Bookends great example of art deco

We were going to put this pair of bookends in a neighborhood garage sale, but one of our neighbors thought they were more valuable than the price we were going to charge. She suggested we ask what you thought of them. Thank you. - L.C., Sarasota I needed a little more information. By finding out that the bookends are 7 inches high and are incised with the name of the company, L.V. Aronson, and the date 1924, I was able to research the company. I could not tell from the picture if these art deco bookends were bronze or bronze-clad. Bronze, which is an alloy of copper, tin and zinc, would make the bookends rarer and more valuable. I determined these are bronze-plated. Instead of using bronze, companies often made bronze-plated bookends. Plaster of paris or a metal base was poured into a mold and later a layer of bronze was applied.

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