Gold Bond Coleman Sells High

This Coleman Gold Bond Stamps lantern...ended on eBay 12/15. Sold: $620. Whew...that's serious money.

I see a couple more on eBay...Collector's Grade Coleman Gold Bond lantern which ends later today...12/16...is already over $850. Ending 12/20 is Vintage 1972 Gold Coleman Lantern 200A which is hanging around $150.

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Coleman Gold Bond 200A

Just in time for Christmas...this sweet Coleman Gold Bond 200a lantern!

Coleman A200 Gold Lantern - the date on the bottom is 5-72.

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A Light in a Storm

As Bob Welch writes in the Eugene Register Guard...

“Sometimes a little adventure can be fun if one just looks ahead and
stays positive,” says Mary Emma Parks, a retiree in Yachats whose house
became a sort of gathering spot for neighbors without electricity. “We
had a Coleman lantern and a wood stove and saw other houses that were
dark and thought: That’s a scary thing.”For much of two days,
she and husband Ken became like the “Storm Home” of which Garrison
Keillor sometimes speaks. Folks gathered at the Parks’ place for board
games, snacks and wine."

So let the wind blow and let the lights fail. I got my Coleman 200 and a nail to hang it on.

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Coleman 200a - Gold Bond Lantern

Very nice Gold Bond 200A up at eBay...just a few dings on the hood it looks like. These gold lanterns were made for the Gold Bond Trading Stamp company and not too many. Hard to find in this condition.
Coleman Gold Bond 200a Lantern dated 2-73. This lantern is All Original. Original Globe, Original Paint, All Original!

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Sweet 1966 Coleman 200A

Red Coleman lantern in the original box. Lantern is as close to mint condition as they come. Lantern appears to have been used very little if at all. The model is a 200A and it is dated on the bottom 8/66.

Auction Rebel on Little Reds

"The Auction Rebel" blog on the success eBay sellers are having with Coleman lanterns...

Smacked Along Side The Head With A Red Coleman Lantern

eBay Hot Sale - Week 3/2007

"Wow! That's a lot of money!" My exact thoughts when I saw the closing price on this 1973 Gold Bond 200A which ended 1/16. For those not familiar with the Gold Bond, it's a gold-color Coleman 200A that was made for the Gold Bond Trading Stamp Company in the early to mid 70s. My mother used to save Gold Bond stamps, also Blue Chip stamps, and the green ones. But she never traded them for a cool gold lantern. I think she got a red fondue pot. and bongo drums.
Anyway, the Gold Bond 200A is a pretty scarce lantern, but you'll see one or two a month on eBay. They generally settle in the $300 to $500 range depending on how flush the bidder is. And by flush I mean drunk.
The buyer of this latest Gold Bond was bombed out of his mind and the gavel came down at $921.11. Wow, that's a lot of money for a lantern that has been used (despite the sellers claims otherwise) and with a chip in the hood. I think its going to take a lot of sake to make the sweetheart pretty again.

eBay Hot Sale - Week2-2007

Action seemed a little light last week. High gavel on eBay last week for a 200A was the $174.50 realized for this very nice 1978 lantern with clamshell case.

eBay Hot Sale - Week 1 - 2007

Top auction price for a 200a last week was the $336 realized for this sweet, virginal beauty from 1963. Got to love it...the seller bought this baby in 1964 when he was 19 years old and never even fueled it up.
That's amazing! When I was 19 I was a rapacious consumer. I would have fired it up and set it on the kitchen table just to watch it burn.
Definate lack of self-control.

Zack's Blog: Radioactivity

Zack's Blog: Radioactivity
As we discovered last week, the thorium in older Coleman lantern mantles is radioactive. Like plutonium. Like the stuff that gives super heroes their super powers and mutants their mutantciness.
Zack in Saskatoon got hold of a geiger counter to see if these glowing nocturnal emissions are anything to worry about.

Mark's Restored Coleman 200A Lantern

Mentioned earlier Mark the Lantern Rebuilder. Here's a photo of one of his 200A's.
Got to say that that is one pretty lantern. But I just don't think I could march into the woods swinging a pink lantern. Gets lonely in those hills you know.
Thanks for the pics Mark