stamped century.

[Kempton]

The silver century i ordered is cloudy (probably shipping) and will clear up fast. Well i looked at the base and in yellow ink it says the date it was made. How much are these worth anyways? Pictures soon

[Kempton]

anyone know what these are worth?

[Autumn]

Whats the date?

[Kempton]

October 22, 1972

[Autumn]

Its worth whatever you paid for it. These old centuries arent really gold mines. Oh and what color is the cap?

Kempton said:

October 22, 1972

[Kempton]

silver

[Jonas Clark-Elliott]

Your Century was originally brass. Many Centuries around (a little before and after) '72 had their "brass" base lacquer done badly, so that sun and/or heat faded it and the silver metal showed. What colors inside? I'd call these in the $25-50 range, personally, and the silver-faded ones seem to most commonly appear with the poor green/blue formula that turns into a "bubbling green pond scum in cloudy snot-water" color. I think these are pretty cool.

[Erin]

I concur. These are somewhat common, but pics will help us all decide what it might be worth. I have a blue/green Century from the 70s, too. Got it for about $28.

[Jonas Clark-Elliott]

Wait, are you SURE the cap isn't gold, Kempton? The cap should be gold and the base silver. Unless the globe was replaced with a modern one. If the date sticker inside the cap is square, it's old and should have a gold cap. Date stickers from the Silver Century era (mid-90s) are round.

[Kempton]

the cap is definently silver, but i have a gold cap century. The date sticker is a rectangle and is september 1973.

[Jonas Clark-Elliott]

Your silver cap is a rectangle, 1973? Can you post a photo of the entire lamp, please?

 

Lava Lite did a black Aristocrat around that time, The Commander, and a silver Aristocrat has shown up that is obviously vintage (one of the peculiar Aristos with the taller, narrower upper cone). A silver that is verifiably 1973 would be very, very notable!

[Kempton]

no the gold is 1973