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ANTIQUE BOBBINS.
A GUIDE TO PRICES.
INTRODUCTION
Please note that
these prices are only a guide. These bobbins have been offered for sale
in the past year at approximately the prices quoted. The whole thing re
antique prices is about; bone or wood, by a named maker or not, rarity and
quality or condition. In my opinion, you just have to see them or trust
your dealer.
There is no doubt
that there is a clear price difference between bone and wood bobbins.
Where there are two prices for the "same " bobbin you can be sure that the
dearest is a bone bobbin.
Damaged bobbins
are also less valuable. A chip appears to knock 30% (aprox) off the price
of a bone bobbin.
Bobbins in pretty
poor condition, e.g. well worn inlays fallen out, inscription worn, beads
from the shaft fallen off. Wire broken etc. All these are worth very
little.
Bobbins by makers
that can be identified are worth more than the equivalent by an un named
maker.
Very popular or
rare bobbins have a greatly increased value (i.e. hanging bobbins)
Sets increase the
value of a single bobbin. i.e. a set of four Methodist ministers..
All prices are in
US dollars
THE BOBBINS A
GENERAL GUIDE
These are general
rule of thumb guides.
Bone
Inscribed
Very good condition $125
Good condition $110
Medium Condition $75
Below Average condition $60
Poor condition $45
Bone Mother and
Babes
$75-$125
Bone with various
pewter
inlays
$40
Bone with
wire/bead
bindings
$40 upwards
Bone
stained
$40
Bone
plain
$16
Bone ornamental
Turned
$15
Bone with known
makers can be considerably more Say
$160
Wood (Good
condition)
Inscribed
$16
Plain
$5
Ornamentally
turned
$16
Bitted
$40
Beds Flys
$13
Leopards/tigers
$13
South
Bucks
$6
Jingles S
Bucks
$40
Honitons
$16
Downtons
$16
Continentals
$16
Honitons with
inscriptions and or
designs $155
CURRENT AVERAGE
OFFERINGS
A Bucks Horn
bobbin
(warped).
.$10
'A Christmas Box'
(Bone).
$125
A
kiss.
.$10
A selection of
rare wood Malmesbury bobbins (sticks).
each $6
'A small token of
friendship.
$125
AD. Except this
trifel
1830(Bone).
$125
Adam
$16
Adelade
$35
Albert
$16
Alfred
$35
Alfred
$15
Alice Ann Panter
aged 11
years
$125
Amelia
Kent
$35
Ameyah
Partridge
$65
Amos
$35
An unusual bone
bobbin with staggered lettering
'Elizabeth'. $35
Anah
$35
Anie Carrington
Dodington
$65
Ann
$16
Ann
$35
Ann
$35
Ann Britten
(chip)
$16
Ann Cook
(chip)
$40
Ann
Peabody
$32
Arm
$35
At my loves
absence I grieve (rim
missing). $100
Aunt
Ann
$40
Aunt
Eliza
$35
Aunt
Emma
$35
Aunt
Lucy
$35
Barnabas
$35
Be true (rim
missing).
$52
Be
true.
$52
Be
wise.
$52
Bedfordshire Flys
$16
Bel
$16
Benjamin
(chip)
$32
Betsey
$35
Betsy
$16
Bitted
$16
Bitted Wood Bucks
bobbin.
$20
Bless
David
$65
Bless
Joseph
$65
'Bless my
Brother'
(Bone).
$65
'Bless my John'
(Bone).
$65
Bone bobbins with
beaded
shanks.
each $162
Brass or Pewter
Bound
$16
Brass or Pewter
Bound
$16 ‑
Brass or Pewter
Bound with coloured bands or dots.
$5‑$32
Brass or Pewter
Bound.
$16
Bucks
$6
C 19th Bucks Wood
plum pudding
bobbins. $20
C 19th Wood Bucks
bobbin with a beaded
shank. $16
C 19th Wood
Bucks lantern bobbin with wood ball ‑ hand carved.
$162
C 19th/20th brass
bobbins.
$65
C 19th /20th Wood
jingle.
$16
Caroline
$16
Caroline
(chip)
$35
Catherine
$35
Charlee
$35
Charles
Cain
$40
Charles David
Meehan
1864
$110
Charles Lieforda
at Tillery.
$125
Charles Roberts
the lad I love (heart
symbol). $125
Charlot
$16
chunky Maltese
(Wood).
$16
Continental
$16
Dan
$13
Daniel
$35
Daniel Bushby
$40
David
$35
Dear
Edward
$65
Dear Elenor
$65
Dear
Eliza
$65
Dear Fanny
(chip)
$40
Dear
Father
$35
Dear
Father
$65
Dear
George
$65
Dear
Henry
$40
Dear
Jane
$35
Dear
Jonas
$35
Dear
Joseph
$65
Dear
Lydia
$16
Dear
Mother
$35
Dear
Nancy
$45
Dear
Samuel
$65
'Dear Susan'(Bone).
