Antique electric fans that were once produced and offered for sale offer a glimpse into the quality and pride that went into the manufacture of products in this country during an earlier period in America's history. 

I still use a an early GE Pancake fan and a Westinghouse "Tank" fan, as well as an early electric Emerson fan around the house, and the way they work and look is a tribute to an earlier time.  A sense of pride was built into American made products and these 75-100 year old fans are a great example of the way things use to be.  It is no wonder these early testaments to quality and design stir collecting interest, or that they elicit positive comments from all who see them. Their operation, their look, have an air of quality about them. 

Early fans came in all sizes and shapes and some examples of ones I have sold in recent years can be found on this fan sales archive page.  In addition to electrically powered AC and or DC powered fans, some early fans were also powered by other sources such as hot air, water, as well as early battery powered electric models.  I deal in and sell all of these early versions of vintage fans.

• Lake Breeze Table Top Hot Air Fan     SOLD!
• Edison Battery Powered Fan Motor
• Fly Fan w/ Clockwork Wind-up Motor
• Polar Cub DC Fan with Cast Iron Base

Antique Typewriters

Typewriters are a another popular collectible in the Office Antique category, and again the more interesting and earlier models are becoming ever more difficult to find.  Click here to see a small sample of machines I have previously sold in the past and to get an idea of the types I am looking for.  Now is the time to buy antique typewriters as their perceived values have done much the same as the NASDAQ in the recent past, with wild swings up and deep declines down after a few hungry, and money is no object, style buyers entered the market and were filled up. 

But as with the stock market I think we have seen the bottom, and when the business collectors of antique office memorabilia get their priorities and portfolios back on track, this sort of antique office collectible is again going to sell at a whole new level of price, to a whole new crop of interested buyers and the cycle will begin again.  All the different styles and examples are a great example of a technology that went through some wild changes and stages of development to the keyboards hooked to a computer we have today.  Personally I can not imagine using a typewriter and not having spell check.

• Corona Folding Typewriter in Hard-shell Case
• "Standard" Aluminum Folding Typewriter in Hard-shell Case

Office Accessories
Staplers, Check Protectors & More

• "The Ideal" Paper Fastener
• The Bump Hand Held Stapleless Fastener NOS in Box
• Small Black Desk Top Model Bump
• Clipless Paper Fastener
• "The Automatic" Patented Check Protector