Monks reading, colors vibrant red and gold. Wonderful Vintage Pair of Armor Bronze Polychrome Bookends Circa 1925. There's a rough spot where the clad shifted and a small indentation.Īrmor Bronze Bookends Vintage polychrome Monks 1925 It looks like one bookend took a bump to the outer clad just below crucifix. There are a couple areas I need to point out to you. They are electroformed bronze clad and are very heavy, weighing almost 7 lbs. They were made in the 1920's by the National Metalizing Co. Both pieces are marked Armor Bronze with symbol on bottom of back edge, but it's very difficult to see. Each bookend is approximately 7' tall and 4-1/2' at base. They're wearing a hooded habit with corded belt and crucifix. The lady told me they belonged to her 87 year old father who recently passed away. I purchased the bookends this past week at an estate sale. Listed today are a fantastic pair of Armor Bronze Monk Bookends.

(I may need to do this in two posts due to the issues of attachment of records - hold on)Ĭategory: Contemporary Collectibles - Original Category: Collectibles : Decorative Collectibles : Book Ends Here are some that are either selling or have sold but a fair market value which comes from auction and antique venues on the secondary market, would be fairly good as well. Retail Marion Bronze bookends show a market value of around 350.00 (USD) however the fair market value is of course a bit less if you study sales of these monks acorss different venues. These two monks would be desirable on the high end antique market and are found here and there selling for good amounts.

However they are fairly nice early 20th century (1920-1935) Art Deco decorative pieces that are quite classic for the times. These are bronze covered or bronze clad bookends actually and are possibly by Marion Bronze or Armour Bronze who each usedthe same mold for their reading monks bookends.

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