Price Advice Apple Mug Identification and Evaluation

[Samintosh99]

I recently came upon this vintage TAMS Apple mug in a charity shop. I'm not looking to part with it, but I'd love to know how old it is, any background, and also if its worth anything.

I haven't found photos of this exact design/mug-style online so I hope you enjoy seeing it as much as I do. Thanks

*teaspoon for scale

 

[MacTech68]

All I can help with is to state that Apple began using a red Apple Logo to represent support & AppleCare sometime in the late 90's

https://web.archive.org/web/19991011153233/http://apple.com/support/

https://web.archive.org/web/19991013130718/http://apple.com/support/images/logo-acare.jpg

Although, there are some red logo products in this 1995 "Apple Merchandising Catalog":

The Apple Merchandise Gift Catalog from 1995 / 1996

The Apple Merchandise Gift Catalog from 1995 / 1996 has Apple logo merchandise including watches, keychains, executive gifts, clothing and more.

www.chipsetc.com

There seems to be other Mugs with the same design but made in china.

For reference, these two have been relisted at these prices: (NOT an endorsement):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/182485373467

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275017207186

 

[Samintosh99]

All I can help with is to state that Apple began using a red Apple Logo to represent support & AppleCare sometime in the late 90's

https://web.archive.org/web/19991011153233/http://apple.com/support/

https://web.archive.org/web/19991013130718/http://apple.com/support/images/logo-acare.jpg

Although, there are some red logo products in this 1995 "Apple Merchandising Catalog":

The Apple Merchandise Gift Catalog from 1995 / 1996

The Apple Merchandise Gift Catalog from 1995 / 1996 has Apple logo merchandise including watches, keychains, executive gifts, clothing and more.

www.chipsetc.com

There seems to be other Mugs with the same design but made in china.

For reference, these two have been relisted at these prices: (NOT an endorsement):

https://www.ebay.com/itm/182485373467

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275017207186

Thankyou for the info on that, and the links, I really appreciate it.

That is interesting, I'm no mug expert but I'd say the style of mine looks a little more dated than the made in china's. I think one of my next steps is researching TAMS mugs. Possibly see if there's a collectors forum.

Thanks again for narrowing things down and giving direction to the hunt.

 

[TiggrToo]

Thankyou for the info on that, and the links, I really appreciate it.

That is interesting, I'm no mug expert but I'd say the style of mine looks a little more dated than the made in china's. I think one of my next steps is researching TAMS mugs. Possibly see if there's a collectors forum.

Thanks again for narrowing things down and giving direction to the hunt.

Did you ever get any where with this? I remember the Tams Earthwares (as John Jams PLC) when I used to work up in the Stoke-On-Trent area back in the early 1990s…