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Summary: Bubble tree antiques; examples and more in this free video on holiday antique collecting and appraisal from an antiques expert.
Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19th century antique country...read more
"So another thing to collect for holiday season which is really popular this is baby boomer era, this is a 1950 bubble light tree they're very popular pretty desirable. They go by size and price wise this as you can see is in pretty good condition the branches are all in tact, the bubble lights are all in tact and in good condition. When you plug it in it heats up the bubble itself heats up this water color liquid inside and it bubbles. It leaves a nice glow of different colors in each of the bubble lights it has a plastic base and it's plugged into the wall I can show you just tighten this up a little here. And the base comes right off and it's plastic and you can see and the construction is this is a medal plastic frame that sits on a plastic base. And surprisingly these are really desirable and very expensive I can tell you this one is priced at $300 so depending on the size the larger will range in the 400 range so if you're thinking about looking for a feather tree, one of these types of trees you're going to find, it's going to be quite expensive. So in the range of anywhere from $200-$500 so people really like these or they hate them so they're just kind of somewhere in between. This is just a really nice example of a bubble light tree from the 1950's."