Best way to find a good home for a vintage lantern?

Thank you all for letting me join your forum.

In years past, I was an avid tinkerer with the odd Coleman. A Primus 991 in good working condition has found its way to me, but at this point, I have too little space and too many other demands on my time to do anything with it. Having enjoyed these items in the past,I would rather sell it to someone who would truly appreciate it, rather than have it wind up with an antique dealer who would run up the price on resale.

What is the best way to start in finding it a good home at a fair price?

Thanks,

Eric

 

G,,day Eric ,welcome aboard . I will let some one else answer your question .
but I just looked at some photos of that model .
and I do like the looks of it .
pity you don't live here , oh well .
cheers,
kerry

 

I don't think you'll go short of offers

 

Thank you both for the encouraging welcome.

To be completely forthright, I don't even know how to price it. I found a few similar Primus listings on Ebay, but the asking seems a little steep. The only reason I'm looking for anything from it is to put the proceeds toward a new Britelyt. I would even be willing to throw in some other odds & ends for a straight swap.

Where would be a good place to establish a reasonable value for a lamp like this?

 

Hi Eric. You could list it in the forum classifieds and ask for offers.

 

Not yet James!
There's a minimum post count of ten before being able to take advantage of the trading forum. This is of course to prevent that people come in here solely for the purpose to sell their stuff.

 

I am somewhat guilty of just that, after a fashion. Although I was an avid tinkerer (fettler) and user of liquid fuel pressure apparati in the past, I am no longer, myself, a true collector. Having been the unofficial local fix-it knobbie for Coleman and similar items, people are still offering me their delinquent lamps, stoves and the like. I just hate to see them wind up as over-priced curiosities in the local antique shoppes, or cluttering the walls of décor laden theme restaurants. I would rather see them wind up in the hands of those who will appreciate, use and not self-immolate with them.

Hope I am not transgressing upon the spirit of this sites purpose.

 

Hi Eric and wellcome.
I totally agree here, its the only way lamps will survive in the future to come.

Claus C

 

I shouldn't think so - your intentions seem entirely laudable to me...