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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: imperialpicker on November 22, 2011, 02:13:49 AM
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Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to view this item any help or ideas would be much appreciated. I have spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out what this item is and have come up short. Obviously the picture is not showing item fully.
If you can shed any information, or best guess, of what it might be. I would really be great full. Thank you.
Sorry had to remove picture!
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You gotta be kidding.
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Cogar I'm with you!!!! Imperialpicker we will need FULL photos of the front, back both sides & the bottom of your item.
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I understand, but there is no way I can get a full picture. Thanks again for checking it out.
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If you back far enough away from it you should have no problem !! Then use your zoom to get as close as possible and still keep the entire item in the pic !! A verbal description as well would help !! Just describe what you see looking at it !! Your current pic looks similar to the front of a toy car !!
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Looks like the 'under' side of a semi-common kitchen appliance ;
as cogar commented , "You gotta be kidding ."
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Gave me the laughs! Thanks for the much needed humor today!
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Ok, there's gotta be more to this story. Do you actually own this item yourself or did you see it online? If you own it yourself, how come more pictures can't be taken of it? I'm totally lost but I want to give you the benefit of the doubt. Please explain! ;)
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Hi,
Thank you all for the responses. Yes there is more to story. It's a contest and you have to figure out what the item is. There are 4 and I have found 3 of them. This item I can not figure out. I have spent about. 12 hours trying to find it.
Any guesses, or insight would be much apreciated. Hell even if you know what the item is, just drop a hint. I'm not scared to do my own homework. I do know that is at vintage to antique. That's all the info they give. Thanks again to you all. Wish you and your family a HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
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LOL OK that 'splains it! I'll take a wild guess that it's a blender.
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That explains it! I was going to agree with tales about it being a blender, those handheld electric types. But I don't know, it looks like brass or something towards the right hand side of the picture and I can't figure out what part of a blender it could be. Hmmmm
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Maybe a blender similar to this laying on its side??? http://www.ebay.com/itm/40s-50s-vintage-art-deco-Waring-FC2-Rocketship-Blendor-Blender-/260874711306?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cbd58310a
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All right, let's analyze this logically.
For one thing, the color is off -- this is not a modern appliance at all! It's that almond from the 70s thru early 90s.
It has a huge vent system, so it must be a very high powered appliance. Blender would work. Hair dryer, too. What other appliances are high powered and require such an extensive venting system.
The key must lie in that knob/lever thingie at lower right. If the item in its proper position/orientation, then one presses down on that thing. For what purpose?
If the item is not in the proper orientation, then what is the proper orientation? if the vent and cord become the base, then the knob is near the top, but on the side. For what purpose?
If it's a handheld device, one wouldn't hold it near the vent -- one would hold it at the other end (which seems unlikely as there's no logical handle there), or there would be a handle underneath it, or one off toward the bottom frame of the picture. How would this item then look?
I'm leaning toward an old electric can opener, or something along those lines.
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I don`t know but remember the table top hair dryers that had a hose and sat on the table !! They had quite a vent system and the knob for Hi, Med, or Low !!
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Thanks for all your help!!!!
I have been searching the items that have been mentioned and can not find a match. I have tried eBay and goggle images. Thanks again those are some great ideas . I'm going to keep at it!!
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I wonder if there is any way you can copy that pic to google and do an image search for a match ??? Snowflake might know this !! She is excellent at research methods as are some of the other members !! Just not me !!
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I don't know how well it would work but you can always try TinEye Reverse image search:
http://www.tineye.com/
I do hope we can find out what it is for you. I am not that good! LOL! But thanks for having faith in me, mart!
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Thanks for the website. I just tried it with no luck.
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Do you know the type of company that is having the contest? Or what they deal in? Maybe knowing who is behind it might give a hint to what type of product it is. Beauty, household, kitchen...
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All i know about item is it can be found at an estate sale,auction,or garage sale. and can worth 20-400 dollars. I have submitted the following items kitchen mixer,vacuum,hair dryer. Was told not even close.
I'm waiting on a response from these items. Toy Car, Antique Fan.
Thank you for helping!
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So you can have more than one guess! Thank goodness! My mom said to try antique coffee/cappuccino machine. Juicer. But she doesn't think it is. I keep thinking about some type of steamer. It looks like it is a cloth cord? Would that mean it is older. Or is it my eyes? If so, the cord is quite close to the venting system. So it couldn't be something that gets too hot...or it is something you wouldn't have on 24/7. I just don't know. Going to get out some books and browse a while.
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:D
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Got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will let you all know what the item is once the contest is over.....
I want to thank everyone for your help. This is a great forum, I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!!
Again thank you all for your time to help me out!!
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drat! but awesome! was just going to ask if it was an air compressor. I saw this orange one about 2/3 down the page.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=232769&page=2
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Well I was about to say a fan but,, guess we will just have to wait on the results !! Been thinking about that piece coming out and it looked like a blower indicator for some kind of fan !!
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As long as we are guessing...I'll try "slide / film projector" of some sort?'
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When does this contest end ?? And just curious but what is the prize for getting all right ?? Hope its a good one !!
And wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving as well !!
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What happened to the pic?