Post# 739-9/7/2006-02:55 ||| charles~richard (Los Angeles, CA)
I have received an email from a very nice couple who ran a vac shop for years and are retiring. Their names are Vern and Daisy Stark, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa (no relation to Starks Vacuums in Portland, Oregon).
They have a fine collection of vintage and antique vacuum cleaners that they wish to sell, as a lot, to one person. Preferably someone in their neck of the woods who can just come and pick them up.
I have attached the photos they sent me (see subsequent posts for all the pix), and here is their inventory of the collection:
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ELECTRIC MACHINES
Hoover Model 828 Manufactured 1935-36 Has the instruction book with it
Hoover Lark Model 12 Manufactured 1953-1956
Hoover Model 541 Manufactured 1923-1926
Hoover Model 450 Manufactured 1933-1935
Hoover Model 115 Manufactured 1948-1953
Hoover Dustette hand vacuum model 2720
Hamilton Beach upright VC226520 Manufactured in Racine, WI
Airway Sanitary System 25.60+DC #396928 Manufactured by Airway Elec. Appl. Corp, Toledo, OH USA
Eureka Upright Model H-1454147 Manufactured in Detroit, Mich. With original warranty card in envelope, date 1926
Premier Upright Master Model CC7900
Gilbert hand cleaner, manufactured in New Haven, Ct. Pat. 1,792,975
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NON-ELECTRIC MACHINES
Carpet Sweeper with wood handle. Has "FORD" Logo on it
Pump Vacuum - Color Green, Manufactured by The Evens Manufacturing Co. Chicago, IL. Patented Dec. 26, 1911
Carpet Sweeper-Domestic Wood handle, Pat'd Nov. 22,1910
Old Bellows Vacuum: Cyclone vacuum cleaner. Manufactured in Bradford, PA. Patents applied for. Vacuum is red mounted On wood platform. Was from the SingMaster mansion in Harper, IA.
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LITERATURE
Hoover Parts Catalog #6510 Copyright 1956
Hoover advertisement (It beats-as it sweeps-as it cleans) Has the Army "E" Navy award on it. Hoover received four times for high Achievements in the production of essential war equipment
Hoover advertisement (It lights-as it beats-as it sweeps-as it cleans)
The New Sentinel Series
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They are asking $200 for the lot, which I believe is a very good deal as there are some nice finds there. The Eureka, Air-way, Hamilton Beach and Premier alone are probably worth that much to most of you.
If you are interested in this collection, please contact them directly at:
Vern and Daisy Stark
PO Box 158
Norway, Iowa 52318
email: KB0SK@NETZERO.NET
