Ever see a $250,000 blanket?

Alston_Neal · Post by **Alston_Neal** » Mar 24 2011 5:20 pm

Warning this has nothing to do with feral cats.

Edit for biz reasons.

PLC92084 · Post by **PLC92084** » Mar 28 2011 2:22 pm

@Alston Neal

Thanks, Alston... With friends like you, who needs enemas !? Don't give the mighty one any ideas I can't live with, please. If I knew anything about wool blankets other than they're itchy, I'd contribute something worthwhile, I promise... Guess you could say I'm sheepish...

JoelHazelton · Post by **JoelHazelton** » Mar 28 2011 2:39 pm

kingsnake wrote:Scat happens.

I want that shirt

Alston_Neal · Post by **Alston_Neal** » Mar 28 2011 2:44 pm

PLC92084 wrote:@Alston Neal

Thanks, Alston... With friends like you, who needs enemas !? Don't give the mighty one any ideas I can't live with, please. If I knew anything about wool blankets other than they're itchy, I'd contribute something worthwhile, I promise... Guess you could say I'm sheepish...

Please Dear Lord, call me home.

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Mar 28 2011 7:59 pm

I will buy it. My cat would love sleeping on it!

Alston_Neal · Post by **Alston_Neal** » Mar 29 2011 10:54 am

Remind me again, aren't we related?
If so you definitely got the deeper end of the financial gene pool.

Sredfield · Post by **Sredfield** » Mar 29 2011 11:41 am

I've heard a couple great blanket stories. One was a knowledgeable dealer spotted one in the back of a beat up pickup in Cheyenne, being used as a saddle blanket, turned out to be very rare and valuable. Sorry, more details escape me.

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Mar 29 2011 11:43 am

Alston Neal wrote:Remind me again, aren't we related?
If so you definitely got the deeper end of the financial gene pool.

Yes. My maiden name is Neal. If we are related, now that would scare the cats out of me!

PLC92084 · Post by **PLC92084** » Mar 29 2011 11:59 am

azbackpackr wrote: If we are related, now that would scare the cats out of me!

...and Alston dares to chastise me !?

(The fact that he has good cause has nothing to do with anything...)

Alston_Neal · Post by **Alston_Neal** » Mar 29 2011 1:04 pm

Sredfield wrote:I've heard a couple great blanket stories. One was a knowledgeable dealer spotted one in the back of a beat up pickup in Cheyenne, being used as a saddle blanket, turned out to be very rare and valuable. Sorry, more details escape me.

Probably the most well known would be the one from Tucson on the Antiques Roadshow. It was a First Phase Ute style blanket that was purchased by a dealer that did the appraisal on air. Those are running from 500K to750K.
I know of one dealer that was driving down the road and saw a Navajo child's blanket hanging over a fence. He bought it for nothing cuz the folks were using it to cover their lawnmower.
Six thousand in resto, sold it for 20K.
Bear in mind we have as many as 10 calls or e-mails a day and 98% is crap. This is why it's so exciting to see something really rare.

Alston_Neal · Post by **Alston_Neal** » Apr 02 2011 2:20 pm

Update..
I just received the results of the dye testing. The testing was done at Thomas Jefferson University using the Beckman DU-65 Spectrophotometer.
All four samples test as organic cochineal dye. One sample from the piece put it at 1840-1855, the other three samples will date it 1855-1865.
The piece will of course date to the newest dyes putting the blanket at a solid 1860 + or - five years. I'm in the process of writing out all the documentation, which is why I'm posting now, cuz my brain is getting fried and I needed a break.
I called the lady who owns it this morning to tell her the results. After talking with her for sometime she brought up what I've been hoping to hear.....
I would be interested in selling it.
To be continued...

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