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<p>[QUOTE="Jason Pferdeort, post: 2804363, member: 5630"]Hello antiquers!</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I don’t know how to thank the members of the community that contributed to the research of this antique. I honestly could never thank you enough!</p><p><br /></p><p>The box is indeed the artwork of Louis Comfort Tiffany. My mother and I had the box appraised by Tony Meir – a respected authority on Tiffany. Here is a copy of a portion of his appraisal:</p><p><br /></p><p>“It is my opinion you have an authentic circa 1900 L.C. Tiffany Studios Enamel on Repousse Copper Crab and Lobster Box (pin tray or trinket). As I sensed this was an important potentially extremely valuable piece, I consulted an auction owner friend, a Tiffany gallery owner friend and a past Tiffany glass museum curator friend… It is typical of the beautiful iridescent colors and details of the copper enamel items Tiffany Studios produced right around 1900. The Tiffany metal furnaces were established in 1898 at the Corona glass house.”</p><p><br /></p><p>I can’t stress how beautiful those iridescent colors became to me. Every evening I would go to admire the box and watch as the vibrant colors became a pool of iridescent magnificence as the last light of dusk faded to night.</p><p><br /></p><p>I miss the box. It was sold at Rago Auctions in New Jersey last November. The realized price was $70,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you, thank you, thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>-Jason</p><p>[ATTACH=full]281199[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]281200[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]281201[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jason Pferdeort, post: 2804363, member: 5630"]Hello antiquers! First, I don’t know how to thank the members of the community that contributed to the research of this antique. I honestly could never thank you enough! The box is indeed the artwork of Louis Comfort Tiffany. My mother and I had the box appraised by Tony Meir – a respected authority on Tiffany. Here is a copy of a portion of his appraisal: “It is my opinion you have an authentic circa 1900 L.C. Tiffany Studios Enamel on Repousse Copper Crab and Lobster Box (pin tray or trinket). As I sensed this was an important potentially extremely valuable piece, I consulted an auction owner friend, a Tiffany gallery owner friend and a past Tiffany glass museum curator friend… It is typical of the beautiful iridescent colors and details of the copper enamel items Tiffany Studios produced right around 1900. The Tiffany metal furnaces were established in 1898 at the Corona glass house.” I can’t stress how beautiful those iridescent colors became to me. Every evening I would go to admire the box and watch as the vibrant colors became a pool of iridescent magnificence as the last light of dusk faded to night. I miss the box. It was sold at Rago Auctions in New Jersey last November. The realized price was $70,000. Thank you, thank you, thank you! -Jason [ATTACH=full]281199[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]281200[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]281201[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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