1800S GOLD HANDLED WALKING STICK CANE RFS&CO Antique Black Walking Stick Cane Gold Head Marked Start Price USD 229.00 Current Price USD 229.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 269.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 28, 2008 End Time Monday, December 08, 2008 Location DERBY CITY - LOUISVILLE KY See more about ' 1800S GOLD HANDLED WALKING STICK CANE RFS&CO' Description Antique Black Walking Stick Cane Gold Head Marked MFG. BY RSF&CO ( NEATLY HALL MARKED ) ALSO " C W " MONAGRAM ON HANDLE  1800S SEE COMPANY BIO IN DISC. THIS TYPE STICK COULD COMMAND $400.00 TO 600.00 IN RIGHT MARKET OR SHOW . IF I GO TO FIXED PRICE 30 DAY AUCTION PRICE WILL BE $ 349.00 .   LOW OPENING BID & BUY-NOW   " CANE COLLECTOR SPECIAL "  FREE SHIPPING : SELLER PAYS PRIORITY MAIL INSURED FEES . Item Specifics Original : ORIGINAL Main Color: BLACK & GOLD Product Type : WALKING STICK ANTIQUE GOLD WALKING STICK EXCELENT CONDITION   RFS&CO : SIMMONS COMPANY SEE BIO   UNIQUE JFS&CO. ANTIQUE    merry christmas & holiday season greetings great gift item for self or others perfect for discriminating persons many who have everything might~treasure this ~~~~~~~old-one merry christmas & holiday season greetings great gift item for self or others perfect for discriminating persons many who have everything might~treasure this ~~~~~~~old-one     GREAT  FOR  MAN  OR  WOMAN  GENTLEMAN OR  DANDY STYLE LATE 1800S  EBONY GOLD HANDLED QUALITY MADE SIGNED STICK .                                 a gents or dandy's cane...Head is probably gold filled, signed R.F.S. & Co. - can be seen in one pic.   Also has original owner's initials `CW' visible in one pic.  Shaft appears as black or ebonized wood, with a metal tip.   Total length is 35 1/2  inches.       BELOW INFO FROM CANE QUEST ONLINE :   R.F. Simmons CompanyR.F. Simmons Company, Attleboro, MA. was founded in 1873 by Robert Fitz Simmons, a chaser who conducted a small shop. Simmons struck up a friendship with Joseph Lyman Sweet who used to drive grain from the Sweet Farm in West Mansfield to Attleboro's town sales near Simmons' shop. In 1875 Sweet, Simmons and Edgar L. Hixon formed a partnership, each investing $2,500 in the new business. In 1887 the organization had grown from 8-10 employees to more than 200, with offices in New York and agents in Rio de Janiero, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Berlin, Barcelona and Sydney. Simmons' best known product was its watch chains, but other items were soon added to its line including chatelaine pins, eyeglass chains, fobs, bracelets and "walking stick handles". It was around Simmons' 40th anniversary that it laid claim to numerous firsts in the industry, among them: First house to issue a chain catalogue—1881, first to stamp goods with the  manufacturer's initials for identification, first to adopt the definite and responsible guarantee of satisfaction to the wearer--1880s, first to use a safety fastener in connection with chains and fobs--in the early 1890s, first to produce a practical lock bracelet--the Marlow in 1899, etc. (See Dorothy T. Rainwater's American Jewelry Manufacturers for more information on R.F. Simmons.) R.F. Simmons Company was active until 1952.  JEFFRAY Store FITS WELL ROYAL COURT OR HER MAGESTYS LOUNGE .   KEYWORD  : ANTIQUE GOLD HANDLED EBONY METAL TIP CANE : STUDY PHOTOS     .   BID OR BUY  a piece of " LATE 1800S CANE HISTORY " DANDY STICK . history @ A FAIR PRICE PLEASE : STUDY PHOTOS , NO CASH REFUND , I EXCHANGE ONLY . I HAVE NO WAY TO DETERMINE VALUE OR TO PROVE AGE - STUDY PHOTOS .   I'M AN ANTIQUE PICKER AND A PEDDLER " JACK OF ALL TRADES " I'VE SPENT 30 YEARS HAWKING FLEA MARKETS AND HI END ANTIQUE DEALERS USUALLY WHEN I OFFER AN ITEM LIKE THIS IT SELLS & SIX TO 12 MONTHS LATER IT IS IN A BOOK FOR 5 TO 10 TIMES MY SALE PRICE - WHEN I SHOW IT TO EXPERTS OR PHD. IN THE FIELD THEY SCRATCH THERE HEAD & SAY WRITE A MUSEUM .   BUT I NEVER FOUND A MUSEUM THAT COULD WRITE OR WOULDN'T TURN TO PHD. THAT SCRATCH THERE HEAD OR OTHER BODY AREAS . THREE EXPERTS EQUAL TOTAL CONFUSION . EVENTUALLY A WISE EXPERT OR VISIONARY WILL BUY IT AND CERTIFY HOW GREAT IT IS & GET IT APPRAISED & BOOKED @ A VERY DESIREABLE NOSE BLEED PRICE .    THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THE BOOK PRICE AND THINK THEY KNOW THE VALUE . BUT AN ITEM OR COLLECTION IS ONLY WORTH WHAT IT SELLS FOR ON EBAY OR ANYWHERE ELSE . OLD-ONE ~~EVERY ENTRY HALL SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST  ONE OR A GROUP OF FOLKART KENTUCKY CANE OR STICKS --- FROM OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES   STUDY PHOTOS----   SEE OTHER STICKS AT OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES STORE   HARDWOOD TOBACCO STICK~~~~ BUY WITH CONFIDENCE ~~~~~ WHAT YOU SEE DELIVERED PROMPTLY & GUARANTEED TO MATCH DETAILED DESCRIPTION ~~ CHECK FEEDBACKS~~~     SEE OTHER OLD-ONE AUCTIONS FOR RIVED & AND OTHER ANTIQUE STICKS : DESCRIPTION OF RIVED TOBBACCO STICKS APPEARS BELOW THIS LISTING . THE QUALITY OF A ITEM OR PIECE OF FOLK ART DEPENDS ON THE ARTIST , MATERALS , AND STANDARDS SET OR UNIQUE MEASUREMENT APPLIED TO IT.     A ITEM MIGHT BE GREAT BECAUSE OF  USEFULLNESS , OR JUST DUE TO BEAUTY OR UNIVERSAL EYE APPEAL   . DETERMINING OR FINDING QUALITY THEREFORE INVOLVES PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING OF USE & BEAUTY .     A PERSON , OWNER OR CONSUMER ONLY CAN MAKE THIS JUDGEMENT , YOU'RE FRIEND , NEIGHBOR , OR RELATION LACKS YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT .       CHECK PHOTOS AT OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES    SELLER PAYS PRIORITY INSURED FEES - 72 HOUR DELIVERY .  U.S. ONLY OR PICK UP IN LOUISVILLE ,KY. AREA  CHECK PHOTOS AT OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES     RIVED TOBACCO STICKS     Hand-rived from logs, they were hung to dry and cure tobacco in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Each one measured 24 to 60 inches. no longer made or used many thousands lay in barns throughout Kentucky -------- now being made in to frames ------ walking sticks ------- and sold simply as historic reminders or collectibles. ~~~ Kentucky Walking Sticks ~~~~~~ Walking Sticks have been used for thousands of years. Kentucky men used walking sticks on the farm to help with herding the animals or while walking in the woods to help maintain balance while walking on trails and to fend off snakes or other such critters. Check out my other items!         OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES Place a Bid!