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<p>[QUOTE="Diggummup, post: 394605, member: 5877"]Nice apron. I sold my last 2 for $30 a piece but they were smaller and didn't have the pockets. Yours is worth at least $50-$60 on a bad day I would think. </p><p>These and many other items have been getting sold to tourists for decades. I find Seminole items pretty regularly down here in Broward, Fl. I've done a lot of work out at the Big Cypress Reservation as well. There is a gift shop out there that sells them to this day. They aren't cheap.</p><p>A few pieces I've recently sold are shown below. The lady that purchased the palmetto fiber doll wearing all the bright clothing was a Seminole and she said she can usually tell who made a piece just from looking at it. She knew who made the doll she bought.</p><p>The other doll is slightly unusual in that you don't see them as often as the others. I've only found 2 of those compared to a few dozen of the cotton clothed ones. The male dolls command the highest prices as they are very htf.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1595304&amp;d=1527459110" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1235297&amp;d=1447519785" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=844299&amp;d=1369258725" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=844300&amp;d=1376349533" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Diggummup, post: 394605, member: 5877"]Nice apron. I sold my last 2 for $30 a piece but they were smaller and didn't have the pockets. Yours is worth at least $50-$60 on a bad day I would think. These and many other items have been getting sold to tourists for decades. I find Seminole items pretty regularly down here in Broward, Fl. I've done a lot of work out at the Big Cypress Reservation as well. There is a gift shop out there that sells them to this day. They aren't cheap. A few pieces I've recently sold are shown below. The lady that purchased the palmetto fiber doll wearing all the bright clothing was a Seminole and she said she can usually tell who made a piece just from looking at it. She knew who made the doll she bought. The other doll is slightly unusual in that you don't see them as often as the others. I've only found 2 of those compared to a few dozen of the cotton clothed ones. The male dolls command the highest prices as they are very htf. [IMG]http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1595304&d=1527459110[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1235297&d=1447519785[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=844299&d=1369258725[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=844300&d=1376349533[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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