Featured Finds Thread

I am sorry that I didn't receive any notifications of additional replies to my post, so belated thanks for the kind comments and suggestions for places to which I can donate it. I will investigate them all.

Johnnycb09, I, too, was riveted by the story of the Immortal 600--and that is what I absolutely love about my--and your--finds. I learn so much history from these things.

 

I'd like a better look at the clock bits.

 

Show Janis, Please !

 

Very odd clock pieces. Not in themselves, but in what they might have been used for. They just bolt onto something with the bracket at the back? I wonder why both are missing hands. I wonder what Instow made? How about a look at the backs of the cases?

The key is from a French carriage clock and has nothing to do with the movements even if it fits.

 

Its official,Im JEALOUS ! I LOVE Janis !

 

Love that horse and sulky item.

Nice finds, I am jealous too.

 

Love the Joplin poster and the wood plane, and the horse surry and rider PS Just looked closer its a harness racer I didnt see pearls post, was just going to revise to sulky...need more coffee....or sleep.

 

Book, I couldn't find anything on "Insto Products," but did find another Seth Thomas clockworks like these 2 with "Insto Products" on it. The one I found is in a 2012 completed Lot on the Roschmitt Auction website. The total Lot sold for $95. It included 3 other Seth Thomas clock movements and 3 vault timers.

http://www.roschmitt.com/search/ind...chfor=vault+timers&sort_by=date&Submit=Submit

The pic of the Lot:
http://www.roschmitt.com/1012/images/6327_A.JPG

--- Susan

 

I had the pleasure of seeing Janis at a nighttime concert at the Newport Folk Festival in the late 60s. It was outdoors, and we were all standing on rickety folding wooden chairs and everyone was totally into the music. One of those wild and crazy memories...

 

I think "Insto Products" is the Insto Products Company with office at 1241 High, Oakland, CA. That company was connected to or AKA Instograph, Ltd. The company is listed in several Oakland, CA, City Directories of the 1920s. The president was G.H. Derrick. There are several patents listing this G.H. Derrick as the inventor. Some of the patents seem to be dealing with electronics like electric switches with the patents saying the original assignee Instograph, Ltd of Oakland. I found that the Port Commissioners of Oakland purchased a Instograph Recording Machine in 1931. I'm not surprised that Insto was electronic connected because the symbol of the lightening bolt across their name on the dial is used by many electric related entities. Didn't Con Ed once have a lightening bolt character as a trademark or was that the Reddy Kilowatt character??

One of the patents:
https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=pts&hl=en&q=inassignee:"Instograph+Ltd"&gws_rd=ssl

One of the Oakland City Directories of the 1920s showing the listing as:
"Insto Products Co. G H Derrick pres mfrs agts 1241 High"
Left column, 5th entry up from the bottom:
http://www.sfgenealogy.com/oaklanddirectory/1928/1928_786.pdf

1925 Oakland, .... City Directory, a good 3/4ths of the way down the page:
"Insto Products Co G H Derrick pres rafrs acts 1241 Hiph"
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-e...-alameda-city-directory-volume-1925-opl.shtml

--- Susan

 

Somed classy digging there, Susan. I was thinking at first of night watchman's clocks, but some rather simple timers for time locks seems possible, especially as one appears to have a gear wheel on the back where the hand setter should be (unless it is the hand setter.)

 

Look out for watchmaker's tools while you are there. I don't think you'd find any wooden case that might have for those movements.

 

I got nothin' but this ugly brown tripod picturesque piece of round porcelain...