Q-I have an old safe made by the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co. It was removed from a warehouse on Chicago`s South Side, where I`m told illegal whiskey was stored during Prohibition. How can I find out its value, and where can I sell it?
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A-The Herring-Hall-Marvin Co. of Cincinnati and Chicago manufactured fine and fancy safes and was located in Chicago at 225 W. Lake St. Some safes made to order by the company were beautifully decorated with hand-painted pictures and designs. One covered with sailing ships was made more than 100 years ago for bakery mogul Henry Piper; it can be seen at That Steak Joynt restaurant, 1610 N. Wells St., which was once the Piper Bakery building. For more information on the safe, phone the restaurant`s owner, Billy Siegle, at 943-5091. Siegle says he`ll give you a free bottle of wine with your dinner if you bring in any piece of Piper Bakery memorabilia.
Description: Antique safe Robert Schmidt Herring Hall Marvin Safe Co, St. Louis Yale combo lock all gold leafed circa 1860's est. Value $2000.00-$2500.00 This has been translated from the original source. The only marks I can see on the safe are the name of the company (Herring Hall Marvin Safe Co). And then under it i can see some numbers beginning with 194. I don't know if this is the beginning of a date from the 1940's or a part of a serial number or what? Any information you can provide would be great! The Antique Safe Collector would like to announce a free new listing service to aid safe collectors sell and buy antique safes. Effective February 10, 2008, The Antique Safe Collector web site (TheAntiqueSafeCollector.com) will have a new section where individuals, who have an antique safe they wish to sell, can have it listed for free for 30 days or more to expose it to potential buyers.
Bob McCown buys old safes and vaults, as well as time clock combination locks for safes and vaults. You can reach him at Fink Safe & Lock Co., 2307 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60647 (phone 486-2030). Keith Mulford collects cutaway locks (salesmen`s samples with a section cut away to show how the internal mechanism worked), unique padlocks and old safes measuring less than 30 inches high. He can be contacted at 1017 N. Gibbons, Arlington Heights, Ill. 60004 (phone 870-7372). To have an old safe appraised in the south suburbs, write to Harvey Sass, Elmer & Son Locksmiths, 3001 Chicago Rd., Steger, Ill. 60475 (phone 755-5273), enclosing a photo of the safe along with its height, width, depth, inside and outside measurements and any wording it has. Or write to the National Antique Safe Association, Box 110099, 16507 E. 13th Ave., Aurora, Colo. 80011, requesting a safe appraiser`s name and address near you.
The value of an old safe depends on its type and rarity. Some years back, a reader of this column, Felix Gremmo, took my advice and contacted the Smithsonian Institution in Washington about a 5-foot-high and 4-foot-wide black 'cannonball' safe he bought at a warehouse in 1974 for $45 and for which, nine years later, the Smithsonian paid him $2,500. The four-ton round safe, made by the Corliss Mfg. Co., sits on a short steel pedestal and is painted black with fancy ornamentation and the date 1872 in ornate gold lettering. The safe (which is most rare and unusual) is a steel ball made to rotate on an axis inside a larger steel shell and is fitted with three drawers (in which valuables were placed), a timer lock that must be cranked to set the time and two combination locks and two key locks. Warning: If you find an old safe, do not attempt to force it open. It may be booby-trapped, as many were, to discourage thieves.
Q-Where can I find a record by Cary Grant entitled 'Did I Remember'
that he recorded around 1935?
A-The World`s Biggest and Best Annual Antique Music Fair attracts collectors from all over the U.S. and features 78 rpm records, cylinder records, phonographs, sheet music, vintage radios, jukeboxes and everything else relating to music memorabilia. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday at Seven Acres Antique Village & Museum, 8512 S. Union Rd., Union (phone 815-923-2214). Admission is $4; children under 5 admitted free. For information or a search service to obtain the recording you want, write to Randy Donley at the museum.
Q-Where can I get glass replacement parts, pieces and lids for my old set of Guardian Service Waterless Cookware?
