and more packing materials than you can imagine.&nbsp; Pretty much the gold standard is to pack an item so it can be dropped from a height of 8 feet onto concrete and survive without damage.&nbsp; And shipping can be costly.&nbsp; Someone has to pay --whether buyer or seller, and cuts into the cost for the item itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even an auction (which is probably the best) might require you to move everything to the auction house.&nbsp; Pieces that are hooked into the ceiling, etc won&#039;t be able to be displayed as working, it will be an effort.&nbsp; You might want to photo document everything and bring it around to places. Someone above suggested a lamp store that sells older pieces, I&#039;d start there but don&#039;t let them cherry pick.&nbsp; Tell them you are interested in selling the lot.&nbsp; Could an auction actually happen at the house?&nbsp; Would limit the demographics of the audience,&nbsp; but save the difficulty in moving.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if businesses are still doing that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Three years ago I went through a similar process in the Chicago area, not far from Evanston.&nbsp; My parent&#039;s didn&#039;t have an antique collection, but had some great 1960&#039;s furniture from Marshall Fields, etc and we hired an estate company to run it, as I no longer live in Illinois.&nbsp; In general the company did a very good job, but there were a few &quot;funny&quot; things...&nbsp; so not sure I would give them a wholehearted approval rating but can send their name if you want. (Private message me, if yes.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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