neroter12
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posted on August 8, 2003 03:15:38 PM
How do you tell a longaberger basket from a regular nicely weaved basked if there is no tag?
just wondering.
Anybody know?
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dadofstickboy
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posted on August 8, 2003 03:22:11 PM
Give it the sniff test!
OH: you said, longaberger, I thought you said Limburger!
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neroter12
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posted on August 8, 2003 03:35:19 PM
lol dads!!
can hear the complain from the buyer already!!! (me: "hmmm...dads on vendio told me it should smell like limburger?!" _rofl
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AuctionAce
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posted on August 8, 2003 03:38:30 PM
I thought most Longaberger baskets had their name branded or signed on the bottom? Maybe the new ones have tags.
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jensmome
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posted on August 8, 2003 04:07:57 PM
I have a new one and it's branded on the bottom. They are always marked.
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rarriffle
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posted on August 8, 2003 04:25:31 PM
All Longaberger baskets are stamped as such on the bottom. Many of them have a family signature on the bottom, which makes them worth more.
Some of the Longaberger workers over the years have left the company and no weave baskets under their own company names. These will look exactly like a Longaberger, so always check for the stamped name.
I live just 15 miles from the Longaberger Homestead and factory. At this time we can sell them for more at a local yard sale than we can get on ebay for them....unless they are one of the limited items with a family signature.
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pmelcher
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posted on August 8, 2003 06:22:40 PM
rarriffle, you live near where I grew up maybe. It is a little town called Granville. You are right, all Longaberger baskets are stamped. Some of the older ones are not signed by the weaver.
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neroter12
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posted on August 8, 2003 07:46:29 PM
I didnt know that about the stamp (obviously). But they sell them alot around here too at garage sales; they dont seem to move too well. (The prices are high to me.)
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AuctionAce
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posted on August 8, 2003 09:22:23 PM
There was a seller on Bidville that started one of those baskets at $1 with no reserve and it went for a lot of money. I had never even heard on the name Longaberger before but I researched the heck out of them after that. I never see any of those baskets at the flea markets but if I ever do and the price is low I'll buy it. Some people get great presents and gifts and have no idea of their value and sell the stuff for a song and that's where opprotunity pops up it's cute little head. 
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rarriffle
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posted on August 9, 2003 02:34:25 AM
pmelcher, Granville is 9 miles from here. depending on your age, we may have crossed paths. I worked at the Aladdin Restaurant for a few years and my mother cleaned houses and at Denison for years.
The baskets still sell well around here and If you can find them cheap, grab them. If you can find one with Dave Longabergers signature on it, you have found the jewel. That was daddy and he is gone now.
the baskets not only have a stamp, they have the initials of the maker on them. since my nephew, niece and my best friend work there, I am always looking for their initials.
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wryly
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posted on August 9, 2003 03:12:42 AM
rarriffle - I live just inside the beltway, near Mt. Carmel East. Since you have so many relatives working at Longaberger, do you ever buy the second boxes? I had a friend who had a friend who bought second boxes for her and we would split them. $100 would get us 15-18 basket seconds. They sell like crazy on ebay too. Seems a great way to profit from them. Unfortunately, I don't have the connection anymore.
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pmelcher
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posted on August 9, 2003 04:13:11 AM
rarriffle, I left Granville about 28 years ago but I go back at least once a month to see relatives. My mother worked at Denison until about 1975. It is a small world out there! I just picked up a small peg Longaberger basket for $1.00. Unfortunately it has lost the handle. I emailed the factory and they can put a new handle on it for around $20.00. I did not even know they would repair them!
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rarriffle
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posted on August 9, 2003 12:39:57 PM
wryly, hi there. never heard of second boxes, but then I don't like Longaberger. Will have to check on that though.
pmelcher, bet we crossed paths many times. I worked at the Aladdin and around Granville from 1970-1976.
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getalife
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posted on August 9, 2003 04:31:15 PM
Talk about coincidences. I bought a Longaberger basket today at my first garage sale of the day for a dollar. It's a picnic basket and the lid measures about 9" x10". On the bottom it is initialed TG 1987 and is of exceptional quality when compared to other picnic baskets. It closes with what I read is a "loop and toggle" and has leather hinges. Any comments on the maker and or value would be appreciated.
I don't buy many baskets ,three in a five year history of garage sales, as my knowledge of them is nil but I remembered hearing someone say Longaberger was a very good name so I made a lucky purchase.
[ edited by getalife on Aug 9, 2003 04:33 PM ]
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rarriffle
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posted on August 10, 2003 05:20:22 AM
getaflife, you hit the bargain of the day.
the larger baskets sell very well. The initials are the actual maker of the basket in 1987. does it have a liner?
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getalife
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posted on August 10, 2003 06:30:24 AM
There is no liner. Just a nice well made basket.
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leftmay98
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posted on August 11, 2003 09:24:44 PM
just out of curiousity...are you longaberger basket people near indiana? i went to garage sales when i lived there and they went nuts over there. Never found any otherplace that had those.
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rarriffle
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posted on August 12, 2003 03:08:55 AM
Central Ohio here. Longaberger factory is in Dresden Ohio and the Big Basket Building Corporate Office is here in Newark. Now that building is something to see.
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pmelcher
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posted on August 12, 2003 04:54:26 AM
Yes, Northeast Indiana here. Every once in a while a good bargain on Longaberger can be found either at farm auctions or yard sales.
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iceicepenguin
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posted on August 12, 2003 06:39:54 AM
I live in Southern Indiana and Longaberger sells like crazy here. One of the local auctioneers has a bunch of baskets every couple of months. He usually has the Collectors Club baskets and the prices go sky high.
The ladies in the crowd get eyes as big as saucers and the bidding gets hot and heavy.
I stand back and watch in amazement.
I have sold quite a few on Ebay for locals here and they are alway disappointed in the prices they bring on Ebay. They can sell them locally for twice the price. I will pick them up if I can get them low, which doesn't happen often around here!
I don't get it. They're BASKETS! Well made, but BASKETS. I don't get it. Go figure.
ice
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leftmay98
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posted on August 12, 2003 11:41:58 AM
hi icepenguin.
I used to live in vincennes IND. And Im not from ind, and couldnt find out what the fascination about them is...just baskets to me...
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