A-Ivan Bernstein deals in new and used pieces of Guardian cookware and is looking to buy Guardian Ware cookbooks. Contact him at 6304 Green Meadow Pkwy., Baltimore, Md. 21209 (phone 301-358-2444). Various shapes and sizes of glass lids for Guardian cookware to fit dome cookers, casseroles, fryers, kettles and roasters in oval, triangular and round shapes can be ordered from the Painted Lady Antiques Catalogue, available for $2.75 postpaid from the Painted Lady Antiques Inc., 4712 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60639. The catalogue also offers a multitude of hard-to-find parts, pieces, hardware, display domes, lighting fixtures and a variety of cleaning products and polishes, including the delightfully scented and fast-working Conrad`s Wood Youth Food Oil, which cleans, enhances, feeds and preserves all wood and iron items. A 16-ounce size is $14.70 postpaid, 32-ounce size is $23.45 postpaid, and 128-ounce size is $84.75 postpaid. For more information, phone Paul Peshkin at the Painted Lady Antiques at 282-5116.
Q-My grandfather, Herbert R. Smiley, manufactured druggists scales in Chicago from 1890 to 1895. Some had the name 'Smiley' imprinted on them, while others were manufactured under the name of 'Druggists Scale Works.' So far I`ve had no luck in trying to locate any of the scales he manufactured. Is there a source?
A-Write to the International Society of Antique Scale Collectors, Bob Stein, 111 N. Canal St., Suite 380, Chicago, Ill. 60606.
Q-Are old wrenches worth anything? I have several types that belonged to my grandfather.
A-Send for a copy of 'Antique Wrenches,' by Larry Finch, available for $9.95 postpaid from L-W Books, Box 69, Gas City, Ind. 46933 (phone
317-674-6450). For a dramatic rustic effect, try an arrangement of different wrenches on a stark white or bright red wall to perk up a dull den or ordinary office.
Because of the volume of responses, when writing sources listed in this column, you must enclose an addressed, stamped envelope for replies. Anita Gold can be reached by writing Anita Gold, The Chicago Tribune, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611. However, the mail volume precludes a personal response.
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Most widely held works about Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co
- Vestibules and equipment for fire-proof vaults : prepared expressly for architects and contractors by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
- [Pamphlets. Financial history.] by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
- Safes, safety deposit and bank vaults : catalogue no. 99 by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
- Herring Hall Marvin by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
Most widely held works by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co
Safecraft by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
1 edition published in 1900 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1900 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Plan and agreement of reorganization dated March 1, 1905 by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
1 edition published in 1905 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1905 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Prospectus : $360,000, first mortgage 5% five-year convertible bonds of Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
1 edition published in 1936 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1936 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Souvenir of the Baltimore fire, February 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1904 : realistic photos( Book )
1 edition published in 1904 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1904 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Design drawings for a map case for the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Visual )
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Working drawings showing map case and drawers as plans, elevations, sections, and details
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Working drawings showing map case and drawers as plans, elevations, sections, and details
Fire tested and certified flat-sill vault entrance : two-hour non-grout double door model( Book )
1 edition published in 1957 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1957 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Modern steel store fixtures by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
1 edition published in 1934 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1934 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
A practical manual of protection equipment, including the proper selection and maintenance of burglary-resistive vaults, drive-in and walk-up windows, night depositories, 24-hour depositories, insulated vault doors, fire-resistive safe and burglary-resistive chests by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( Book )
1 edition published in 1952 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1952 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Balance sheet by Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co( )
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Records by Wisconsin Food Products Company( )
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Description: Consists of correspondence, drawings, specifications, blueprints and photographs from the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company, the Remington and Sherman Company, the Diebold Safe and Lock Company, and the Mosler Safe Company, to Joseph E. Uihlein, E.C. Uihlein, and Alfred C. Newlander of the Wisconsin Food Products Company. Some of the blueprints and correspondence relate to the Second Ward Savings Bank, which was owned by the Uihlein family
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Description: Consists of correspondence, drawings, specifications, blueprints and photographs from the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company, the Remington and Sherman Company, the Diebold Safe and Lock Company, and the Mosler Safe Company, to Joseph E. Uihlein, E.C. Uihlein, and Alfred C. Newlander of the Wisconsin Food Products Company. Some of the blueprints and correspondence relate to the Second Ward Savings Bank, which was owned by the Uihlein family
Safecraft( Book )
1 edition published in 1920 in Undetermined and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1920 in Undetermined and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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