ramble VICTOR whirrrrr ADDING fizzle MACHINE

I want to list things but my brain is Swiss cheese. Can I just post pretty pictures with semi-coherant rambling sentence fragments?


Victor Adding Machine
Model 60-85-54
Green
Lots of number buttons
Plug it in and it turns on and makes lots of noise and does stuff but I don't know how to use an adding machine so I don't know if it "works."
Produced 1950-1956
More information from this German site here: http://bit.ly/victor60-85-54
Did I mention it's green?
Weighs like 20 lbs. Convert that to kilograms yourself, dammit, I can hear my brain doing the Alka Seltzer fizzle.
It's really cool. The top swings open and there's all this mechanical stuff inside.
When it's plugged in it sounds and smells like my mom's old typewriter.
Yesterday when I calculated the 1951 price in Saar francs (from that German site) and converted it into 2010 US dollars it came out to almost exactly $700. I guess it was the office computer of its time - a big important investment.
It has no zeroes. This boggles my mind.
There's two shades of green: forest green and bright spring green. It's almost a mint green but not quite blue enough.
If you press a key while it's off, the key stays down. The second you plug it in, it springs back to life.
The body has a hump on its back. I was looking through patents and other models of the Victor adding machines and most of them don't have the hump. It reminds me of a car with some extra curvy piece to appear aerodynamic and sporty. I don't know why it needs the hump, if it's style or if there's an extra function that takes up more room. Whatever the rationale, this would be the coolest adding machine on wheels. And it's green.

Fabulous Find: Wrought Iron Arch

From a demolition auction in River Forest, IL:
As per demolition sale rules, you have to remove your purchases yourself ASAP. I figured a sledgehammer and my brother would do the trick no problem, but in the end my brother, father, and roommate all put forth a brilliant effort in getting the arch from the demolition site to its new temporary location:It's a nice piece, just waiting for the right home.
There is a ring hanging down in the center from which you could hang a lantern, sign, or anything else.I haven't removed the lights yet in case someone wants them on there.

More photos:


Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing the arch. I can deliver to non-axe-murderers around Chicagoland.

Vintage Supply that Begs to be Artified

I found this ring at this guy's warehouse-that-will-turn-into-a-store-if-the-loan-ever-comes-through sale. I wanted to jump into business with the guy and turn his space into something for as close to $0 as possible in return for sharing the venue, but that's another story.

The ring!

This ring is a crafts(wo)man, artist, and jeweler's dream project. It is a 1920s vintage element with structure and an art deco design for inspiration and direction, but there is so much possibility.
Someone unceremoniously ripped out the five stones settings and all, leaving behind cut marks on the gold.
A person with talent and more metalsmithing/jewelry background than a few summers at camp could make this thing gorgeous.



Any ideas?

Nashville Flea Market Find: Pyrex Set

Here's a bit of a teaser for you:

I found this Pyrex turquoise "Autumn Bands" tea cup at the Nashville flea market. Actually I found about 10 of them with matching "stacking" saucers, sauce dishes, and 10 oz rimless bowls. There are more and possibly less of some pieces. Most of it is wrapped up in my car right now, but I was too excited to wait until we got home to research the perfection now in my possession.It's all going to be for sale, but like I named my Flickr album, "At least it was mine for a moment."

You Little Twit

I'm trying to be a good little Twitter Twit again. Because someone told me to.

Yesterday I went to four (was it four? four sounds right...) estate sales. The best thing I got was the complete first season of Full House on DVD for $2. It's for my sister, who loved that show when we were growing up. She currently lives in Portland and doesn't read my blog so yapping about it in here won't ruin the surprise when the good people of the United States Postal Service deliver it to her door.

Full House for my sister, and a four-volume 1911 printing of Half Hours with the Best Humorous Authors for myself (the condition isn't good enough to sell, or that's what I keep saying so I have an excuse to keep it...I payed $5).

I'm trying to research this percolator thingy so I can actually list it:
This spring blue purse, too, but I don't know what it's called and i have woefully little information: