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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MacMorrighan, post: 259243, member: 5119&quot;]Good day! I am a Herbalist who enjoy collecting and putting new life into culinary antiques! I was wondering if anyone knows of the current market value for round wooden butter molds? Here in Iowa vendors seem to sell them for quadruple the market value that I typically see elsewhere and on-line. It&#039;s usually no less than $85 for butter molds that are in poor condition and shabbier than the pineapple butter mold that I own! In fact, when looking on-line, the only molds that I have seen command $85 are museum quality pieces that look as though they have never been used! Yet, here in Iowa I have tried, to no avail, to very politely explain to a dealer that they have substantially over-valued their items. For instance, I once saw a vendor at a flea market* selling a thoroughly used book on Griswold cast iron for more than twice the cost of the book from the publisher since it&#039;s still in print! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /> (* It&#039;s getting ever more difficult to find flea market prices at Flea Markets!) But, I get the impression that vendors would rather allow their their items to sit unsold, rather than lower their prices to reflect the market value of a given item. Some vendors have treated me with reproach when I attempt to haggle with them with an understanding of the value of what they are selling. For example, the average value of butter molds that I have seen is usually stable between a generous $25 to as much as $45, though rarely more than that! So, I am unsure where local vendors at Antique Malls are getting this obscene $85 price point at, but they have so far been unwilling to budge at all. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was also wondering, however, if anyone has experience with preserving and caring for culinary antiques, such as wooden butter molds. Some have told me NEVER to use vegetable oil on them to keep the fibers of the wood supple, while others have told me only to use mineral oil. What should I use, and how often? I want to show my collection of butter molds the best care that I can since I regularly use them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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