ANTIQUE FOLKART ALLIGATOR CANE Start Price USD 289.00 Current Price USD 289.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 329.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, August 25, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 Location DERBY CITY - LOUISVILLE KY See more about ' ANTIQUE FOLKART ALLIGATOR CANE' Description  LOW BUY-NOW  FREE SHIPPING BELOW ACTUAL DOLLAR VALUE ------ GREAT ONE OF A KIND COLLECTIBLE Description (revised) Item Specifics Original or Reproduction : ORIGINAL Condition: GOOD FOR AGE Main Color : NATURAL WOOD CARVED CANE  CARVED: FLORIDA GATOR CANE                   " CANE COLLECTOR SPECIAL "    GREAT ONE OF A KIND COLLECTIBLE FREE PRIORITY MAIL INSURED SELLER PAYS FEES . CANE COLLECTORS : PLEASE SHOW YOUR COLLECTOR FRIENDS , IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED . Florida's first tourists during the years 1890-1930, the golden age of Florida tourism, when souvenirs were works of art at cheap prices for wealthy northern tourist .   the souvenir industry , was tied to the state's settlement and the first great influx of tourists in the 1890s. These visitors were America's first rich and famous, with a taste for elegance, and they eagerly purchased silver, china, and carved ivory items in refined designs and decorative motifs that rendered aspects of Florida ranging from picturesque wilderness to luxurious hotels.   Florida artists, including the obscure alligator carvers of Jacksonville, whose finely crafted canes and corkscrews are highly regarded among contemporary folk-art collectors . these items were never signed , and only a limited amount have only been atributed to a particular artist .   There are carved alligator-handle walking canes, always unsigned, that were made from the “sucker” of a citrus tree . Suckers are straight, fast-growing shoots that appear on citrus trees. They are usually cut off and thrown away when the trees are pruned. In this case they were used as shafts for these tourist canes. Could the whole cane have been manufactured in the Jacksonville area, where there were orange trees, alligators, and tourists? A Florida publication dated 1875 has an advertisement for the Damon Greenleaf Jewelry Store in Jacksonville that states they sold “Walking canes of all kinds of Florida wood, carved and plain." The ad indicates the goods were locally made. JEFFRAY store                 EBAY BUY-NOW BENIFITS BUYER YOU OWN DESIRABLE ITEM WITHOUT BIDDING OR BEING SNIPED AT LAST SECOND BY A DOLLAR--------   USED DAILY OR IN A CANE STAND WILL LAST ANOTHER 100 YEARS & LOOKS WILL NOT CHANGE .         KEYWORD : ANTIQUE ALLEGATOR CARVED 35 1/2 INCH FOLKART , NATURAL FLORIDA 1880S 1930S STYLE CARVED STICK .   APX.35 1/2 INCH  WALKING STICK CANE WITH APX. 5 INCH HAND CARVED GATOR ON HANDLE---  SNOOT OVERHANGS 1/2 INCH . THIS FOLKART NATURAL STICK HAS NICE USE PATINA & LOOKS -- SEVERAL BARK SCRAPES , BUT ALL WELL AGED . I'VE INCLUDED 8 PHOTOS , BE SURE TO STUDY THEM . USE BUY-NOW TO OWN A PIECE OF ANTIQUE CANE HISTORY ANTIQUE GATOR CARVED FOLKART CANE - FIT FOR PERSONAL OR MUSEUM COLLECTION . NO WAY TO DETERMINE AGE BUT CHARCTERISTICS INDICATE AT LEAST 80 TO 100 YEARS , BUT NOT LIMITED TO 100 YEARS . SELLER PAYS  PRIORITY MAIL INSURED . 72 HR. DELIVERY 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 . ~~~~~ ~~~~~ WILL LAST MANY YEARS USED DAILY OR IN STAND AS A NICE ADDTION TO ANY HOUSEHOLD .                                  OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES  CHECK HOT PHOTOS AT OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES ~~~~~~ ~~~~   ~~~~ BUY WITH CONFIDENCE ~ WHAT YOU SEE DELIVERED PROMPTLY & GUARANTEED TO MATCH DETAILED DESCRIPTION ~~ ~~ CHECK FEEDBACKS~~~ CHECK PHOTOS AT OLD-ONE 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. Today a walking stick can be used for hiking on the wooded trail or on display as an example of traditional "folk art" Kentucky. ~~ WALK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK! ~~ Choose your favorite type of walking stick from the following pages. It doesn't really matter whether you pick the straight sassafras stick, the tobacco stick or the curled stick, each one is unique!~~~~ CHECK OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES @ EBAY FOR PERFECT STICK OR STAND SEE PHOTOS . THIS IS A GREAT FOLK ART STICK , THAT MAY BE USED WITH PRIDE.ALSO A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION 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. . THIS IS A GREAT ART STICK , THAT MAY BE USED WITH PRIDE.ALSO A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY HALL COLLECTION WALKING STICKS AND CANES ARE A NATURAL DEFENSIVE WEAPON FOR MAN OR WOMAN & ALWAYS ACCEPTABLE ~~~ PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ANIMALS,BULLYS OR THUGS,MAINTAIN BALANCE , HEAL FOOT ANGLE OR KNEE SPRAINS . DISPLAY IN HOME WHEN NOT USING.~~~~ Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! OLD-ONE COLLECTIBLES   Place a Bid!