Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

Hi!

I just bought a red/yellow Century lava lamp with a gold base and a gold screw-on cap. It is in pristine condition, but I cannot tell how old it is. I paid $100 for it, which was probably too much, but it looks pretty old judging by the style of the cord and the stickers inside on the base. Also the base looks like its pretty old, it has a little liquid stain towards the bottom and its not all that shiny compared to most of the other ones I have seen. The lava flows perfectly with the 40 watt bulb it has, it doesnt over heat at all. The liquid isnt crystal clear, but its only cloudy in the slightest. It doesnt have a year or model number anywhere, and I do not want to remove the cap to find out its age because I am afraid of breaking it. Does anyone know how to come to a pretty good guess for its age?? Any help would be greatly appreciated! This is the very first vintage lava lamp I have purchased and I am very exited about it. Thanks! :)

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Try looking up under the cap for a date tag. Don't open it, just look up through the globe. :)

Also, if you got a vintage lamp in pristine condition, $100 is not really too much, if you ask me. Yes, it's a bit high, but vintage lamps that are in good shape are hard to come by. Yellow/red is not a really rare color combo, but it's pretty when it's clear!

I tried that, but no luck :/ there doesnt appear to be a sticker on the underside of the cap.. It doesnt seem like it has been opened before though. Thanks anyways. :)

I will try to post a picture of it within the next few days, it is very mesmerizing when on. The lava flows kind of slowly compared to others, and it really oozes up and down the lamp. I really like it :) I am pretty chill with it costing $100 because its the very first lava lamp that I have owned that works this amazingly! I just am wondering if it actually was made in the late 60s or the 70s, especially because of how clear it is and how beautifully the lava flows.

Unless I am totally wrong, there never were any gold starlight century bases made after the early 80's.

The flow of early centuries is pretty sweet...very different from later formulas.

Check the lava library. I just got one of those as well. Best I can tell, mine is '73 or '74. Sounds like same lamp to me.

If there is no tag under the cap you can guestimate the age by the electrical cord color

white, late 60s to early-mid 70s

brown, mid 70s to mid 80s

black, mid 80s to mid 90s

 The gold base was phased out in 96 or 97

Oh okay. The cord is black-ish brown. More on the black side tho. I guess it would be somewhere around the 80s then, because I have a different lava lamp from 1995 and comparatively, the cord on the 1995 lamp looks alot newer than the cord on my Century. They both have a white "click wheel" on the cord though. The cord on my Century isn't nearly as thick as the cord on the 1995 lamp I have.

Here is a picture of it. The wax is a deep red in real life, not pink.

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