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This crazy quilt’s back story boosts its value and interest for collectors OregonLive.com 1 hr ago Carolyn Patten, oregonlive.com
In today’s collection, a beautiful handmade quilt with a lovely, all-American back story leads the group in interest and value, followed closely by a sleek Arts and Crafts style chandelier that evokes a time in American when electricity was the newest kid on the block for home lighting. We also look at a German military helmet from World War I, a Japanese ceramic and a faux ivory vase.
Crazy quilt
Q. A relative, Rebecca Jane Pearson Hiatt, made this quilt sometime between the year of her marriage to Jesse Hiatt in 1848 and the year of her death in 1911. It measures 58 inches by 68 inches and is in excellent condition. Jesse was a farmer in Indiana when he discovered and developed the original Red Delicious apple.