Antiques
Of A
Mechanical Nature 

www.Patented-Antiques.com

Larry and Carole Meeker

  Purveyors of American Patented & Mechanical Antiques

LCM@patented-antiques.com 

530-620-7019

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.

The first radios offered commercially to the American Consumer were introduced in the 20's.  Those early radios were battery powered and have become known as Battery Set Radios.  They were the newest and hottest thing to buy for the American consumer for the next 20 years or so as they evolved and changed with the advances in technology.  The look and the nostalgia of those times lingers on in these vintage radios.  The variations and different models available are near endless, and the selection offered below represent just a fraction of what was offered during the golden years of radio.

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• Western Coil & Electric Radiodyne
• Garod RAF
• Parker McCrory
• Atwater Kent #30
• Rely-O-Dyne
• Stewart Warner Radio
• Atwater Kent 6 Tube 3 Dial
• Atwater Kent #33 Radio
• Clarodyne Super Five
• Erla
• RCA Radiola 60 Super Het
• 3 Crosley Radios
• AND MORE