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Prices seen reflect actual recent sale results from this website or a general price that is more in line w/ today's market.
Irons
pictured without prices represent earlier sales whose sale results are outdated and do not accurately reflect current market values.
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Antique
2 Tier Laundry / Iron Heating Stove This stove has a great
look. It breaks down into 3 pieces. It will carry close to 16 or
so irons and must have been used in a commercial or institutional setting.
The top swivel lid is a carefully redone replacement that is hardly detectable.
Stoves like this work great in a workshop setting on concrete floors where all
the heat generated can be absorbed and evenly distributed. Or they make
for a great display in a corner for some of the highlights of the antique iron
collection.
Delivery is available at my fuel costs along the West Coast
when I am traveling, or I may be able to deliver it elsewhere headed east in
the spring or fall of next year.
Good . . . . . SOLD
Magee
Furnace Co. Sadiron Heating Stove Here is another example of a cast iron stove from
the late 1800's that was designed specifically for heating pressing irons.
The idea with these stoves was that you could have numerous sadirons heating
on the stove at all times so you would always have several hot ones ready to
go. The 7 inclined "shelves" along the sides of the belly of the stove
are formed to securely hold 7 irons in their upright position, leaving the top
of the stove available for a wash boiler and to keep the round removable stove
plates accessible for adding more fuel to the fire. These stoves are a
great way to display a collection of irons. This example is marked Magee
Furnace Co. Boston. There is a chip in the bottom edge that you can see
in the pictures, but other than that the condition is very good. Note
the Queen of Hearts design on the legs which are charming replacements.
Good . . . . . SOLD
"HIT"
Union Stove Works #9 Cast Iron Sadiron Heating Stove
These work
great as displays for your favorite irons. This one is designed to hold
9 irons. There are some minor cracks, but overall looks great.
Good+ . . . . .
SOLD!
Athens Stove Works
"Master" Sadiron Heating
Laundry Stove
A nice looking small Laundry / iron heating
stove. These work
great as displays for your favorite sad irons.
Good+ . . . . . SOLD!
Union
Stove Sad Iron Heating Stove
These work great as displays for
your favorite irons. This one is designed to hold 7 irons. There
are some minor cracks, but overall looks great.
Good+ . . . . . SOLD!
Sad Iron
Heating Stove
These work great as displays for your favorite
irons. This one is designed to hold 7 irons. There are some minor
cracks, and the front lower door is missing.
Good+ . . . . .SOLD!
Carpenter
& Co. of Boston Antique Sad Iron
Heating Stove This unusual design stove holds and heats twelve flatirons (all included).
Eight of them fit on the sloped sides around the middle, and the top holds 4
more. This stove has been carefully restored. This top pyramid
shaped heater is separate and marked Reliable 93 on one side and S &T Co on
the other. There is no round lid to cover the hole on the top of the
stove so the pyramid heater takes its place. Be sure to look at all
the pictures to see how nice the casting on the ash drawer and the ash plate
are. Early and unusual! Good . . . . . .
SOLD!
Stove
Pipe Trivet There are dozens of different
versions of these. They would attach to the pipe above the stove.
This one has four separate trivets that could be swung into different
positions.
A useful and handy thing back when for drying gloves or keeping things
warm. We still have and use one on our wood stove.
Good . . . . . SOLD
Wireware Stove
Pipe Trivet There are dozens of different
versions of these. Some are cast iron, and a few are wireware. They would attach to the pipe above the stove
allowing one to set things on them to dry out or keep warm..
Note that this one also has a feature where a few of the wires pull out
to make it even more versatile and useful. We still have and use one on our wood stove.
Good . . . . . SOLD
Stove
Pipe Trivet w/ 4 Folding Trivets There are dozens of different
versions of these. Some are cast iron, and a few are wireware. They would attach to the pipe above the stove
allowing one to set things on them to dry out or keep warm..
Note that this one has 4 separate trivets that fold up and down.
It should have 5. Good . . . . SOLD
"Dearie
is Weary"
Sprinkle Plenty Sprinkler with Iron The fun of collecting figural sprinklers
is in the seemingly infinite variety of characters, personalities, and individualistic
facial expressions that are portrayed. This is considered one of the
hardest to find and most popular.
Good . . . . . $ SOLD
"Chinaman"
Sprinkle Plenty Sprinkler with Iron The fun of collecting figural sprinklers
is in the seemingly infinite variety of characters, personalities, and individualistic
facial expressions that are portrayed. This hard-to-find example of the
Sprinkle Plenty figure holding an iron at his side isn't just in super condition---it
even retains its original paper label! If you have been waiting for one
in this kind of condition to come along, then this one is for you.
