Antique Lamp Value
Price data updated June 2026 from recent eBay sold listings.
Antique Lamps Value Chart (2026)
| Type | Typical sold range | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antique Oil Lamp | $28–$99 | $45 | 55 |
| Antique Kerosene Lamp | $30–$135 | $59 | 58 |
| Antique Brass Lamp | $40–$150 | $74 | 59 |
Typical range = middle 50% of recent eBay sold listings (single items, lots excluded). Exceptional examples exceed it; rough ones fall below.
Antique Lamp Value Estimator
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How Much Are Antique Lamps Worth?
Most antique lamps are worth less than their owners expect. Based on recent eBay sold listings, everyday antique oil lamps most often change hands between about $28 and $99, with a median around $45. Kerosene lamps run slightly higher — a median near $59 and a typical range of roughly $30 to $135 — while brass lamps sit at the top of this common tier, with a median around $74 and most selling between $40 and $150.
These are realized prices, not asking prices, so they reflect what buyers actually paid. The pattern is clear: unless your lamp is a documented maker, an unusual color, or a rare pattern, it lives in the two-figure range. The exciting exceptions — an antique Hobbs cranberry opalescent stand lamp that sold for $280, or an Art Nouveau bridge floor lamp at $300 — are the outliers, not the rule.
Use this page to figure out which bucket your lamp falls into before you decide to sell, keep, or insure it.
Antique Lamp Identification Guide
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What Makes an Antique Lamp Valuable?
- Maker and pattern. Named early American pattern glass (EAPG) makers and desirable patterns matter. Hobbs, Consolidated, Duncan Miller and similar names lift value; unmarked generic pressed-glass founts are the cheap majority.
- Glass color. Clear and plain founts sit at the bottom. Cranberry, opalescent 'coin dot,' cobalt, emerald green and satin/custard glass are what push a lamp past $100 — the Hobbs cranberry opalescent example hit $280 largely on color.
- Completeness. Original chimney, correct-size burner, wick, shade and matching fount all count. A lamp missing its chimney or with a mismatched burner drops toward the bottom of the range fast.
- Electrified vs. original fuel. For decorative 'Gone With The Wind' and banquet lamps, a clean electrification can help resale to a lamp buyer. For collector-grade oil and kerosene lamps, purists often prefer original unaltered burners.
- Condition and restoration. The data shows restored oil lamps clustering near $99 versus $45 for original untouched examples — quality restoration can pay, but only on lamps worth restoring. Chips, cracks and hairlines in glass founts are value killers.
- Size and form. Tall stand lamps, banquet lamps and matched pairs outperform small finger and hand lamps. Miniature/night lamps are a separate collecting niche with their own pricing.
Valuable Antique Lamp Types & Maker's Marks
- Early American Pattern Glass (EAPG) oil lamps. Duncan Miller, Adams, and similar 1800s pressed-glass lamps. Common patterns in clear glass sell in the $20–$40 range; scarce patterns or colored versions do better.
- Aladdin kerosene lamps. A large, well-documented collecting field. Common nickel-plated models (like the No. 9) sell cheaply — under $20 in the sample — but rare models, colored glass fonts, and Alacite bodies command far more among dedicated collectors.
- Gone With The Wind (GWTW) / banquet lamps. Large decorative parlor lamps, often with matching painted globe-and-base sets. Consolidated 'hanging grape' satin examples and similar sell in the $75–$150 range; complete original two-piece painted sets go higher.
- Cranberry / opalescent art-glass lamps. Hobbs and comparable makers in cranberry coin dot, opalescent and cased colors. The color and maker are the value — a documented example reached $280 in the sample.
- Antique brass table & floor lamps. Includes adjustable desk lamps (Greist, Rembrandt) and clawfoot table lamps. Most sit $40–$150; Art Nouveau/Deco floor lamps with original slag or carnival shades reach the top of that band or beyond.
- Leviton-marked electric lamps. Leviton is a fixture/socket maker rather than a prized lamp brand, so a 'Leviton' mark alone adds little — value comes from the lamp's overall style, shade and condition, not the socket.
Antique Lamp Sold Prices: Recent eBay Sales
A representative slice of the actual transactions behind the table above — lowest to highest. Each links to the original listing.
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Selling Your Antique Lamp: What You'll Actually Net
Be realistic about net proceeds. On a $45 oil lamp, eBay and payment fees take roughly 13–15%, and glass lamps are fragile and awkward to pack — expect to double-box the fount and chimney, which pushes shipping into the $15–$25 range for a mid-size lamp and more for a tall stand or floor lamp. After fees and shipping, a common lamp can net you very little, so bundling parts or selling locally sometimes makes more sense for the cheap end.
eBay remains the best venue for identifiable pieces (maker, pattern, color) because that's where collectors search. Local sale — Facebook Marketplace, estate and antique malls — is more practical for heavy brass floor lamps and common clear-glass lamps where shipping would eat the value. Reserve auction houses only for genuinely rare colored art-glass or signed lamps.
The Most Valuable Antique Lamps
The top of this everyday category isn't where the headlines are. Within common antique oil, kerosene and brass lamps, the strongest results in our data were rare colored art-glass stand lamps (a Hobbs cranberry opalescent example near $280) and decorative Art Nouveau/Deco floor lamps around $300. True four- and five-figure lamps belong to a different world — signed leaded-glass shades and documented studio lamps — which are not what most people find when they search 'antique lamp value.' If you have a plain oil or brass lamp, the realistic ceiling is low-to-mid hundreds at best, and only with a desirable maker, color or complete original set.
Verified record sales (cited — these are the documented exceptions, not expectations):
- Tiffany Studios 'Pond Lily' leaded-glass lamp, c. 1903 — $3,372,500, Christie's, New York. The world auction record for Tiffany Studios. [Antiques and The Arts Weekly]
More category records on our most valuable antiques page.