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#29413
Mon Nov 17 2003 05:38 PM
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I have A Red Crown Globe that has raised letters around the base.The opening at the base is approx. 11 inches in diameter. I was told the globe came out of the Tell City In. area. I am trying to determine the dates of mfg. of this globe. Can anyone help.
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#29414
Tue Nov 18 2003 08:10 PM
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Hi Kentucky neighbor welcome to oldgas.If your globe is Red and has Red Crown around the base of the crown,the globe book list two types smooth letters & ridged letters.Both were used from 1926 to 1932.
Be careful there a lot of reproductions out there.The globe books are for sale on this site.
Also there is a lot of info in search.Rex in Owenton,Ky
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#29415
Wed Nov 19 2003 08:35 AM
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arngas:
Welcome aboard!
11-inch diameter base? I don't believe that I've ever seen a globe with that large of an opening. Can you post a picture (or send it to me to post). That will help in the pricing/dating also.
Later . . .
Jim
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#29416
Wed Nov 19 2003 05:33 PM
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You may not want to hear this story. Someone had broke the 7 inch base, almost perfectly at the outer egde of the globe base. Richard Bennett helped me greatly. I am just learning about the globes and signs. P.S. may be one of a kind.
Bob
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#29417
Wed Nov 19 2003 09:23 PM
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OUCH ! This is the picture he sent me.  I'll bet someone said a NAUGHTY when this happened !!!!!
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#29418
Wed Nov 19 2003 10:45 PM
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This version of the raised letter Red Crown was used from 1926-32. They aren't nearly as rare as the globe book says (fewer than ten known to exist), but because of the raised letters they are normally much more desireable than a common Red Crown globe. This one is too far gone to have any real collector value.
Bob
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