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— Only three other Sargent & Greenleaf Safe Time Looks like this are known to have survived! Price $2,870. — One of five extant Baldwin Arithmometers from 1874. Price $9,400.00. — Exceedingly Rare Eberhard Faber International Letter Scale. Price $2,450. — The only extant Harrison Sewing Machine patented in 1859. Price $5,450. —Jordan L. Mott pyramid stove from 1835. Price $1,750. —First Telephone, the Coffin Set manufct. by Charles Williams, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, for the National Bell Telephone Co. of 1878. Price $9,950. —Early, unknown Watson Sewing Machine. Price $6.250. —The only known extant EVEREADY Lady Liberty, or Statue of Liberty Novelty Light ever to be found! Price $6.800. — Legendary ALTEC LANSING 604 Duplex Speaker With Original ALTEC Enclosure. Price $3,950. —W. Younger 1847 Washing Machine Patent Model —Exceedingly rare and fine quadruple Clepsammia or Hourglass, probably the finest extant example from the 17th century in the world. Price $16,200. —Exceedingly rare and very ornate early battery Novelty Light, the only one known of its kind! Price $1,450. — Rare Bryant’s Celestial Indicator, pat. Sept. 10, 1872. Price $8,750.00 —The Adding Machine of Pierre Fardoil c. 1700. Price $73,500. — Rare Antique Deep Sea Diver´s Boots or Shoes. Price $650. — SOLD ITEMS ... SOLD ITEMS ... SOLD ITEMS ... SOLD ITEMS — — One of only three known extant Frank S. Baldwin Calculators Patented in 1902. Sold! — Seeley’s Portable X-Ray Machine From 1915. Sold! — Exceedingly Rare 1904 Oscar Hedstrom Motor, First Motor to Power an Indian Motorcycle. Sold! — Exceedingly rare Pocket Battery No.1. Sold! — Earliest Known, and one of a kind, Martian Big 4 Crystal Radio. Sold! — Only Known First-Model-of Williams Can-Opener. Sold! — Only Known Surveying Instrument Signed J.MORSE (18th Century). Sold! — The only known sewing machine based on Cook´s Patent of 1863. Sold! — Early, ca 1820, James Watt Model Steam Engine. Sold! — Charles Page Reciprocating Electro-Magnetic Engine of 1838. Sold! — Rare Illuminated Pathe Westminster Cone Speaker & Radio. Sold! — Walker’s Pocket Camera; The First Pocket Camera. Sold! —The finest figural Sewing Machine; the “Lady” or “Cora Munro” Sold! — Charles Lane Poor Line of Position Computer. Sold! —Very Early Leclanche Battery Sold!

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—The only known extant EVEREADY Lady Liberty, or Statue of Liberty Novelty Light ever to be found! Price $6.800.

Unbelievable find! Most collectors do know about this novelty light as catalogs have been found, proving that this light was actually offered back in the 1890´s. However, none have been found to this day other then the one offered here.
Bill Utley wrote in his book, considered by many collectors the “bible” for flashlight and novelty light collectors:
“The Birdsall 1896 catalog offered a Statue of Liberty Electric Novelty with the torch illuminated with a bulb powered by a dry cell battery. It was offered with, or without a music box. Conrad Hubert offered a similar novelty in his 1898 Ever Ready catalog. The Statue was continued in Ever Ready catalogs until 1904. Neither Birdsall nor Ever Ready Statues of Liberty have been located to date.”
I contacted Bill Utley after finding this Statue of Liberty Novelty Light and asked him if in the 15 years after publishing his book, one would have been found. His answer was, “I´ve never seen one Peter, so you have the only one that I know of. Congratulations!”
Bill Utley.
The Statue of Liberty (or Liberty Enlightening the World) was the brainchild of sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who at first designed the giant statue as a depiction of a Muslim peasant woman standing guard and greeting ships into Suez harbor. Plans fell through, so Bartholdi amended his design for a new recipient.
The statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and was gifted as a gesture of friendship from France to the United States. It was designated as a National Monument in 1924, read more>>


Posted on 04 Jan 2019, 18:17 - Category: Early Lighting
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—Exceedingly rare and very ornate early battery Novelty Light, the only one known of its kind! Price $1,450.

Thomas A. Edison worked tirelessly on his incandescent light bulb which he finally perfected in 1879. This remarkable invention did away with open flames and their inherent danger to start all kinds of fires. It was also the first necessary step to replace the portable candlestick or candle light with a battery powered light. First attempts were made with wet-cell batteries but for obvious reasons the liquid acid used in such “portable” lights proved to be impractical. Another necessary invention had to be made to make the portable light practical; the dry-cell battery. French inventor Georges Lionel Leclanche invented the Zinc-Carbon dry cell BATTERY and protected his invention with US Patent no. 64,113 which issued on April 23, 1867.
Several improvements were necessary to get to the point were Zinc-Carbon dry-cell batteries were save to use in portable lights, read more>>


Posted on 17 Oct 2018, 17:17 - Category: Early Lighting
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