Garage sale find!

[JustKeepDigging]

Picked this up at a garage sale recently, but can’t seem to find its value anywhere online. Anyone have any idea? View attachment 1710156View attachment 1710157

 

[JustKeepDigging]

Well...
Nice find
If that thing is solid silver it's worth it's weight....
Cool statue
Congrats on the find

Thank you!

 

[ToastedWheatie]

Thank you!!! [emoji1] Wonder what it goes for [emoji23]

The bronze ones go for several thousand dollars.
The lack of info on Gorham making silver statues indicates to me that it may have been commissioned piece. meaning not mass produced, but made for special order.
I've had that happen with a Royal Derby porcelain piece that I spent years trying to find another. There wasn't one. I sold it to a Royal Derby museum in England.
I'd seek info from one of the big boy auction houses. No wait. No I wouldn't. Id sell it to a nice guy on Tnet and double my money...

If that was from a Fl yard sale, I'm not surprised. So many retirees take their heirlooms and valuable with them to the south, and no ones around when they pass.

 

[JustKeepDigging]

The bronze ones go for several thousand dollars.
The lack of info on Gorham making silver statues indicates to me that it may have been commissioned piece. meaning not mass produced, but made for special order.
I've had that happen with a Royal Derby porcelain piece that I spent years trying to find another. There wasn't one. I sold it to a Royal Derby museum in England.
I'd seek info from one of the big boy auction houses. No wait. No I wouldn't. Id sell it to a nice guy on Tnet and double my money...

If that was from a Fl yard sale, I'm not surprised. So many retirees take their heirlooms and valuable with them to the south, and no ones around when they pass.

Can’t thank you enough for all this info! You guys here on T-Net are amazing. Really can’t wait to find the back story on them.

 

[DCMatt]

You guys here on T-Net are amazing.

Thanks. Yes, we are amazing. Broke, but amazing...

 

[ToastedWheatie]

Awesome! I have 2 of them actually, they seem to be book ends. .

Yep. Everything I've read says the bronze were originally book ends.
The one one eBay (not Gorham. P. King foundry) is listed for 10 grand. But it's been sitting there a while with no buyers.

 

[Doubter in MD]

I have the exact same set! Of the canisters in the background of your photo. Seriously. I do. Great canisters, don't you think?

 

[Buzz in California]

I have the exact same set! Of the canisters in the background of your photo. Seriously. I do. Great canisters, don't you think?

Now if you both have the exact same model metal detector, that would be amazing,,,,

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I've got to go to more yardsales....

 

[basque-man]

WOW!!!!

 

[Reanm8er]

Primo JKD! Their candlesticks that high are priced significantly so I know this piece is worth some cash. I'd have to guess $325 or more.