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Thread Number: 22286
Arco Wand circa 1913 |
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| Post# 249829 , Reply# 1 9/11/2013 at 16:09 (3,873 days old) by ncovert (Grove City, PA) | ||
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The old saying goes... ...it's worth whatever someone will give you for it. | ||
Post# 249841 , Reply# 2 9/11/2013 at 17:23 (3,873 days old) by bvac6  (Fort Wayne, Indiana) |
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Nice! | ||
| Post# 249857 , Reply# 3 9/11/2013 at 20:15 (3,872 days old) by Lanell () | ||
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They haven't made the offer yet. I was asked if I would consider selling it, but I don't have any idea of what to ask for it. | ||
| Post# 249962 , Reply# 4 9/12/2013 at 09:36 (3,872 days old) by Collector2 (Moose Jaw, Sk) | ||
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| Post# 249963 , Reply# 5 9/12/2013 at 09:39 (3,872 days old) by caligula (Wallingford, Connecticut) | ||
Arco-Wand.
There were two types of industrial vacuum cleaners, that were made from 1899 to about 1920. The first was the 'built-in,' the other was the 'portable' which what you have. To give you a ball park price of what these monsters cost, one company in Chicago that made the Federal Electric. That doubled as a coffee table when not in use. The cost of the Federal Electric was $140.00, (in 1910). And you thought the Vac-U-ette was expensive at $25.00?
I don't have a lot of info on the Arco Wand, but it was an exceptionally well made machine. You might want to check with my friend, and former V.C.C.C. member, Bob Kautzman, aka the 'Vac-Hunter,' as he just restored the built-in version, and has a lot of info on it. Alex Taber. 
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