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                                                            Collectible Dustpans

        By Larry LeMasters
        LeMasters’ Antique News Service
           If John Keats were         inventor Lloyd P. Ray on        are designed for use while   used.  And many dustpan
        alive today, he’d              August 9, 1882.  Ray,          standing.  These dustpans   collections began with a
        probably write “Ode            working from his                   have a long handle    favorite dustpan
        to a Dustpan.”  The           home in Seattle,                         attached, so no   passed down
        lowly dustpan has served      Washington,                               bending down    from mother
        humankind since its early     invented                                   is required.   to daughter to
        beginnings, making it worthy   the modern                                  Today,       daughter.
        of poetic praise.             dustpan as                                 dustpans          Vintage artisan
            As we all know, a         a “way to                                   from the      dustpans are
        dustpan, also known as a      improve                                     1930s, ‘40s,   pretty, display
        “half brush and shovel,” is a   people’s                                  and ‘50s      easily, and cost
        common cleaning tool used     lives.”        Corelle Corning “Spice of    are highly    little when
        in combination with a broom     Most       Life” pattern vintage dustpan,   collectible.    compared
        to scoop up floor dirt and    dustpans are                                Dustpans      to other
        debris.                       shaped like   circa 1960s, made by Ballonoff   made before   collectibles.    “Century of Progress” dustpan sold as
           T.E. McNeil invented the    a square or   Home Products, Cleveland,    the age of    While there is   advertising souvenir at 1933 Chicago Worlds
        first patented dustpan, circa    rectangle          Ohio; $40.            plastics      no “average”     Fair; $50.  Back is signed “Made in Japan”
        1850. But the modern               with                                   were made     price, expect     and “N. Shure Co. Importers Chicago.”
        dustpan design,                        an attached handle   of painted tin with              to pay
        the one we                             on one side so the   lithographed images               around                  often $80 or higher.
        all recognize,                         user may hold the   of birds, animals,                    $25 for a vintage      Dustpans are often found
        was invented by                      dustpan with one      farms, and                              dustpan in good    at flea markets where buyers
        African-American                    hand and sweep with    flowers.  These                          condition.        can haggle over prices,
                                                         the       were the                                  Advertising      allowing a woman to feel
          Antique, long twisted                          other     dustpans your                              dustpans or     that with her latest dustpan
        handled metal dustpan                            hand.     mom, grand-                                specialty       acquisition, she has really
           with green paint                              Some      mother, and                                 dustpans sell   cleaned up.  That’s a joy few
          and advertising for                            dust-     even great-                                 for more,      cleaning tools bring.
          a furniture store in                           pans      grandmother    Vintage, 1950s, classic metal
            Michigan; $45.                                                               dustpan; $18.



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