Collecting, preserving and sharing the history of miners’ lamps
A South African-made Cambrian-type lamp, an Arras Type P, a NIFE electric lamp from Pelaw Main, a Casartelli dial, a Stonehouse sign and a 594-lot collection.
Read more about Market Watch, 2 November 2026: a Boksburg lamp, an Arras, a Hunter Valley NIFE and a big US auction →A summary of the German collectors’ club GAG’s guide to fake miners’ lamps: what gets faked, where the fakes come from and the checks that still help.
Read more about Fakes and reproductions: what to check before you buy a miner’s lamp →A 1930 Hubert Joris lamp, a Mueseler-pattern lamp at Catawiki, a Dewar ITP carbide lamp, and two very different blasting machines.
Read more about Market Watch, 1 November 2026: a Joris from Limburg, a Mueseler and two exploders →One of the last classic German flame safety lamps, from the 1950s, with a battery-fired glow-wire igniter.
Read more about Friemann & Wolf Duisburg (FWD) Type 20502 →Before metal spark ignition prevailed in the safety lamp, several other systems also served to ignite the lamp from the inside. A proven system, which the Wolf company used for a long…
Read more about Impact ignition in safety lamps →“A safety lamp only works if it’s used.”
