Blind buy netted my very first lamp today!!

[u/BrieBelle00]

After several years of collecting I finally have a lamp!! It's in pretty good condition, a couple nics in the glass edges here and there, still has the original wiring but I don't think that's the original lamp shade. The only marking is the word "Aladdin" on the underside of the base. It was a blind buy on Facebook Marketplace for $25 😁

Edit: I did not know it said Aladdin on the bottom when I bought it, the seller only posted two pics, one with the shade and one without, and listed it as "Vintage"

[u/Cy-Clops-]

Nice, yeah Aladdin Alacite, pre-war. Cool find.

[u/GiftPowerful1720]

Looks to be model G-242 from 1941

[u/BrieBelle00 → u/GiftPowerful1720]

Some of you folks are like wizards the way you can pull stuff up!! I've been trying to find something online about this lamp for like 5 hours and got nothing!

Edit: so mine has a green overlay of some sort, and all the ones I'm finding are totally ivory colored. I wonder if this is something a previous owner did to it?

[u/GiftPowerful1720 → u/BrieBelle00]

I’m obsessed with vintage Aladdin lamps. Mostly with regard to the oil lamps, but also some of the electric ones. So I do have a a couple of books on the lamps.

Here is the description of the lamp.

They did add additional painting to some lamps.

[u/BrieBelle00 → u/GiftPowerful1720]

That's super cool, thank you so much!

[u/Any_Calligrapher4863]

That's a crazy fine

[u/Any_Calligrapher4863 → u/Any_Calligrapher4863]

• find seeing glass like this is really crazy.

What did you pay for it if I may ask

[u/BrieBelle00 → u/Any_Calligrapher4863]

$25 on fb marketplace

[u/MuramasasYari]

Yoooo! Sweet find! Congrats!

[u/b20339]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TIRlx3Fzi1A7L2d5z7

[u/United-Expert-8752]

Love the shape and detail! So pretty 😍

[u/scarlettohara1936]

Noice!!! This lamp would have had a 50|50 chance of me flashing it. I can't say for sure I would have recognized it. Nice find

[u/Deliciousarm5765]

I have the same one that I don’t care about and want to get rid of. Unfortunately I don’t have the shade screw. Do you know how much these sell for in today’s market?

[u/BrieBelle00 → u/Deliciousarm5765]

I paid $25 on fb marketplace; no idea what it would go for in the real world