TRON Flynn's Lamp
- Thread starter Wakeem
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This one just sold in November....Anyone get it?
Antique Handel Arts Crafts Bradley Hubbard Era Slag Glass Scenic Lamp Shade | eBay
Antique Handel Arts Crafts Bradley Hubbard Era Slag Glass Scenic Lamp Shade | eBay
Do you really love the lamp or are you just naming things around the office and saying you love them?
Wakeem
Sr Member
That's just the shade part. I didn't get that. But I still need to get on this. A year later. That should be my wake up call.
I have this lamp in its original finish. I just stumbled across this discussion and thought I'd share mine - it's extremely hard to locate or find any information for it, and there are similar looking lamp shades that are easier to find but aren't quite the same. I've seen it listed with descriptions like 'artcraft slag glass lamp' and '"rebecca at the well" figural lamp' which may turn up a few examples from time to time for anyone searching online.
Jedifyfe no, I acquired them separately as you did - the base through an Etsy seller, and the shade on Ebay. I did tons of searching over several months and only ever saw the base listed twice, and the shade once. Each was paired with other random lamp parts. This leads me to think that they may never have been sold as paired in the movie. Meanwhile in the real world...yours is the only other accurate lamp I've seen. :thumbsup
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swanba Ok thanks. I agree. This shade is. EXTREMELY hard to find. I was somewhat hopeful that mine might have been the one in the movie since I bought it at the Rose Bowl swap meet in Pasadena. Since it's a fairly rare shade and Tron was filmed next to Pasadena in Burbank. I don't believe it is though. The original lamp is probably destroyed or in a huge set dressing warehouse.
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Jedifyfe Actually I had a similar thought about the lamp base I acquired since the seller operated her Etsy vintage/antique store out of Hollywood and these things are so hard to find. You're probably right about the original, but as a massive Tron fan I hope it's out there somewhere.
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Wakeem
Sr Member
I still haven't pulled the trigger on putting the lamp base and shade together yet. Over the time, I've seen a handful of bases. Some with different finishes. But none with concrete brand names. The shades seem to be more expensive and difficult to match. It's good to see the topic going again though.
Rebelscum
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After trying to get the lamp and base for over 5 years, I finally have them. Thanks to this thread, Brad and Ben, my friend that hunts at flea markets regularly.
Ben sent me a link to the lampshade on eBay where it was being sold as a hanging lamp. I figured it was larger than the one from the film, but thought it would be better than nothing. Got it, measured it and Brad measured his and they were the same. A nice surprise.
Brad also helped me with a better eBay search phrase to find the correct base, which turned up two of the bases. I was using "Lamp Base Art Figural", which found neither of the two his term "Metal Woman Art Lamp" found. One had a different finial than the lamp base Brad has, one had the same as Brad's, which since that makes two with that finial, I assumed it's the one that was sold with this base.
My base came with a different bulb setup, so I had to go to a lamp repair shop to get a 10-1/2" tall harp to set the correct shade height, and convert it to a single bulb, make special foot pads so it wouldn't mar the wood it's displayed on, wash off the dust on the base, but otherwise it was a pretty quick assembly.
Here it is all complete.
Having done some further research there have been a number of examples of the shade being used as a hanging lamp. It is a pretty heavy and awkward assembly as a lamp. But good to know if you find it as that kind of lamp.
I never found anything to identify the base manufacturer.
The lampshade was $340 plus shipping and the base was $75 plus shipping. I was surprised the shade arrived safe as it is really fragile, and in my case, wasn't packed as well as it really should have been considering this.
Here's some photos of the pieces. As stated before, the shade is a Slag Glass Lamp made by ARTCRAFT (That's a good search phrase). You can even see where the word ARTCRAFT is located in one of the film screen captures.
Ben sent me a link to the lampshade on eBay where it was being sold as a hanging lamp. I figured it was larger than the one from the film, but thought it would be better than nothing. Got it, measured it and Brad measured his and they were the same. A nice surprise.
Brad also helped me with a better eBay search phrase to find the correct base, which turned up two of the bases. I was using "Lamp Base Art Figural", which found neither of the two his term "Metal Woman Art Lamp" found. One had a different finial than the lamp base Brad has, one had the same as Brad's, which since that makes two with that finial, I assumed it's the one that was sold with this base.
My base came with a different bulb setup, so I had to go to a lamp repair shop to get a 10-1/2" tall harp to set the correct shade height, and convert it to a single bulb, make special foot pads so it wouldn't mar the wood it's displayed on, wash off the dust on the base, but otherwise it was a pretty quick assembly.
Here it is all complete.
Having done some further research there have been a number of examples of the shade being used as a hanging lamp. It is a pretty heavy and awkward assembly as a lamp. But good to know if you find it as that kind of lamp.
I never found anything to identify the base manufacturer.
The lampshade was $340 plus shipping and the base was $75 plus shipping. I was surprised the shade arrived safe as it is really fragile, and in my case, wasn't packed as well as it really should have been considering this.
Here's some photos of the pieces. As stated before, the shade is a Slag Glass Lamp made by ARTCRAFT (That's a good search phrase). You can even see where the word ARTCRAFT is located in one of the film screen captures.
My pleasure my friend!
