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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