$65
Decorated
Bedfordshire fly (B.B.).
$32
Decorated with
coloured bands and
dots. $20‑$16
Dick
$6
Diner
$13
Don't forget
me.
$16
E. Hancock
1870
$16
Edmund
(chip)
$35
Edmund Kley
$65
Edward
$35
Edward
$35
Elenor
$35
Eli
$35
Eliza
$16
Eliza
$35
Eliza Dunharn (B.B.)
$35
Eliza Tatman
1870
$110
Elizabeth
$35
Elizabeth Garner
died April 2I age
43 $110
Elizabeth Henson
aged 48
1886
$110
Elizabeth Nix
Bicester 1843 (replacement
head). $162
Elizabeth
Saunders
$162
Elizabeth Simms
1838
$110
Elizabeth
Stareeton
$65
Elizabeth
White
$95
Ellen
$16
Ellen
$35
Emily Edith
Rudd
$65
Emma.
$35
Emmar Ashwell
1868
$95
Emmela
(nick)
$35
Esther
$35
Fanny
$35
Fare the well
(Bone).
$110
Fear God
(Bone).
$125
'Fear the Lord
thy
God'.
$95
'Fear the
Lord'.
$110
Forget me not
(spliced).
$110
Francis
$35
Frank
$35
Fred
$16
Frederick
(chip)
$32
George
$16
George
$35
George Caves
Nichol. Born Feb 25 1846 (chip in
rim). $95
George Cherry
1868
$162
George Hasby
1841
$95
George
Street
$65
George Summerine
$13
George Thorne my
dear lover (B.B.).
$125
George Wagstaff
(chip in rim). Love heart
spangle. $95
Gertrude
Osborn
$65
Hannah
$16
Hannah
$35
Hannah.
$162
Harriot
$16
Harriot
$35
Harry
$16
Hellen
$35
Henrietta Mayes
(chip)
$65
Henry
$16
Henry
$35
Henry Cross aged
2I 1858(chip in
rim). $162
Hester Coorer
$65
Hiraem
$16
Honiton ‑ J.H.
1812 Twigs, triangles and geometric
designs. $155
Honiton ‑ JW.
1807 Walls, geometric designs, aqua fortis
staining. $155
Honiton‑ F.M.,
E.M.C., leaves, diamonds,
flowers. $135
Honiton. 1807
Walls, sprigs, diamonds (part
faint). $135
Honitons and
Downtons
$11
I long to wed the
lad I love (chip in
rim). $125
'I love Jesus'
(Bobbin Brown decorated Bed
fly). $125
'I love my love
because I no my love lovs
me'. $125
I love
Samuel.
$13
I love the
boys.
$16
I love thee
still.
$16
I love to see my
dare (chip in
rim).
$95
I love you my
dear is it
true.
$16
I love you my
dear that is true 1841 (nick in
rim). $16
I will forever
love the giver (rim
missing).
$125
I wish to wed
(chip in
rim).
$95
I.P.
$20
If I love the
boys (faint in
parts).
$162
in Spangle) by
Christie & David Springett
pl $62
Interesting old
brass, copper and pewter
bobbins. each $65
Isaac
$35
Isabella Ingram
(chip)
$11
Israel
$6
It's all very
fine but no lodge hear for you my lad'
(Compton) $125
Jack
$35
'Jack ‑ a ‑ live`
(See'Lace and Bobbins by Huetson
pl71). 125
Jack (B.B. Pewter
tiger,
chip)
$35
Jacob
$32
James
$35
James Morton
1832
$125
Jane
$35
Jane 1855 (B.B.).
$95
Jane
Barrie
$35
Jane
Dines
$65
Jane
Dines
$65
Jane Lucy Nickles
$65
Jesse
$35
Jim (heart
symbol)
$20
Jingles
(Bucks)
$13-$16
Job
$6
Joel
$35
Joel
Chambers
$65
John
$35
John
$15
John Bunyan
(Bone).
$65
John Emitt
(chip)
$65
John
York
$65
Joice
$15
Jonas
$35
Jonathan
$35
Joseph
$13‑$11
Joseph Brown 1864
(B.B.).
$125
Joseph is not for
me know
it.
$110
Joseph Perser
$35
Josiah
$35
Josiah Joyce died
1871
$110
Judy
$35
Kesy
$32
King
David
$65
'King William the
M.
$110
Kiss
me
$20
'Kiss me in the
dark'(B.B.).
$125
Kiss
me.
$162
Kitty
$16
Kitty
$35
Kiziah
$35
Laughing lovers
to merry merry
(Compton). $125
Leopards and
Tigers
$13
Leopards and
Tigers
$16 $6
Leopards and
Tigers.
$20 $6
Levi
$16 $35
Levi
(chip)
$32
Levina
$16
'Long live the
Queen'.
