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Scientific & Technology Related Antiques

I deal in and sell antique & collectible office and scientific related antiques that date from near the turn of the 20th century or earlier. 

When I first started looking at technological and office antiques they were often considered just heavy weights, hidden in the corner of antique mall booths or under the table at antique shows.  Jokes abounded about anchors, ropes, dumpsters and such.

Those days are over and the word has spread. There are rare and valuable scientific related antiques and there are people who buy and collect them.  Problem is, today everyone wants to sell their 1930's - 1950's era obsolete office stuff for big bucks because of the stories they have heard, or TV shows they have seen.  They just know that their "antique" is really valuable, no matter the age, rarity, or condition.

The bad news  for potential sellers of this era stuff is that the anchor analogies, rope and heavy weight jokes still pertain today to many of these later pieces.  The 1930's or later used typewriters or electric calculators that have been sitting in the garage or in storage the last 40 years or so time has not come yet.  The market may change over time for the readily available later stuff available today, but I will not be around to see it, and you probably will not be either.

On the other hand, the supply of good early (pre 1900) scientific related antiques, that was once available and reasonable, has now for all intent and purposes disappeared and the supply has dried up.

If you have a single antique or an entire collection of office and technology related antiques for sale that you think we may be interested in, please contact us at LCM@patented-antiques.com  and we will get back to you ASAP.  Please see the FAQ  page as well for more general info on this subject.  Thanks!! 

 

 

Individual titles below that are highlighted in yellow are Select New Additions or Special Gift Ideas.   Be sure to take a look!!

Click any of the titles below for the description,  price and a couple pictures

Please Note:  Pieces listed in Green do not have a link or pictures, but are offered for sale with a price on this page.

 

Antique Calculators & Slide Rules

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  • Addizionatrice Simplicitas Italian 9 Dial Adder
    •   SOLD!
  • Keuffel & Esser #4012 Thatcher's Patent Calculator / Slide Rule
  • Keuffel & Esser #4100 Surveyor's Stadia Slide Rule
    •        SOLD!
  • "The Locke Adder"
  • Fowler Long Scale Slide Rule in Original Hard Case
  • The "Jeffers Calculator" for Determining Cattle Feed and Nutritional Values and Costs
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  • Marchant Electric Calculator
  • Comptometer Adder /  Calculator

 

Early Cameras and Related Equipment

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  • Gundlach 8 x 10 Corona Portrait Camera w/ Tripod
  • Nikon S2 Range Finder Camera

 

 Electric Motors & Steam Engines

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Most small or toy vintage electric motors resemble early larger antique steam and electric motors from the same time period or era and are open framed and or bi-polar in design.  Many of the electric motors that came with erector sets or with toy steam engines like Weeden and Bing are similar looking but there are earlier and more elaborate models that were used as demonstrators in classes or labs as well.  Others were sold in Novelty catalogs as working motors for small jobs.   In addition to electric motors there are also hot air models known as "flame lickers", and the steam driven motors / generators meant to be set up with boilers by such makers as Bing, Jensen, Plank and others. 

Names like Edison, Westinghouse, Tesla and a few others come to mind when  considering the introduction of electrical technology into our society.  These inventors and others were the driving force that led America into a new age of power and their early efforts and designs are both important and an interesting facet of our history and a reminder of what it used to be like.

 Electric Motors & Steam Engines

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  • K & D #1 Toy or Demonstrator Electric Motor     SOLD
  • Early Open Frame Electric Motor
  • Sunbeam So-Ez Electric Sewing Machine Motor w/ Rheostat
  • Early Electric Royal Hair Dryer
  • Franklin Sewing Machine Electric Motor
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    Antique Electric Heaters

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    Early Electric heaters are a collectible category that you can still find examples of and collect as it has not exactly "hot" or the idea has not fully caught on just yet.  With firewood at 300+ / cord, and the Chinese electric heaters sold at Wal-Mart having a life expectancy of 1 year or less, user interest  in these strange devices just might be rekindled.  Some of the earliest and most unusual antique electric heaters are getting more difficult to find and dealers are asking more for them, but in general all the many different designs of resistance heaters go begging and are routinely offered for reasonable prices.  The folks we got these from were way ahead of the curve and saw the potential.  They bought them right, and then stored them away in the barn for 30 or so years.

    Light bulbs on the other hand have quite a following I guess due to Edison's name being associated with it.   While some folks were ransacking old houses for the hardware fixtures and larger things, a few people saw the light and were squirreling the old light bulbs away. 

    Antique Electric Heaters

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    • Electric 2 Bulb Heater
    • General Electric 3 Bulb Heater w/ Cast Iron Housing
    • Electric Light Bulb Socket Heater
    • Double Cone Electric Resistance Heater
    • Electric Resistance Heater
    • Cone Electric Resistance Heater

     

    Vintage Light Bulbs
    Early Electric Devices & More

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    • Early Edison Wood Base Electric Light Bulb (not early enough though)
    • 3 Early Light Bulbs and Sockets
    • Vintage Colt 4 Way Extension Cord
    • Antique Electric Trouble Light
    • Antique Battery Powered Electric Quack Machine

     

    ***   We Sell Antiques!   ***

    We want to Help you Sell Your quality Antiques   

    If you have a single antique, or a collection of antiques to sell Please contact us at LCM@patented-antiques.com giving us your PHONE NUMBER and other contact info and we will get back to you ASAP. 

     To view examples of the types of antiques and collectibles we have previously sold and are always interested in helping you sell please visit our  Past Sales Archive Pages.

    please see our FAQ page, the Appraisal / Selling Page and the  Selling Your Collection Pages for further info.

    Thanks!!

    Larry & Carole

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