Good . . . . .
SOLD
Good . . . . .
SOLD
"The
Hubbard Roller Washboard" / Scrub Board
This one is a tough washboard to find in nice
condition. The rollers spin to supposedly help you with the task at hand.
Very Good . . . . . .SOLD!
Washboard
/ Scrub Board Similar to, but different from the one above.
Good . . . . . SOLD
Wavy
Washboard / Scrub Board This one incorporates a wavy surface to help
with the job and lends a different look to the design. The thing to remember
about these types of washers is that they were still being sold , designed,
and even patented well into the 20th century. To be used.
In other words, some folks had the new fangled Maytags or Easy washer, or other
large and elaborate contraptions to help do the laundry, while the rest of the
country and world was still walking down to the creek and having a go at the
weekly chore with one of these.
Good . . . . . SOLD
Starch Boxes
Remember when Mom, or Grandma use to iron clothes and everything
came out stiff and white? This was what she used.
Very Good . . . . SOLD!
Rug / Pillow Beater
Here is another like the one above that sold. It is
known as Backstock.
Very Good . . . . SOLD!
Primitive & Early Feather Duster
There is plenty of life left in the left one.
It is a large model at about 24" long, and there is still writing that can be
seen on the leather wrap.
Very Good . . . . SOLD!
Unusual
Miniature Wooden Linen Press / Iron This
was made as a commemorative by Theo Vandenberk for a Midwest Sadiron Collector Club convention in
2004.
It's very detailed, very finely crafted and just 7" tall. Unique!!
Very Good . . . . . . SOLD!
Primitive
Hand Held Washer
This is a great primitive hand held
roller washer. The tag on top says it is patented and registered. It
is called the Colona Washer. It is a museum quality piece ready to be
added to your collection.
Good . . . . . .
SOLD!
Primitive
Hand Held Washer / Massager
The collector had this in the
collection. I would have guessed it was a massager, but she may have been
correct. Perhaps it was marketed as both. It is marked DRGM
which I believe means Germany from before the war.
Good . . . . . .SOLD!
Two
Pump Vacuums
The vacuum on the left operated a bit differently from
the norm. While pushing it along you grabbed the handle and pumped the entire
bellow up and down while navigating it along. It must have been a popular
idea as you can find this one pretty often, and with different names, but not in
this condition.
On the right is the Home Vac. It has a new and different idea
where you used both hands to help get the suction going while getting a workout
at the same time.
Left . . . Very Good . . . . SOLD!
Right . . . Very Good
. . . .SOLD!
Antique
Cast Iron and Leather
Pillow Fluffer / Rug Beater
A tool for every job. Don't beat your rugs or
pillows anymore? How about a new use for this as a sex toy? American
entrepreneurs and manufacturers use to fill the American consumers every need.
Antique fluffers make for
very graphic wall hangers / displays and are a great remembrance of the "good old days".
This one is in super
condition with patent info
and manufacturer info on both sides in the cast handle.
Very Good . . . . . SOLD!
Miniature
Wooden Rock Mangle The was
made as a commemorative for the 2007 Midwest Sad Iron Collector Club
meeting. Complete with pebbles it's just like the real thing except it's a fraction of the size!
Good . . . . . . SOLD!
Unusual
Mechanical Antique Wooden Clothespins These clothespins are unlike
any I have ever seen. Dating from the 1920's, the story goes that they were designed by a great-great
cousin of the woman back East that I bought
them from. This fellow was obviously wildly creative, but like so many other inventors of his day he was
a poor businessman.
Anyway, he took on a partner and together they applied
for a patent on these clothespins. The partner took off for California
with the inventors wife,
seeking a life of fame and fortune, or at the very least some real nice weather. The cousin was left sitting in New Jersey
with a bunch of wooden clothespins, which I now own!
It was a great
story as relayed to me,
and the clothespins are wonderful too. They measure about 5"
long and the way they work is that you squeeze the spring-loaded pin to open
and release the "jaws" that would hold the article of clothing. The third
leg of the pin, which is tapered, hangs over the clothesline. I have several of these
antique clothespins available, and whether or not the patent was ever granted
on them I do not know. But my guess is that it is very possible they never
went into widespread production, so these may be the only ones available.
I also have some repaired ones---can you imagine repairing a clothespin---so
if you like examples of antiques that document that some people really did have
too much time on their hands, be sure to inquire about those too!
Excellent . . . . . . $12.00 EACH!! or 3 /
$25.00
ALL SOLD!!
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antiques & collectibles we have sold.
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Our current offering of
Antiques for sale are at our sister Website Patented-Antiques.com.
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