Mysterious old Globe bookholder... origin & translation???

[u/Easy-Ad-5507]

[u/Disastrous-Year571]

It’s not genuinely old. A contemporary inexpensive globe made to look “olde”. The design looks like AI. Many for sale on eBay.

[u/Actual_Junket_8638]

This is called "Old Globe", I have similar one madee in Honkong. I am not sure if theyworth anything though. I would be curious !

[u/WorldlyTarget4309]

Italian

[u/chartographics]

Estimated value for the pair would be $40-100 based on current ebay search.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=antique+map+bookend&_sacat=0&_odkw=amtique+map+bookend&_osacat=0

[u/TumbleweedHopeful242]

Yeah it’s not genuine vintage. If Africa is labeled “Africa” then it was made after 1906

[u/j-grad → u/TumbleweedHopeful242]

how would it be labeled before then?

[u/jdmiller82]

My dad had a couple of these in his office when I was a kid. Not sure if he still has them though, might have left them back in Uruguay when they moved back to the US.