i have a black persian lamb walking coat with a mink collar. it says g. fox and company hartford connecticut. from the 50′s or 60′s. what is the approximate worth?
Thanks for the help!
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By: elizabeth
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By: Amanda
Hi Sharon
My local vintage shop is selling a ‘persian lamb full length coat for £1200. Trouble is it is cream. From your site I see they are all black or occassionally dark brown. Can you get them in cream or is this a fake?
Thanks
Amanda
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By: Deb Bilinski
I was given a vintage persian lamb coat and wish to sell it. Unfortunately none of the vintage shops in my area will even look at it. Any suggestions? It is a full length coat with a black mink collar. It also has the most marvelous buttons. I live in upstate NY
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By: Sharyn Migdol
I inherited my mother’s genuine persian lamb jacket with mink color and cuffs. I believe it was purchased from a furrier in the 1950′s.
I know my mother only wore it once as she had no place “fancy enough” to wear it. I have never worn it for the same reason. It is in absolute excellent and unworn condition.
I now must sell it because I’m moving to Hawaii and know I will never be able to wear it.
Can you please give me a ballpark range of what it would be worth so I can sell it? Thank you.
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By: Kathryn Snelling Olenyik
I just got my hands on my great-aunt’s Persian lamb swing coat. She was very short and I am almost 6′ but I love the fur AND the black sable mink collar!! So, I simply took it to a seamstress and had her removed the sleeves and make the armhole a bit larger and Voila! I have the most FABULOUS vest!! I’m saving the extra fun to make a jacket and use on the collar and cuffs! My aunt would be so thrill that I am “recycling” her coat!!
I also have her 3/4″ white mink coat and don’t know what to do with that! Suggestions?
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By: Colleen Millar
I agree that redesigning a vintage coat is the way to go. I have been buying up coats for just this purpose. I am on the look-out for persian lamb, I have always used mink. I want to turn it into a designer bag and a vest like you have. Last week I took a purse that I had never used and added a mink flap and voila everyone is amazed the the look. I now want to start working with persian lamb. I am all about recycling old into new !!!
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By: Sharon Erickson
Hi,
I just got a vintage silver mink and lamb coat, it smells like foul perfume, like pertulo oil. How do I get that smell out. How would I get it appraised?
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By: Sharon Yamamoto
Hi Sharon,
You emailed me directly already and maybe you didn’t get my reply, but your coat is faux fur and can be dry cleaned by any cleaner. To get an appraisal, please see “Ask a Worthologist” on this website.
Take care,
Sharon
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By: Carlon
I have a Persian lamb hat that says jj steiner and sons ny is it authentic please let me know ASAP thank you!
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By: Patricia
Thank you for the your informative article. I just purchased my first (now I know) authentic Persian Lamb
coat from an Estate sale. Its beautiful, but I had
no idea if it was authentic, until reading your article.
My final confirmation was when you mentioned the weight.
I’ve never owned a coat this heavy! Thanks Again
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By: Terry O'Day
I have an authentic Persian lamb coat with a grey mink collar that was purchased at N. L. Kaplan in Buffalo, New York thirty years ago. The owner died over twenty years ago. Her coat has been carefully preserved and is in mint condition. The lining is embossed with a floral pattern and her name embroidered in it.
I would be willing to sell it at a good price.
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By: Yinka Awe
How do I get an the musty smell out of my astrakhan coat?
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By: Yinka Awe
I really love the coat, but it smells real bad. Thank you.
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By: Yinka
Thank you
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By: AnAhitA
If your fur is the genuine article it’s value is approx: 4,500.00
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By: Sharon Yamamoto
AnAhita,
I’m afraid you’re overestimating a vintage persian lamb coat by quite a bit. Even a vintage mint-condition Schiaparelli isn’t worth that. To give that kind of information, a coat would have to be really appraised in person and then believe me, persian lamb is just not worth that much. Mink might be, Chinchilla and certainly Sable, but not persian lamb.
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By: Sharon Yamamoto
Yinka, only professional cleaning can remove a bad smell and then, some odors simply won’t ever come out. But to make it less noticeable, I hang the coat with a dryer sheet taped to the middle of the hanger, not touching the fur, but the nice fragrance does permeate the fur and mask the objectionable odor. It’s exchanging one smell for another, but frankly, I would prefer the fresh fragrance of a dryer sheet over a musty smell any day, wouldn’t you? If you can get a cotton (not plastic) garment bag and hang the coat in it, just place a couple of dryer sheets in the bottom, not touching the fur, and the fragrance should really get into the coat and make it nicer to wear (and nicer to sit next to for your companion!)
Thanks for coming to Worthpoint!
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By: AnAhitA
Sharon pleae check ELAN FURS and you will see top quality Furrier prices , and yes of ourse one must add another type of fur to add some visual Intrest and design Factors
AnA’HitA
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By: Sharon Yamamoto
AnAhita, I do know fur prices very well, and a brand new persian lamb coat can cost that, but this post is about vintage. Most vintage persian lamb coats are worth very little on the resale market. Only a collector’s piece like a Schiaparelli or one owned by a famous person would hold any higher value. Fur prices differ greatly between new and used. I have purchased many of both.
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