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  Vintage & Antique Electric Toasters

We Can Help You Sell Your Early Electric Toasters and Other Early Electrical Related Antiques!!

We are antique dealers of early electrical technology  and devices and we are interested in toast6.jpg (18270 bytes)buying early electric toasters that date from around the turn of the century and the beginnings of their introduction to the marketplace and development. 

It was shortly after the turn of the century that the first toasters and their commercial introduction into the American marketplace took place.  It was during this period that some very interesting and yet simple designs of antique electric toasters were produced for the American consumer.  The first patent for a toaster was granted in 1906, and the first successfully marketed toaster was General Electric's model D-12 (pictured on the left). This early electric toaster came in several variations over the years.  This toaster was also available with a decorated base and over the years the heating element and design of the rack changed a couple of times.  Today it is a very popular collectible and it can sell in the $400.00-700.00 range depending on the model and condition. I did just sell one with chippep feet for under $100 to give you an idea of what condition can do to value.  

We are interested in all different versions of this collectible toaster, as well as other porcelain based toasters like the Blue Willow pattern toaster and the other assorted color porcelain base toasters like the Toastrite and Porcelier antique toasters.  toast5.jpg (20376 bytes)

The antique toaster on the right is another example of this basic style with its simple legs and coil filament wire heater design.  It is marked faintly on the base, but the date is unreadable and most of the other information is as well.  Other early vintage electric toasters have mica reflectors and many of these toasters with exposed or different and unusual heating elements are of interest.  

Toasters went through several periods of design changes during their early development and there are examples from each era that that we are interested in.  Most of the collectible varieties were introduced or marketed before the 1930's.  After this period the field was narrowed to just a few of the powerhouse makers, which were churning out toasters for the modern kitchen in huge numbers.  Most toasters produced after this period are pretty common and other than savvy buyers who are buying them to use have little value in the collectible market.. 

Even during the 20's there were mass produced toasters that are still fairly easy to find today and are quite common.  During the heyday of production some innovative makers were offering different designs, and today some of these different styles are referred to by nicknames describing the way in which they operated---droppers, floppers, tippers, perchers, pinchers, sliders, swingers, flat beds, pop-ups, etc.  Within each of these designations there are easy to find examples and some very hard to find ones. 

Condition is very important to value and toasters that were stored properly or still in use in Great Grandma's old time kitchen and still look great today are usually pretty nice.  Rusted out, burned up, banged up relics that got thrown in the basement with a dirt floor or out in the garage where they rusted are not going to have much value or be of interest.

toast2.jpg (20285 bytes)The D-12 Toaster by General Electric pictured above was the first of the porcelain base models to come to market but there were others to follow and a main competitor was the Simplex Quality that is pictured on the left.  As with many of these early collectible toasters, this model also went through several design changes during it production life.  This is an earlier model with wire wrapped ceramic posts or elements.  Later models had an arrangement similar to the D-12 above.  This one is a fancy upgrade to the D-12 with its fold down doors that were made to be removable and the wire pull-out rack at the top to keep a piece of  toast warm while waiting for the next ones to come out. 

American innovation at its best, and there are plenty of other examples of great or zany iedisontoast.jpg (23280 bytes)deas that went into the seemingly simple task of making a piece of toast in other vintage and antique toasters that would be of interest to us. 

We are interested in other porcelain or ceramic toasters as well.  Most notable are the Willow models in Blue or Red, or the other solid color models made by the Toastrite Pan Electric Man. Co.  toast3.jpg (21805 bytes)These toasters came in at least 5 different colors or decorations and we would be interested in any of them.  Also of interest are early ceramic toasters made by the Porcelier Co.  These ceramic toasters came in several models and in a variety of different decorations and color schemes.  

  If you have or know of any similar toasters to these please contact us at LCM@AntiqBuyer.com

As everyone was scrambling to try and get market position in this world of new technology, the market was developing some very innovative and interesting designs produced by the different makers to try and sway the fickle consumer to their product line.  This was the era of innovation,  and in the 1920's every toast_gaz2.jpg (31396 bytes)imaginable idea was tried to impress the housewife or husband, who had not yet heard about not buying presents for the wife with plugs on them.  Toasters were introduced that had timers, moving conveyors, automatic pop ups or downs, and a host of other novel features.  We are  interested in any toaster from this era that has unusual or interesting design features and /or patented featrures.  

Please contact us at LCM@AntiqBuyer.com if you have a nice early toaster similar to those pictured that is for sale, giving as many details as possible

.  Thanks.

 


Examples of Select Antique Toasters Previously Sold

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The above toasters are examples of the caliber, condition and quality of early electric toasters that we are primarily interested in. 

If you have quality antique toasters or vintage electrical appliances 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 electric toasters  that I currently have for sale, please go to our sister site at www.Patented-Antiques.com.and visit the Kitchen sales you will find there.   

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