Maxwell automobile radiator emblem

[Rich in Houston]

Found this cool Maxwell Auto radiator badge. they made the cars from 1904 to 1925 and was acquired by
Walter Chrysler..

 

[augusthog]

That is a super groovy sweet find!

 

[Mackaydon]

Great find!!
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_351.html
Don.....

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Nice find there Rich!
Any plans to have it straightened out?

 

[liftloop]

...............................................................way to cool....................................................................

 

[A. Grignon]

I sold a non dug Maxwell emblem on ebay for around $80 and a regal motor car one I found for $300.
Clean it carefully because sometimes they have value. Good find!

 

[Rich in Houston]

Well, I'm not doing anything to it until I find out more. I emailed
An expert on restoring these things to see what my options
Might be and possible value..

 

[Wldbil]

Great piece of history you dug there... Congrats

 

[bootyhoundpa]

nice find there... i found one from an essex....

 

[phantomfinder]

Great find , now go find the car

 

[Rich in Houston]

Well I talked to an expert on these things and the one I have is a little older then the one I have seen in some of the pictures. this one would cost me about 300.00 to restore and I might get more than that on ebay or I might not. You just never know about auctions. I would of coarse have a reserve on it so I wouldn't sell too low. She says it's all a matter of how much they want it..

Here is what it looked like in 1915

 

[Mackaydon]

Apparently, there is more than one variety, as shown in my reference above.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Well I talked to an expert on these thing and the one I have is a little older then the one I have seen in some one the pictures. this one would cost me about 300.00 to restore and I might get more than that on ebay or I might not. You just never know about auctions. I would of coarse have a reserve on it so I wouldn't sell too low. She says it's all a matter of how much they want it..

Here is what it looked like in 1915

That's great news about the evaluation Rich! Seems like a lot of money to pay for a complete restoration though. . . I wonder if you can find someone locally a little more affordable? That way you might stand to make some good money if you one day you decided to sell.

Congrats again on your find!
Dave

 

[Rich in Houston]

Thats good advise Dave. Houston's a big city and there maybe someone around here for at least a second opinion..

 

[DougF]

Very nice - Jack Benny had a Maxwell car on his radio show. His character was supposedly a tightwad, and a Maxwell was funny because it was a company that no longer made cars at that time. Sort of like someone driving an unrestored Studebaker Lark today. Congrats.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice find Rich. Never heard of the company but now I know.