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Antique Office Sales Archive 

Check Protectors & Stamps

National Safety Check Punch /Check Protector   The only marking to be found anywhere on this interesting and uniquely designed check protector is what I assume to be a serial # under the sliding bar of 1115.  The overall condition is great and has an interesting and super design applied to many of the surfaces as well as the gold highlights  on the numbers and on the top.  There has been some nickel loss to the levers, but that just goes to add to the authenticity and character of the piece.  I have had plenty of these over the years, but this is the only one of this style I have ever had.       Excellent.......$995.00       SOLD

The Williams Check Protector / Punch  This is a great example of early office technology, and was manufactured by the Peter Hooker Co of London England who it appears also had offices or a plant in New York as well..  Note the overall condition.  It is immaculate.  It has 100% of the glossy black japanned finish, 100% of the Decals and the labels and pin striping, and 100% of the nickel on the front plate.  Inside there were about 10 pieces of loose chad from prior attempts to view the operation, and I would venture that it saw little if any further use over the next 100 years or so.  There are a series of patent dates embossed into the front as can be seen, as well as info on the New York Address and a serial # of 25,449.  This is a fine piece, and the caveat of condition condition condition is as important as the general scarcity of this fine example.  The one apology is the leather closing strap has broken off.  This is minor, and in no way affects the look or feel of this great piece.   The Best!!!  I have also listed this one on my collection pages, but if the superior condition is as important to you as me, then you can be the next curator of this one.    

Excellent+..........$595.00             

Early Patented Time Stamp   This antique Time Stamp simply says Sales Office, and then all the rest of the choices are changeable.  The date, month, year, (the 30s), received, answered, and paid.   In the bottom there is a clock that was working the last time I wound it, but now I do not seem to remember how to turn it on.  It is in good overall condition and the paint is good with some minor chipping, and there is some remains of gold highlighting but most of this is gone.  Different and a must have for the vintage office collection.            Very Good........$155.00         SOLD    

Abbott Automatic Check Perforator   This wonderful piece of early office memorabilia is in super condition.  The original gold speckled finish is super and the patina on the brass and other exposed surfaces is great.  The small brass plaque on the front carries 3 different patent dates from before the turn of the last century.  The operation is flawless and what with the new interest in chads and such these early office devices are sure to have a further surge in popularity as a testament to the enduring technology that some of us are still subjected to every time we vote.      Good+ .....$225.00     SOLD   

The Automatic Check Protector Writer  This is a great example of early office technology, and was manufactured by the Brady Mfg. Co, or the Automatic Bank Punch Co, depending on which label you are reading.  The overall condition is very good, with just some minor rust and nickel loss on those parts that were nickeled.  The original paint and decals are excellent as are the stenciled name and instructions on the back, and the numbers on the top.  The feed mechanism works, and the punches do also.  The supply of these wonderful devices is quickly drying up and office technology collecting is hot so get it while you can!  These punch type check protectors / writers create their own form of a chad, and I would wager that all devices that work on this principle will gain in popularity and desirability as the reality of just how important a chad turned out to be in that last fiasco finally sinks in, and people begin collecting memorabilia related to this type of technology.      Good +.......... $ 495.00      SOLD

The Automatic Check Protector / Punch  The condition of the above one not up to your standards.  Feast your eyes on this example.  It is minty nice through and through.  Not a super rare model, unless you start trying to match the condition.  None Nicer!!

Excellent+..........$495.00    SOLD          

Lighting Check Protectors  Here are 2 slightly different versions of a pretty hard to find check protector.  The first one on the left carries its ID tag on the front on a removable tag.  The one on the right which is just a bit nicer condition wise, carries its id above and behind the front pillars on a plate.  I believe this one is just a slightly later model.  The original patent was in 1890, but there are more referred to no the tags of both.  The interesting feature on this version is that the bottom table has the ability to swing from side to side.  I did not try analyzing this for very long, but it is a feature I have not seen before on these devices.  Probably just a means to copy the other features from somebody else's design.  These are a pretty hard to find version, and the first i have owed in quite a while and came as part of a great deal that a very old time collector / dealer had assembled over the years and had been in storage for a number of years.  When these are gone, neither he nor I will be able to go out and replace them again.   

 Good+ .......... $195.00          

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The Chicago Check Protector   Imagine how strange these dinosaurs are going to seem when we go to a completely electronic form of payments in a few years.  This one is pretty nice, and fully operational, but the nickel is fragile and has begun to peel in spots.  Offered at a price that will be hard to pass by, this one will not last long.              Excellent...........$150.00

 
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