Posted: 5/7/2014 4:26:55 PM EDT
Came across this ad posted on a local "Man Cave" group on Facebook. Any value to any of these?
7 in all. Some work some need work. Good glass on 5 w/mostly good mantles on those. Reasonable offer |
Almost any of them can be fixed, if you have the right tools. The silver one looks like a late 40's one, and the rest are somewhat too. I used to buy them and fix them, now I've got em coming out my ears! 
They are very hard to ship with the globes on them. You're better off shipping the globes separate if you're going to sell and ship them............... |
| A few years back, I bought three old banged up gas Coleman lanterns and spent a couple of weeks ordering parts and learning to disassemble / reassemble. You can easily find just about any part you need for these. Needless to say, I now have three operable gas lanterns, but I prefer my propane lanterns. |
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They look like they are all Coleman Fuel lanterns.
None of them are Dual Fuel and none look to be Kerosene. It's really hard to tell condition from the the photo, collectors are looking for no dents, good original paint (no rust), good original decals, original glass and ventilators (the tops) in good condition with the enamel intact (no chips/rust/dents). The rust on the 200A's (red lanterns) would be a concern. - all those lanterns appear to have steel fuel tanks vs. brass. One exception: It's hard to tell if the one with the silver fuel tank is nickle-plated brass or steel that has had the paint removed. It might actually clean up the best of the lot, if it is nickle-plated and the plating is in good shape. I like re-building them and using them. - I really don't have any pristine/collector grade lanterns. Mine are mostly Service Grade, maybe some Rack Grade. 
None of mine are 'For Display Only" A lot of mine looked rough like those when I got them at garage sales, etc. Got them cleaned up and working. If it was me, and the lanterns were local and cheap, I would pick them up, clean them and use them. Even if some of them turned into parts lanterns. ETA: Big thing is, what he considers "reasonable" I see lanterns like that all the time priced unreasonably (i.e. craigslist and e-Bay) - old does not equal valuable. |
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The only one that does anything for me is the second one from the right, and only if it be CHEAP.... Looks like a 242. Kinda what I thought at first, but it has a 200 tall vent and I can't see twin air tubes, not the best pic. Probably a 200 or maybe a 202. OP needs to buy it and send it to me for positive identification. 
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242s don't have twin air tubes! But it looks like a keeper, and the bottom has the answer.............. Yeah they do, just like the 247, 249, 236 and 237 lanterns. And actually, the answer to the model is typically stamped on the frame rest and the date is usually stamped on the bottom of the font. 
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Well, I guess I'll shoot this guy a message. What would be a decent offer for the lot you think? As I said earlier, $5 ea. - so $35. The red ones look rough with all that rust showing. It's possible the fuel tanks have pinholes. - they are going to be a crapshoot. and the replacement globe is probably going to run $10.+ The Green ones are common 220's and not in very good shape. The one with the large ventilator (top) is less common, but it looks like the top is chipped and rusted. If that is a nickel-plated fuel tank and the lantern is not in too bad of shape, you could give him $10 for that one, so $40. total. ETA: I am interested to see what the owner thinks is reasonable.
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I guess it's in the definition of what the air tube is. My thought was that it is what holds the mantle. My bad I guess!  I call the mantle holder the burner tube and burner cap. Air tubes supply air to the burner manifold or mixing chamber where it is mixed with fuel and heated, and exits the burner tube and mantle as a flammable vapor. |