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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeremy Lopez, post: 10102396, member: 89807&quot;]Hello! In a 1927 issue of Time Magazine (image provided below) there was a short feature on a portable bar/cocktail wagon called the &quot;Baker Bar-ette.&quot; It was sold at department stores in NYC, Chicago, and LA. As you&#039;ll see from the description, it sounds pretty swanky, and I have found a letter written by Baker himself indicating that it was priced at $175 - steep, right? He also claims to have sold &quot;$95,000 worth&quot; of these bar-ettes in the boom (i.e. pre-bust!) year of 1928. I would be so grateful for any info anyone can provide on any of the questions below:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. If the sales figure is accurate, approx. 500 were sold. Does this mean that about 500 would have been made? 750? 1000? Would this have been a large number or a small number at the time? </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Would things like this have been made in the USA, possibly in NYC, or somewhere abroad?</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Has anyone here ever seen *this specific* portable bar - even just a picture of it? I have done a lot of searching, and of course have seen plenty of 1920s bar carts, but this one is elusive. A limited edition &quot;inspired-by&quot; cart was designed and marketed about 10 years or so ago, but it was not based on any original, only (I believe) the Time Magazine description.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Is one/are any likely to have survived over the last 100 years? If one of these were still around, where would I be most likely to find it, or get put on its trail?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks very much for reading!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]507047[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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