Antique Coffee Mills / Grinders
We
are active dealers in, and sellers of antique coffee mills and vintage collectible coffee
grinders.
We can help you sell your Coffee
Mills & Grinders & Country or General Store Related Antiques!!
We deal in antiques having
to do with coffee. From double wheel grinders to coffee roaster
s and early
advertising related to coffee.. We are especially interested in original condition #2
size cast iron 2-wheel or double wheel coffee mills or coffee grinders by makers like
Enterprise, Landers Frary & Clark, Simmons, Coles, National, and
others. #2 size
coffee mills generally stand 12-16" inches tall depending on the hopper
size, and have double wheels with a 9" or so diameter.
We are also interested in early patented American cast
iron or other unusual lap or counter top size coffee grinders. Early & interesting vintage AMERICAN wall mount 
antique coffee mills like
those to the left are also of interest
We are primarily interested antique coffee grinders / mills that are in great
original condition and not repaints or restored coffee mills in any size
or configuration.
We are especially fond of smaller model
grinders. The f
ollowing pictures will give you an idea of the styles and
condition of antique coffee grinders that we are seeking to buy.
If you are
looking to buy coffee mills, please visit our sister site at
www.patented-antiques.com
where we primarily conduct our sales of coffee related antiques and
general or country store antiques.
If you have any antique coffee mills
or grinders similar to those pictured on this page that you want to
sell, contact us by email at LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
with the important details.
We do not travel nearly as
much as we use to and it seems that the only coffee mills that are
available on this coast are
either restored and have a thick new coat of glossy enamel
paint covering them, or are in such rough condition that they will need to
be restored.
Repainted and restored coffee mills look great
if done properly, and it oftentimes needs to be done, but
we are really only interested in those in original
finish with original decals or decoration.
The green Landers, Frary and
Clark mill on the
left is an example of a relatively common grinder in uncommonly nice
condition, still sporting nearly all of its original paint and
decals. We have seen this grinder in a variety of color
schemes and are especially fond of those with original two-tone paint
jobs in colors other than red or black. A nice coffee mill like
this can sell for 1000.00 or more, while ones in lesser condition will
bring half that or less.
This
next grinder is the Koffee Krusher #2, and it is an unusual one because it was offered for sale by the Simmons
Hardware Company back near the turn of the century. The Simmons
Hardware Co. of St. Louis, MO carried and sold a famous
line of now highly collectible and sought after tools and other
consumer goods, known by their logo Keen
Kutter.
They used the logo KK on many of their
products, and hence the name on this mill, "Koffee Krusher". They named many of their products in this way with two K's in
the name. Simmons never actually made their products and instead
ordered out to the lowest bidder. This mill appears to be a result
of that process as the wheels appear to be made by one company and the body
another, and yet it is "right" and properly marked on both halves.
The grinder at the top left corner of this page is a Charles Parker
coffee grinder from Meriden,
CT. It is a #250. Most companies
offered coffee mills with
nickel or brass hoppers, and they are somewhat harder to find in this configuration and
especially so in this small size. Enterprise denoted their brass
hopper models
by calling the #2 size a #2 1/2 as opposed to just a #2. LFC did the
same thing naming theirs the #20 1/2 instead of the #20.
We
are always interested in hearing about antique coffee mills of this
caliber and
condition, and if you have one or more you
want to sell,
please let us know
by email at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
Wall Mount Grinders
We
are also interested in early American wall mount antique coffee mills.
The following
two pictures will give you an idea of the vintage and type that we are interested in. We are especially fond of
litho advertising ones like
those to the right. The green tin litho one is marked
"Lightning No. 2 Belmont Hardware Co." and the red tin litho
one is marked "Bouquet Roasted Coffee O.V. Tracy & Co. Syracuse, NY".
Both are complete with their original catch-cups, and it is condition like
these exhibit that we are interested in. There are
hundreds of different versions of wall mount grinders that were offered
and some had glass containers like the arcade models, but there were also
others like the Queen which had a rectangular glass jar with embossed
writing on it. .
The coffee mills like the
the
two wall mount coffee mills to the left just below are all cast iron. The
grinder on the left is an Arcade No. 5 
with
beautiful decorative casting and the grinder with the original cup on the
right is marked "Chas. Parker Meriden, CT". Charles Parker was the famous gun manufacturer and maker of a very extensive line
of cast iron products and hardware that are eagerly sought by collectors
today. The Chas. Parker Co. made many coffee mills that are very
popular, especially their 2 wheel models like seen in the top left
corner of this page.
Parker made many other products most notably a sewing
machine that he produced for a short time in the mid 1800's that bears his
name and the patent dates for his version of this machine that had the
unusual feature of the needle coming at the work
from below the sewing table.
Another
form of wall mount coffee grinders has glass hoppers above the grinder.
All are of interest, but especially ones like the Queen which had a beautiful clear glass hopper
/ canister. Other wall mount coffee grinders that we are looking
for are the Bell, and variations of the coffee grinder known as the Telephone
Mill.
If
you have an antique coffee mill / grinder to sell please let us know by contacting us
at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com.
Examples of Antique Coffee Grinder / Mills Previously Sold!!
*****Click The Links
Below*****
The above coffee grinders are examples of the
type, style, vintage, condition and quality of these devices that we are primarily interested in. Click the link to see pics and descriptions of them.
If you have a quality coffee mill or
vintage grinder similar to those that you see
on this page that you want to sell, please contact us at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
providing as many details as possible. Thank you!!
To see examples of antique
or vintage coffee related antiques
that are currently for sale please go to our sister site
at www.Patented-Antiques.com.and
visit the cast iron and coffee related page there.
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