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Varney Underground Miners Candlesticks - 4 [132875]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Varney Underground Miners Candlesticks - 4  [132875]
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300.00USDto b*************s+ buyer's premium (75.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 May 14 @ 12:35UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Four, nearly new, practically fresh-out-of-the-box underground miners' candlesticks made by Varney. In their essential book A Collector's Guide to Antique Miners' Candlesticks, Wilson and Bobrick describe the Varney as being the most commonly collected miner's candlestick. It was given the name of its inventor, Nathan E. Varney, in the late 1800s. Further they show that one reason for its popularity and wide distribution may have been that Mining Science magazine gave a Varney candlestick away with every one-year subscription, new or renewal. The Varney brand was one of the most widely used until safe and reliable underground electric lighting made them obsolete. These four are essentially identical at ~10.5 x 2 x 3 inches. Given that the points are still relatively sharp, these have seen little use. The name VARNEY is clearly visible on the spike of each one.

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Provenance: William Mayrsohn Collection