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Longaberger baskets are produced in a company located in Dresden called the Dresden Basket Factory. Dresden is located in the country known as Germany.
Longaberger Company offer different kinds of baskets, each basket can be made from different kinds of wood, but they are a hundred percent high quality wood.
The value of 1983 Longaberger baskets would actually be dependent upon a number of factors. Most important when determining value would be the condition of the baskets.
Try EBAY I have gotten most of their baskets on eBay.
There are many kind of product are in the Longaberger. Most popular sold in Ebay are Longaberger Wrought Iron Retired Coffee Mug Rack/Stand and NIB Longaberger Wrought Iron Christmas Tree Candle.
this is a large basket with the year of 2001 and a P56 write on the bottom.
Yes, Dave signed baskets before he died in 1999. However these baskets are rare, and his signature almost looks more like a series of loops rather than a legible signature. You can see a picture of his signature on Porch Swing Memories' mini market basket.
Longaberger Manufacturer are most known for their pottery and hand baskets. They are an American based company but have many different branches around the world. They also manufacture your basic pottery seen through out pottery stores.
I have pictures of a basket I won recently at a fundraiser that claimed it was a Longerberger basket. I closely looked at the basket, and have reason to believe that it ISN'T a Longerberger Basket. There are no marks on this basket, and someone black magic marked out something on the bottom. I'm afraid they blacked out the Made is Taiwan stamp.
I am a Longaberger employee who has worked here since 1994. We are not closing our doors. We continue to make and sale thousands of baskets each day at our manufacturing campus just outside of Dresden, Ohio and we still have about 850 employees working here.
Dave Longaberger was born in 1934.
Dave Longaberger died in 1999.