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News & Updates
BREAKING NEWS For Immediate Release today: 04-23-2018 (come back for updates): 
ALADDIN COLLECTORS MANUAL #23 AT ALADDIN LAMP SHOW & SALE The Manual, revised since 2006, will be available at the 45th Aladdin Gathering & Lamp Show & Sale, August 11 & 12, Columbia, Missouri. Hot off the press! The world recognized Aladdin Collectors Manual & Price Guide is the complete reference for collectors, dealers, and users of the famous Aladdin kerosene lamps. The book is a "collectors manual" and a "guide to prices." Highly illustrated, Manual #23 identifies and values kerosene Aladdin lamps made from 1908 through 2015. Models of Aladdin kerosene mantle lamps are illustrated for easy identification. The 2017 edition has been updated with new information for collectors and changes in trends of lamp values since PG #22 in 2006. The demand for rare lamps, moonstone lamps and desirable colors of lamps is strong while demand for common lamps is soft. Availability of lamps on auction websites such as eBay has increased supply. The buyer, however, has a difficult task of evaluating condition and important quality defects. More important are fakes and reproductions where the bidder cannot closely inspect the lamp offered for sale. These are discussed in PG #23. Buyers beware! Reproductions offered for sale cause alarm and collectors must know and beware of new lamps, shades and accessories in the market. Information and illustrations in Guide #23 tell how to identify reproduction lamps and shades. This section will keep you from paying high prices for "new" lamps and shades. Do not pay hundreds of dollars for a lamp that "looks old," costs less than $50, and is worth even less to a collector. Aladdin lamp prices range from fifty dollars for common lamps to several thousand dollars for collectible rare Aladdin lamps. The value reflects the current emphasis on quality and rarity. The manual describes how to evaluate condition that is critical to establish value. Original parts to repair and restore old lamps are in strong demand. The Collectors Manual gives tips for collectors under the major headings - "How to Determine The Collector Value of Aladdin Lamps", "Collecting Kerosene Aladdins", "Using Wick Raiser Knobs to Identify Models", "Collecting Alacite", "How to Light Your Aladdin", "Interchangeability of Aladdin Parts" and "How To Tell New Lamps From Original Aladdins." Manual $23 is useful in combination with "Aladdin - The Magic Name in Lamps", the large hardbound book revised and printed in 1997. Both books written by J. W. Courter are available on the website www.aladdinknights.org. Courter also publishes a newsletter - Mystic Light of the Aladdin Knights - for Aladdin lamp collectors. For more information on Aladdin lamps, The National Association of Aladdin Lamp Collectors and the International Lamp Show & Sale please see the website: www.aladdincollectors.org. Aladdin is a registered trademark of Aladdin Industries LLC, Nashville, Tennessee. For information on the Lamp Show and Sale contact John & Cheryl Parsons, 2017gathering@gmail.com or 573-581-8653. Obtain your copy: ALADDIN COLLECTORS MANUAL & PRICE GUIDE #23 Kerosene Mantle Lamps. 2017 Edition, updated, illustrated, 48 pages, soft color cover, $9.95, plus $2.00 postage USA. J. W. Courter, 550 Pioneer Lane, Calvert City, KY 42029. To visit our website click on the poster. 
Visit the Auctions & Estate Sales tab to the left for an important auction coming July 15th. It includes several pristine Aladdin lamps and parts. Gathering Registration Form Required for all Vendors Contact Information for Vendors Vendor Registration Form for the Lamp Show
 
2016 44th Gathering of Aladdin Knights and 27th International Lamp Show
2016 44th Gathering of Aladdin Knights and 27th International Lamp Show
For Immediate Release
Joe DeMatteo Clarksville, TN 37043 615-973-1698 demattel@bellsouth.net Antique Lamps To Light Nashville Aladdin
lamps have provided light for over 100 years. Aladdin s light is magic for
those who collect, light and use the lamps. The amazing
100-year-old technology still works today! Coal-oil,
or kerosene lighting, is often mystic to those who are too young to have
experienced the warm glow that illuminated homes in years past. Collectors restore and light the old lamps
that were essential for our parents and grandparents. Many young people today
are discovering the nostalgia and beauty that antique lighting add to their
home d cor especially family heirloom lamps.
