For Pairpoint lamps, that translates to “Pairpoint Lamp Catalog,” a 2-volume set of hardbound catalog reprints from Schiffer Books. At $95 each, they’re not cheap, but they are the best.

But exemplary prices were for exemplary lamps. Not every vintage Pairpoint lamp is a star. Values quoted by the reader's aunt are misinformed, and today is another story.

Take a look at Meredith Meuwly's appraisal of a Pairpoint Puffy Roma Shade Table Lamp, ca 1905, in Philbrook Museum, Hour 1. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American ...

A Pairpoint lamp with reverse-painted scenes of pilgrims, sailing ships and flowers sold in 2008 for $4,140 at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C.

Pairpoint lamp collectors and dealers are listed in “The ‘u Collectors’ Information Clearinghouse Antiques & Collectibles Resource Directory,” by David J. Maloney Jr., available for $22.45 ...

Check out Louise Luther's appraisal of a Pairpoint sea gull lamp, ca. 1910, in Vintage Tulsa.

Any Pairpoint table lamp with a painted glass shade sells today for more than $500. Most sell for more. Q–Why do so many pieces of antique furniture have locks on their drawers?

Q — I purchased a small boudoir lamp at a Tennessee antique shop for $40. The lamp base is stamped Pairpoint #3047 1/2. The shade has an iridescent quality and consists of four puffed quadrants ...

It became the Pairpoint Glass Co. in 1957 and is still in business, now in Sagamore, Massachusetts, where it makes luxury glass items. Pairpoint lamps sell at auction for several hundred to a few ...

Electric lamps with glass shades were popular from the 1870s to the 1920s. A Pairpoint lamp with reverse-painted scenes of pilgrims, sailing ships and flowers sold in 2008 for $4,140 at Brunk ...

Q: I saw a small Pairpoint "puffy" lamp with lilacs, flowers and butterflies on the 8-inch shade. The base is tree-shaped brass. What is the price range for this fine specimen?