$110
Lottie
$16
Lottie
$35
Louisa
Brooks
$13
Love don't be
cruel (B.B.).
$125
Love for
ever.
$110
Love God
(Bone).
$125
Love
God.
$125
Love is
love.
$125
Love is sharp to
feel the
smart.
$110
Love Jesus
(Bone).
$75
Love me dearly
(BB).
$110
Love me forever (B.B.).
$110
Love me
love.
$75
Love me my dear (B.B.).
$110
Love me now and
forever (heart
symbol). $110
Love me or leave
me
alone.
$110
Love me
truly.
$110
Love
me.
$162
Love Mercy
(Bone).
$125
Love
true.
$162
'Lovely Nancy'
(Kitty Fisher
Spangle).
$55
Luc
$32
Lucey
$35
Lucy
$110
Lucy
$35
Lydia
$32‑$35
Lydia Lee (B.B.)
(nick)
$65
M.T. Nethership
$35
Malmsbury
bobbins
$6
Maltese
$5
Maner
$13
Mannasseh
$35
Maria
$35
Mark
$16
'Mark, Luke,
Jonah'(Bone).
$65
Marry
me
$16
Marry me
quick.
$110
Marry
me.
$110
Martha
$6‑$35
Mary
$16
Mary
$35
'Mary'
(Spliced).
$35
Mary Bithrey
$35
Mary
Butler
$65
Mary Maris (B.B.)
$65
Maryann
(nick)
$35
Maryann
Ingram
$65
Matilda
$35
Mercy.
$3.$10
Meria
1 $6
Meria
Allen
$32
Miadeline
(chip)
$35
Michael
Blundell
$16
Minnie
$16
Miss Y Tysoe
$13
My dear Mother
(Bobbin
Brown).
$125
My love
(chip).
$125
Nancy
$13
Nathaniel
$35
Ned
(chip)
$13
No lodge
here'.
$110
Oliver
$16
Ornamentally
turned
various
$16
Phebe
$35
Philip
$35
Philip
(chip)
$15
Priscilla
(chip)
$35
Priscilla Mills
died January
1886
$110
'Queen for ever'
(faint) ‑ See p18 'Success to the Lace Pillow' Springetts.
$162
Queen
Victoria'.
$162
Rebecca
$13
Remember thy
creator in the
youth'.
$110
Repentence is
nidefil'.
$110
Reuben
$35
Richard
$35
Robea Smith
1870
$162
Robert
$16
Robert
$35
Robert Willson
died February 11
1865 $62
Ruth
$35
Ruth Lucy
Roberts
$40
S.C.
$13
S.J.
$15
Saley
$35
Sally
$35
Saly
$6‑$35
Sambo
$16
Samuel
$35
Samuel Driver
(chip)
$13
Samul
$16
Sarah
$35
Sarah
$15
Sarah
Bailey
$65
Silas
(chip)
$35
Sophy
$32
Stained.
$5‑$16
Stephen
$16
Suky
(chip)
$6
Susa
$16
Susan
$16
Susannah
$35
Sweet William
1861
$110
Sweet
William.
$65
Sylvia
$16
The gift is small
but love is
all.
$110
Thomas
$20‑$35
Thomas Darley
(chip)
$35
Thomas John Drage
$40
Thomas
Spencer
$65
'Those that love
me I will
love'.
$110
Those that seek
me early shall find me
(Compton). $125
Thou God seest me
(Bobbin
Brown).
$125
'Thou God Seest
me'(B.B.).
$125
'Time is short'
(Bobbin
Brown).
$125
Tinselled Mother
and Babe with tinselled babe
(Bone). $125
Tobey
$15
Tome Dood' p 138,
The Romance of the Lace Pillow. Thomas Wright. $110
True love (chip
in
rim).
$162
Turned
$5
Turned Ebony
bobbins
(unspangled).
each $8
Turned.
$16
two fine loose
bone
rings.
$162
Various bone
mother and
babes.
$11 $13
Victoria
$16
Victoria
$13
W. Worsley hung
1868 (Bobbin Brown).
(Bone) $385
Walter
$16
Amey
$16
When this you see
remember
me.
$162
When wil you fix
the wedding day
(Compton). $125
'Who was Christ'
(B.B.).
$125
Will
$35
William
$35
William Boswell
died April 16
1846(chip).
$110
William
Carrington
$65
William
Holden
$110
William
Lewis
$65
William Russel
1862
$125
William Thomas
Page
$40
William Worsley
Hung 1868
(Bone).
$385
William. Furniss
$40
Williarn Thomas
Dewo
$65
With love Elizeys.
$95
Wood lantern
bobbin beautifully carved with tin wood
balls. $125
A dealer that I
can recommend (and I will be pleased to list recommendations from list
members of other antique bobbin dealers) is
Mary Johnson
Cobwebs
St Albans Road
Codicote
Herts
England SG4 8UT She is not on Email neither does she have a web site.
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