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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: FarmerAngus on June 02, 2012, 07:13:06 PM
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I've got a pretty cool piece here today that I'm interested in knowing the value of.
It is a vintage Dominion Electric Fan that is in pretty good condition and still functional. It's all metal and actually weighs quite a bit!
(http://i1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa355/TheFarmAirsoft/Sales/DSC01346.jpg)
Help on the value of this thing would really be appreciated!
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Nice looking old fan , FarmerAngus .
I'd say that if you gave it a real good going (internal&external) over & a careful 'lube&clean' it would be @ it's best condition & highest value (as a working vintage fan) .
They were & still are , to some degree , designed to be disassembled & maintained , since they're sentenced to a life in the wind & dust .
When doing so , any potential customer/revaluation/etc. would have some incentive if you did a small quickie photo shoot of it's restoration (... well that's provenance 4 the future !) you'd also have the confidence to have/sell/keep a safe-to-operate electrical device , although not so safe around water (ungrounded/unisolated circuits) .
Personally , I really like the look of your little unit & the blades remind me of a sub propeller . Looks like a stout example of the crafts & I'd call it a keeper , if it was in my mitts (esp since I'm fond of like items , in my dottage) !
There's a few folks pretty familiar with lots of pricing for such items kicking around the site , so let's see what others may say !
I surf slow , so checking on Ebay , for me , don't work so quick (for like items & pricing) .
Thanks for posting your item !
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Fan-Electric-Oscillating-VINTAGE-12-Dominion-Retro-Cast-Iron-/160807873789?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2570e56cfd (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Fan-Electric-Oscillating-VINTAGE-12-Dominion-Retro-Cast-Iron-/160807873789?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2570e56cfd)
If you sell yourself may get $18 - $30.
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I have a real similar one that I can't get $40 for locally. They're really cool, just not that valuable.
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Many kids learned a painful lesson from these.
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These are popular on Pinterest! Some examples for "re-lifing" a fan....
Repainted in modern colors....they sell fast!
(http://media-cache-ec4.pinterest.com/upload/175640454187588003_nKGClOgE_b.jpg)
(http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.307156579.jpg) (http://assets5.designsponge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/lauren-proux-3.jpg)
(http://www.cactuscreekdaily.com/news/wp-content/uploads/BLOG/2011/0811/chalk3.jpg)
Fan blades painted with chalk paint are popular as memo boards! (I personally love this one!)
HAVE ALSO SEEN THIS done as a memo board using the outer metal cage and clothes pins to pin notes or pin up photos!!!