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Salesman Sample
Washer
Past Sales Archive
Lutz Salesman Sample Washing Machine
We
bought this antique salesman sample washing machine at the Atlantic City Antique Show a while back, an antique show which we use
to do. It is in near mint condition and was a welcome addition to
the collection. It is interesting to note
just how many different versions / variations of these salesman samples
and patent models of washing machines and other laundry devices that
there are. There must have been a very strong market after the Civil
War and into the turn of the last century for so many to have been made
and to have survived. It would make one wonder just what the early
housewife used to do before these marvels were introduced, and not
wonder at all at how she must have rejoiced when Maytag came on the
scene with its new- fangled approach to this age old problem!
SOLD!
Primitive
Washing Machine Patent Model? There is
no patent tag with this one, but there is little doubt in my mind what
it is or was intended as. And as with many patent models from this era and their
inventors, this fellow had a lot of time,
energy, and imagination but came up a bit short in the common sense
design division. The action is great---turn the main wheel on the
outside and once you get it going what you have is one of the noisiest
up and down and back and forth rocking contraptions ever imagined.
All at once you would have a large corrugated laundry pounder scrubbing
and pounding the cloth clean on the end of the large articulated arm,
while just behind that, going up and down at the same time, was the
suds-making agitator / plunger. And to top it off, the tub is rocked back and forth and up
and down by another mechanical arm which operated from underneath at the same time.
This fellow's friends and advisors for this project must have been real
dreamers or worse, as it is such a wildly stupid idea that it never had a hope of getting
into production, much less into the wife's laundry room. Give me a
Maytag she said! SOLD!
The Queen Salesman Sample Washing
Machine It is very exciting when you get a super
original piece like the washer on the left in
condition
this nice.
They are rarely seen and even more rarely offered for sale, but we just got this
wonderful piece this spring. The detail and execution are superb,
and the removable agitator in the center was certain to have been a prime
selling feature when the traveling salesman was displaying this device to the
new potential customer. I am going to show you another picture of a
similar washer, on the
right, that is basically the same size and design, but
when looked at side by side it is easy to see why one would be excited by this
and also graphically demonstrates the differences between what I consider a toy,
and the overall value and beauty in a true salesman sample. Both are nice,
but I paid 8 times the amount for the one on the left that I did for the second
one. SOLD!
The
Kooks Washer This particular example is unmarked and may even
have been made as a toy, but given the degree of detail and the quality of
workmanship I am going to call it a salesman sample. I saw a
similar one offered on eBay awhile back that someone had put something
that looked like a stove pipe cover in the top and since the writing was
in German and it was a bit rusty nobody could tell exactly what it
said. We acquired this washer at
a meeting / show aimed at Kitchen Collectibles put on by the club known as
Kooks. SOLD!
Salesman
Sample Tiger Eye Maple & Mahogany Washing Machine
I am not sure exactly why this super model of a washing machine was
made.
It is a bit larger than most patent models at 14" long, but I have seen
oversized ones before, so...... Or perhaps it was just the
inventors working model as he was designing his invention and preparing
to make the larger version. It does not have the look or feel of a
toy, so the final possibility is that it is a salesman sample of a full
size model that was produced back when by the inventor in preparation of
the marketing phase of his endeavor, when salesmen would carry a model
from town to town trying to interest the buyers in the general stores, or
just the general public. I have seen an identical one in much
lesser condition with the end stamped "Patent Pending By J. Potts &
Sons" and can not explain why this one that is in near mint condition
would be unmarked. The choices of fine woods and the use of
birds-eye maple for all of the supports, legs and mechanical arms
certainly give it a flair and sense that it would not have had with the
use of lesser soft woods. The mahogany body has the look and
feel that many of the patent models from the mid to late 1800's had.
It has great action as well, allowing for both back and forth and up and
down at the same time of the moveable portions. It also has a
provision for the water to go through the slats in the bottom to further
agitate and suds up the water for the perfect washing effect.
All in all a very advanced design and undoubtedly constructed with pride
and a greater sense. It was sure to have impressed those it was
shown to back then as well as those who get to view it today.
SOLD!
Antique
Salesman Sample of a Wash Tub / Wringer Bench This antique salesman
sample washstand / wringer has incredible eye appeal. That is a
quarter in the picture to give you a sense of the scale of this diminutive
piece of Americana. Amazingly constructed to look just like the real thing, this small
size laundry bench would have sat as a display on the store countertop or in the
general store
window, or they were carried around door-to-door by the salesman to show the prospective
buyer exactly what the full-size bench would look like. All of course with
the intention to
convince them to buy one. Take a look at all the details and at the super
condition of the stenciling and lettering. Note how it folds up and
extends out, just like the real one. Included with this antique sample are
the two little galvanized wash tubs you see in the photos as well as the
sample-size new old stock package of Gold Dust washing powder. This is a
super piece of early Americana!
GS-SS-1
Very Good......$1495.00 SOLD!
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Lutz Salesman Sample Washing Machine
We
bought this antique salesman sample washing machine at the Atlantic City Antique Show a while back, an antique show which we use
to do. It is in near mint condition and was a welcome addition to
the collection. It is interesting to note
just how many different versions / variations of these salesman samples
and patent models of washing machines and other laundry devices that
there are. There must have been a very strong market after the Civil
War and into the turn of the last century for so many to have been made
and to have survived. It would make one wonder just what the early
housewife used to do before these marvels were introduced, and not
wonder at all at how she must have rejoiced when Maytag came on the
scene with its new- fangled approach to this age old problem!
SOLD!
Primitive
Washing Machine Patent Model? There is
no patent tag with this one, but there is little doubt in my mind what
it is or was intended as. And as with many patent models from this era and their
inventors, this fellow had a lot of time,
energy, and imagination but came up a bit short in the common sense
design division. The action is great---turn the main wheel on the
outside and once you get it going what you have is one of the noisiest
up and down and back and forth rocking contraptions ever imagined.
All at once you would have a large corrugated laundry pounder scrubbing
and pounding the cloth clean on the end of the large articulated arm,
while just behind that, going up and down at the same time, was the
suds-making agitator / plunger. And to top it off, the tub is rocked back and forth and up
and down by another mechanical arm which operated from underneath at the same time.
This fellow's friends and advisors for this project must have been real
dreamers or worse, as it is such a wildly stupid idea that it never had a hope of getting
into production, much less into the wife's laundry room. Give me a
Maytag she said! SOLD!
