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I have a question, I friend of mine is putting a Dansk peppermill for sale in the shop he is working in, He is in charge of the vintage side of things. The mill in question is the one that is pepper only and has the bamboo inlayed around the outside of the body. The turning handle looks like a tip of a flat bladed screw driver. It does have a small ding on the lower side of the turning handle. Otherwise it is in wonderful shape. With all that said, I am looking for some info on it. I see that it was in an ad in the early 1960 as per Marks Danish Pepper book (I would look in mine, but I loaned it to another friend!!). Does any one know what line it might of fell under. I don’t believe it is rare woods. I told him that they seem to sell for around $150-$250. I see that one has sold on Ebay for $185 in the beginning of September. What do you guys think? Mark, Todd or anyone else? I would like to buy the mill for my collection, but I want to give an honest and acurrate info to my friend. So I figured I would ask you guys. Cheers, Brad PS Sorry about the length.
Your relatively rare little mill was part of a small group (6 items) called simply ‘Cane & Teak’. It was not part of the Rare Woods Collection, and my guess (from the graphic style of the literature I have) is that it preceded the Rare Woods.
I’m on vacation so I don’t have my documentation with me, but that mill is part of the “teak and cane” series. It was not the rare woods series, but another series kind of parallel to that. As for value, that’s a hard one. How about this. If he wants the most money for it as possible, he should sell it on eBay. If he wants to sell it to you, around $100 would be fair. They usually don’t sell for as much in shops – I’ve seen rare ones go for around $100 in SF several times that would go for much higher on eBay. I’m sure he didn’t pay nearly $100 for it, so you will both be happy with the deal.
Well, I’ve only seen two — Mark bought this as a BIN on eBay for $50, and then the more recent one closed quite a bit higher. The Cane and Teak (or is it vice versa) only had a couple of pieces in it. If he wants the most amount of money, sell it on eBay, as per Mark. If you want to buy it from him, you need to decide on that for yourself. If I would probably offer $125, but only that low because of the $185 finish of the recent mill. I’d also tell him about both options and let him make his decision.
I’ve only seen a trio of Dansk mills in stores, but the shop I saw them in wanted $85 for them (and they were among the top 10 most common mills). Believe me, I’d love to have Mark’s experiences on the matter.