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Antique Office and Fan
Sales Archive
A Bankers Fan Although these interesting and strange looking fans are not terribly valuable or considered really rare by the fan collecting community, they are none the less an interesting piece and a great conversation piece for those that are not as familiar with them. They are currently being reproduced and offered for sale in Home Depots Expo stores, but the original looks much better. The idea is that it blows an equal amount of air all around all the time, thus not creating the type of breeze that would blow the papers off the important exec's desk that this was to sit on.
These fans are another example of the feast or famine aspect of antiques that sometimes arises. A few years back, before I had ever bought one and had only seen a couple for a price I did not want to pay, I was at a show and saw a minty nice one for about half of what I expected to see it for and immediately bought it. I did not get 50' down the isle and I was stopped by another dealer and offered another one for even less. I took that one as well, thinking this was going to be an OK day. Two rows over and still not back to our booth I was offered another for half of what I had paid for the first. Couldn't say no to that deal either, so now I had three of them under my arms. I passed on the fourth when the price went back up 50.00 but was still cheaper than the first. The next day I found a booth that had 10 of them, but they were not at nearly as good a price anymore. It seems a pile of them had been found in a warehouse and some were sold individually and very reasonably until someone stepped up and took them all. Since then the supply has again dried up and they have all but disappeared again and the only time I see them for sale now they are back to the original price levels again. Which is where this one is now priced. This is the last one I have and although I really like it, I am not married to it and I am not all that attached either and would gladly trade it off for something else of interest should the occasion arise. It is Minty nice and NOS, and has no signs of pot metal rot either. SOLD!
Edison Battery Fan This is the nicest original condition one of these fans I have owned. My first did not have the base cage or blades. (Edison did sell this fan motor as a stand alone motor but I think that one had been stripped down.) I got that one at a garage sale that was 3 weeks old, but that motor was still sitting under a table and nobody had recognized it. It cost $10.00 and I remember the good old days still. That was also a long time ago and pre internet days. My next one I traded a Stanley #1 plane for and it was a bit more complete, but still had no cage and most all of the paint was missing. That fellow had been offered $300.00 for his, and just knew he had taken me when I gave him a $1000.00 plane for that one. This was just before the internet, and although he was more than happy on deal day, he expressed some remorse a few years later. I suppose it pays to keep on looking though as this one is about as close to mint as one could ask for, with all of its gold highlights and pinstripe, as well as complete with original cage and blade which are often missing. Couldn't find one this nice in 20 years poking around all over the country, but got this one just sitting here in the chair answering emails. SOLD!
Nickel Plated Desktop Hot Air Fan I have seen these fans described as being European or Argentinean in origin. In either case, this is a very nice example and it is fully operational The nickel plating is dull and spotty in areas, but the overall condition is very nice. It is pretty amazing that one would think that it was a viable idea to cool oneself with a fan that was being powered by a hot flame, but I suppose if electricity was not an option and the humidity was high enough that anything resembling moving air would be a welcome relief. There is no name plaque or other identifying marks, and there does not appear that there ever was on this one. Enjoy! SOLD!
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