Nitric
Silver Member
Not a huge priced clock find..
I'm starting to deal in junk again....I mean "Treasures".
We set up this weekend at a fleamarket. I'm starting all over from the very bottom. Below the bottom...Very little working cash! We started out with less than $20 for the day and a load of stuff for the fleamarket. Basically? If we didn't sell anything we didn't have gas to go home. We did ok at the Fleamarket considering the area, but it's what I have to work with for now. You have to practically give stuff away to sell it. It's a great area to buy in once I get rolling again.
On the way home I stopped at a Thrift Store, mostly because I couldn't keep my eyes open to drive. We stayed up all night pricing and loading stuff. While I was there looking around I found an OK Grandfather clock. Not a huge priced Item, but well made. Bottom of the Good clock scale. It needs work, front glass broken, someone hooked the weights up wrong, one broke the cable and fell breaking the glass. The Cabinet is ok, on the cheaper end, solid wood but not cherry, oak, or anything special, just needs cleaned up.
The owner told me $75. If I would have had a pocket full of money I would have bought it. I didn't and had to pass anything we made at the fleamarket has to get us until next weekend, can't count on Ebay to carry everything through. After hanging around and talking to the guy for about a half hour I went to the truck to leave. He followed me out while were still talking. He said..."$40 bucks and lets load it up?" I had to do it at that point!! I love anything mechanical, never had a grandfather clock and have always wanted one, I know how to repair them so...I had to buy it at that price!!!
I had to take all the flea market junk out of the truck to load it. While he was helping he found $10 worth of junk he wanted and now I'm down to $30 on the clock.
Not a huge deal! But in the position that I'm in at the moment it sure helps! I know these clock fell, and aren't worth what they use to be. I'll have $20 to $30 in the parts that I need. And Might get $300 to $400 to the right person at some point, after I clean everything and when I'm done looking at it in the house.
I have the other two weights for it. I just hung the center to see if I could get it running. It kept good time all night and all day. It also has a music box in it. Not sure if that was added, or if part of the mech is missing.. The Movement has "Hermle Black Forrest clocks" stamped in it.
I'm starting to deal in junk again....I mean "Treasures".
We set up this weekend at a fleamarket. I'm starting all over from the very bottom. Below the bottom...Very little working cash! We started out with less than $20 for the day and a load of stuff for the fleamarket. Basically? If we didn't sell anything we didn't have gas to go home.
We did ok at the Fleamarket considering the area, but it's what I have to work with for now. You have to practically give stuff away to sell it. It's a great area to buy in once I get rolling again. On the way home I stopped at a Thrift Store, mostly because I couldn't keep my eyes open to drive. We stayed up all night pricing and loading stuff. While I was there looking around I found an OK Grandfather clock. Not a huge priced Item, but well made. Bottom of the Good clock scale. It needs work, front glass broken, someone hooked the weights up wrong, one broke the cable and fell breaking the glass. The Cabinet is ok, on the cheaper end, solid wood but not cherry, oak, or anything special, just needs cleaned up.
The owner told me $75. If I would have had a pocket full of money I would have bought it. I didn't and had to pass anything we made at the fleamarket has to get us until next weekend, can't count on Ebay to carry everything through. After hanging around and talking to the guy for about a half hour I went to the truck to leave. He followed me out while were still talking. He said..."$40 bucks and lets load it up?" I had to do it at that point!! I love anything mechanical, never had a grandfather clock and have always wanted one, I know how to repair them so...I had to buy it at that price!!!
I had to take all the flea market junk out of the truck to load it. While he was helping he found $10 worth of junk he wanted and now I'm down to $30 on the clock.
Not a huge deal! But in the position that I'm in at the moment it sure helps! I know these clock fell, and aren't worth what they use to be. I'll have $20 to $30 in the parts that I need. And Might get $300 to $400 to the right person at some point, after I clean everything and when I'm done looking at it in the house.
I have the other two weights for it. I just hung the center to see if I could get it running. It kept good time all night and all day. It also has a music box in it. Not sure if that was added, or if part of the mech is missing.. The Movement has "Hermle Black Forrest clocks" stamped in it.
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