Aladdin
Knights and collectors who prize old lamps will hold their annual Gathering
(convention) July 22-25, 2015 at the Airport Marriott Hotel, Nashville, TN. The
Gathering is sponsored by The National Association of Aladdin Lamp Collectors (www.aladdincollectors.org). Events
begin Tuesday and conclude with Saturday banquet. More than 500 are expected to
attend. Joe
DeMatteo and Bill Courter are the General Knights (hosts) who plan and organize
Gathering events. Calling themselves Aladdin Knights, the group is America's
largest club of antique lamp collectors.
Knights collect Aladdin kerosene incandescent lamps and Aladdin electric
lamps as well as other brands. All
lamp and lighting collecting clubs are invited to attend: The Rushlight Club
(www.rushlight.org), oldest lighting club in America, who will hold their summer
meeting in Nashville; The Night Light Club (www.nightlightclub.org), collectors
of miniature lamps; International Coleman Collectors Club (www.intlccc.net);
The Historical Lighting Society of Canada (www.historical-lighting.on.ca). Collectors
and students of antique lighting attend to study and learn history of lighting
ranging from rushlights and whale oil to discovery of new fuels and technology
in lamp improvements. Gathering events
include seminars, display room of rare and unusual lamps, auction, raffle,
banquet and the huge Lamp Show & Sale.
The Ladies of the Knights donate their time and talents to make a
beautiful, handmade quilt that a lucky member will win at the annual
banquet. The 26th Antique Lamp Show & Sale opens to
registered members on Friday and to the public on Saturday. Spectacular, rare,
and beautiful are words that describe this unique and unusual show featuring
antique lighting. World-class dealers
will offer an immense variety of antique lighting and accessories. Lamps of all kinds include colored pattern
oil lamps, Gone-With-The-Wind, art glass lamps, opalescent lamps, miniature
lamps, student lamps, finger lamps, Victorian hanging fixtures, floor lamps,
center-draft lamps, as well as early
electric lamps, plus the world-famous Aladdin
Deco style figurines! The public is invited to the 26th International
Lamp Show & Sale on Friday 2:00 to 6:00 PM and Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
at the Airport Marriott Hotel. Website: www.aladdincollectors.org. There
is a nominal admission fee. For more information, contact Joe DeMatteo, 2170 Post Rd, Clarksville, TN 37043 or demattel@bellsouth.net. Aladdin Lamp Collectors 43rd Annual
Gathering The
43rd Gathering Convention of Aladdin Lamp Collectors will Aladdinize
Nashville July 22-25, 2015 at the Airport Marriott Hotel. Calling themselves
Aladdin Knights they feature educational seminars, display room, auction,
raffle and banquet. Galen Lehman, President Crownplace Brands, Dalton, Ohio
will highlight the new home of Aladdin Brand lamps moving
from Tennessee to Ohio. The
collecting public is invited to attend an auction of Aladdin lamps on Thursday
July 23 starting at 8:00 AM. And the 26th Lamp Show and Sale on
Friday 2:00 - 6:00 PM and Saturday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. For
more information, contact Joe DeMatteo, 2170 Post Rd, Clarksville, TN 37043 or demattel@bellsouth.net.
Auctions and Estate Sales now supported on AladdinCollectors.orgThe Board of the NAALC decided at it s July 17th meeting that the NAALC website would now accept advertising from outside advertising for lighting auctions and estate sales on a fee basis. The agent of the auction or estate sale would provide the AladdinCollectors.org webmaster with electronic media (text or PDF) for inclusion on the site s new Auctions page. The page would have a link back to the auction site or online catalogue of lots. If the auctioneer or executor does not have on-line capability, the NAALC site can provide additional listing services for a fee.Topeka, Kansas "Gathering" 2013 41stSpringfield, Missouri "Gathering" 2012 40thSpringfield Convention & Visitors Bureau welcomes the NAALC Gathering to their city Springfield Convention & Visitors websiteMobile apps, coupons and special offers Special Auction of Bill Schrieber's Non-Aladdin Lamps Auction Results at the Gathering, Tuesday evening 6PM, July 19, 2011 Antique Lamp Collectors to Light Indiana (2011) Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company opens museum in their corporate headquarters. Click on the icon below. 
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