Topic: Whitefriars - why quite so expensive?

[tropdevin]

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I guess that this Whitefriars paperweight is an unusual / rare design, but it made a lot of money.  Any thoughts or information welcome!

Alan

[chopin-liszt]

I know nothing about pws or wfs, not my interest, but this appears to have a wrong cane in it - perhaps it has some sort of "rarity" value?

[Lustrousstone]

That's the monk cane.

[chopin-liszt]

  It is???

Don't mention "monks" and "canes" in the same breath in front of Michael!

[w84it]

Hi Alan.

It's a cracking weight.   Appeals to me because of the symetry.   If only they had placed the monk in the dead centre.

I guess it's rarity value.  I've only seen one other.   Although it was still being made six years after this one, so must be a few about.   Pattern PB301 in the 1978 catalogue, I believe.

 :cheers:

Keith

[Lily of the Valley]

It wasn't all that long ago the selling price for this nice WF would have been considered a real bargain!  As I recall, WF weights seemed to be commanding great $$$$ up until everything went south.  Does anyone have a WF weight that is not facetted?

Lily

[KevinH]

Non-faceted Whitefriars? Yes, people do have them.

[johnphilip]

Yes i have a couple of unfaceted , i also have the coveted Partridge in a pear tree but that is faceted . ;
Spell chech tells me unfaceted should be infested . :chky: :24:

[tropdevin]

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I have 7 or 8 unfacetted Whitefriars - three EIIR 1953s, two Triplex 1951s, and concentrics from the 1950s-1960s.  I have a rare facetted weight too: the rarest Christmas weight (the 1980 Christmas Bell).

Alan

[jamalpa36]

I have 22 unfaceted :hi: :hi: :hi:
That is about 15% of my whitefriars weights

Roy