What's It Worth?

Out of the attic and into the spotlight

Tower of Jewels & California Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Items

| January 23, 2012

I’m wondering if you can tell me anything about this unusual piece of World Fair memorabilia?  I bought it hidden in a box lot from a yard sale 30+ years ago.  It is soft, supple animal skin with “Tower of Jewels, Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco – 1915″ etched into it.  It also has some [...]

Knoll Barcelona Daybed

| January 19, 2012

We are in possession of this lounge and are wondering if it is worth selling at auction.  It has some wear (we are the second owners) and a tag that reads Knoll. From May 1929 through January of 1930 the Catalan city of Barcelona hosted an International Exposition; twenty European countries exhibited.  For the first [...]

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