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Summary: George Washington candy container antiques; examples and more in this free video on holiday antique collecting and appraisal from an antiques expert.
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About the Expert
Sue Shea Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19... read more
This is a typical scene that you'll see of the George Washington with the painted suit that he has on the boots. This also is stamped on the bottom from Germany. They open up, too. Here's the candy this George Washington you can find and mounted on horse. You'll find George Washington just the head that are done in this type of composition and they're done in different sizes. So there is a wide variety of George Washington candy containers out there and also just compositions that they use during the 1920's. So these range anywhere from $100-$300. So when you're thinking about collecting a specific holiday, this can be a very expensive holiday to collect and very hard to find. If you don't get frustrated and you really get out there and search, you can still find these out there. A fun holiday to collect so just a couple of examples of the George Washington holiday.