Jim Kovar Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 A flea market dealer friend of mine overheard a conversation between two other dealers about a wall-mount dragon brass fan one of them had just recently acquired. My friend gave me the contact info of the fan owner. I haven't seen the fan, and the owner is over four hundred miles away. I haven't yet contacted... Any suggestions for how much I should offer? Past experiences have shown me with some flea market / antique dealers, a low-ball offer is often considered an insult and will end any further conversation. AKA, NO DEAL, GO AWAY! Again, any suggestions to how much I should offer? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Denney Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 No way to know what's on their mind but it's usually best to fish for answers out of a seller if you don't know. What do they have in it, what kind of shape is it in, etc. In general it's getting hard to price higher end fans with the wide variety of platforms and individual scenarios. Someone will say a fan is worth $800-1,000 and then a few months later I see two nice examples that didn't sell for half that. Assuming it's actually a genuine FWEW dragon fan, in fair condition, I don't think you should offer below $1,000 in any case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Daugird Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 If you are talking about one of these, last one I saw for sale was about $5,000. https://antiquefanparts.com/circa-1918-fort-wayne-electric-works-fwew-dragon-phone-booth-fan/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cunningham Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Depends on if it has a switch. Is the knob original. FW used a Bryant switch. The knob looks like a lightning bolt. I’ve looked for one decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 I contacted the owner of the dragon fan and I will be sent an image soon,... ...I hope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Image received. The wall-mount dragon brass fan is in pretty good original condition. Maybe I'll reevaluate how much I should offer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jim Kovar said: Maybe I'll reevaluate how much I should offer? I think I'm going to pass. Image of the wall-mount dragon brass fan... p.s. Hopin' y'all had a great April first! Edited April 2 by Jim Kovar 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Cunningham Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Lots of zeroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kovar Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 10 hours ago, Steve Cunningham said: Lots of zeroes. Yes,... $00,000.⁰⁰ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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