Finding antique L.L. Bean items seems to be a bit more difficult than say "vintage" L.L. Bean. To me personally "vintage" refers to clothing, shoes, and wear-ables. "Antique" to me refers to everything else, like tools, furniture etc. I often scour the various internet retailer and auction sites looking for a well price collectibles. About 3 weeks ago I stumbled on to this partially used can of "Beans waterproof dressing". It is a 1/4 Pint can, and the label was still in good shape. The price on the can is $0.25, hoping to be able to date the can by the price I dug out my Spring/Summer 1950 catalog to see what the price was then. Sure enough the can was in there, and for $0.25. So that makes it at least 62 years old. I wonder if the dressing is still usable? As there is no ingredients on the package I cannot verify that it contains beeswax, which if it did I would think that it would still be good. L.L. Bean should get Obenauf's to produce some of their LP dressing in a reissue of the old tins with like this.
I found a similar one, only it is 1/8 pint and sold for 15 cents. i wonder if they have any real value
ReplyDeleteI have one here in pa. Looks like the can is in the same shape as yours. I'm afraid to open it.
ReplyDeleteSome bean bag chairs have removable covers for easy washing. The cheaper ones have fixed and irremovable covers. Cleaning it will be more difficult, and drying it out will take some time.
ReplyDeleteI like how it is packaged.
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