Appraisal: Dent Hardware Toy Battleship, ca. 1920
Clip: Season 29 Episode 21 | 2m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Dent Hardware Toy Battleship, ca. 1920
See Andy Ourant appraise a Dent Hardware toy battleship, ca. 1920, in Vintage Phoenix 2025, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: Dent Hardware Toy Battleship, ca. 1920
Clip: Season 29 Episode 21 | 2m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
See Andy Ourant appraise a Dent Hardware toy battleship, ca. 1920, in Vintage Phoenix 2025, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: This boat has been in our family for quite a few years.
My great-grandfather worked for Dent Hardware in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
APPRAISER: Okay.
GUEST: He-- I've been told, made this boat and, uh, several other toys while working at Dent Hardware and he gave this to my grandfather.
APPRAISER: Well, Dent Hardware actually started in 1894.
They were a foundry and started in Newark, New Jersey, but shortly after that moved to Fullerton, Pennsylvania, which is right near Allentown.
GUEST: Oh, okay.
APPRAISER: So the factory was actually in Fullerton.
What time period would he have brought this home?
GUEST: My mother recalls it coming into her home when she was a little girl in the '30s.
APPRAISER: It's the Battleship New York.
It reflected a real battleship from that time.
GUEST: A real ship.
APPRAISER: It's made of cast iron.
Not to be a toy for the water, it's actually a floor toy, like a pull toy.
And you can see that by its sheer size, it's a large piece of cast iron.
I mean, this is a heavy boat.
If a child got creative and thought, "Well, let's put it in the water and see what happens," it's going to sink right to the bottom.
APPRAISER: So this is a great large, oversized toy for a cast iron manufacturer.
Now, the typical New York battleship is painted.
And this toy obviously is not painted, it's plated.
We call this "copper flash."
Now, this is something that they did a lot on some of the other toys they made, but you don't see it very often on the battleship.
There's so many pieces to it.
These masts remove.
All these guns-- which, by the way, are nickel-plated cast iron, they remove.
APPRAISER: And also we have the anchors up there, there's two of them.
And we're showing one that has a little damage.
To show action, it had a off-center front wheel.
It doesn't work very well, because it hasn't been cooperating with us... GUEST: (chuckles) APPRAISER: ...but I'm going to push it and show you.
You'll watch the front end drop down, and it simulates water.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: A retail price would be in the area of $4,000 to $5,000.
GUEST: Really?
APPRAISER: Yeah.
Yeah.
GUEST: Oh, that's exciting.
APPRAISER: Some of these boats have sold for more, painted.
There's a possibility that if the right collectors really felt that this was superior in rarity and finish, it might bring more.
But it's hard to say, because I've never really seen a copper flash version sell to the market.
So I think it's a good, conservative estimate.
GUEST: I'm just thrilled.
(chuckles)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 32s | Appraisal: 1799 Patrick Russell Indian Serpents Book (32s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 2s | Appraisal: 1873 Royal Worcester Japonisme Flask Vases (3m 2s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 16s | Appraisal: 18th & 19th C. Etchings (1m 16s)
Appraisal: 1982 Henry Moore "Half-Figure: Round Head" Bronze
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 39s | Appraisal: 1982 Henry Moore "Half-Figure: Round Head" Bronze (2m 39s)
Appraisal: 19th C. Shell-encrusted Casket
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 34s | Appraisal: 19th C. Shell-encrusted Casket (34s)
Appraisal: Cut Steel Handbag, ca. 1920
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 49s | Appraisal: Cut Steel Handbag, ca. 1920 (1m 49s)
Appraisal: "Dick and Jane" Teacher's Edition Book, ca. 1950
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 38s | Appraisal: "Dick and Jane" Teacher's Edition Book, ca. 1950 (38s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 14s | Appraisal: Early 19th C. Hawaiian Lei Niho Palaoa (1m 14s)
Appraisal: English Regency Hall Tree, ca. 1840
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: English Regency Hall Tree, ca. 1840 (3m 1s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 14s | Appraisal: George Luks Watercolor, ca. 1925 (3m 14s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 57s | Appraisal: German Dolls in Original Clothes, ca. 1905 (2m 57s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 20s | Appraisal: NASA Parachutes & Pot Handles, ca. 1965 (1m 20s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 48s | Appraisal: Patek Philippe & Swiss Watch Collection (3m 48s)
Appraisal: Reverse-painted Handel Shade, ca. 1920
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: Reverse-painted Handel Shade, ca. 1920 (1m 4s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 35s | Appraisal: Salesman's Sample Plow, ca. 1880 (35s)
Appraisal: 1956 David Klein TWA Poster
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 59s | Appraisal: 1956 David Klein TWA Poster (2m 59s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 30s | Appraisal: Charles Craig Oil Portrait, ca. 1910 (3m 30s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 10s | Appraisal: Enamel & Rock Crystal Pendant Watch, ca. 1910 (2m 10s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 54s | Appraisal: Montoya & Vigil San Ildefonso Pueblo Pot, ca. 1880 (2m 54s)
Appraisal: 1921 Lyonel Feininger "Silver Stars" Watercolor
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 50s | Appraisal: 1921 Lyonel Feininger "Silver Stars" Watercolor (2m 50s)
Appraisal: 1797 Chester County Marriage Chest
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 8s | Appraisal: 1797 Chester County Marriage Chest (3m 8s)
Appraisal: 1917 First Women Yeomen's Battalion Flag
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 47s | Appraisal: 1917 First Women Yeomen's Battalion Flag (2m 47s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 9s | Appraisal: Roseville Experimental Vase, ca. 1925 (2m 9s)
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