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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : A new Antique Scale to my collection

 

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tuscany4me
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31 Jul 2013
12:05:32pm
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Waiting to receive this most recent scale I purchased this past week. It will hang in my kitchen over the sink.

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31 Jul 2013
02:13:18pm
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Clayton:

Have you been weighed in the balance and found wanting?

John Derry

P.S. A neat addition for weighing kiloware. Congratulations on this fine acquisition.
Do you have something similar that used to be used in hospital delivery rooms to
weigh newborn? Have you one of those oversize diapers that storks use to deliver
babies? How about posting an image of your most unusual weigh scale.

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31 Jul 2013
03:40:10pm
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Clayton - I am not sure I see the Topical nature in the scale unless you are hoarding them????

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07 Aug 2013
09:44:32pm
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Clayton I was thinking about you when I was at a local auction. They had a Detroit Computer scale. I have heard of Toledo scales but never a Detroit Scale. I think the thing tipped the scales at nearly 50lbs.

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08 Aug 2013
09:46:01pm
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Scales are just one of the types of ephemera that make interesting additions to ones collecting. I have several (but none as truly antique as any of Clayton's). Some day I need to photograph them & post the pics. Another type of ephemera I have picked up here & there are the little stamp boxes--a couple are ceramic, one is cloisonne. Not lots of money being spent on these things, but, I guess that I'm an inveterate collector/accumulator that lets his interests range far & wide. Keeps the blood flowing to the brain.... Laughing

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09 Aug 2013
09:57:40am
re: A new Antique Scale to my collection

Roger - Could you post a photo of your stamp boxes? I'm not sure what they are, but they sound interesting.....thanks, Sally

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13 Aug 2013
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i want a scale that says i am 166 lbs instead of 178 !!!

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14 Aug 2013
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A number of my Antique Scales are "Postal Related."

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14 Aug 2013
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Nice !

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15 Aug 2013
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Do the postal-related scales still provide accurate measurements?

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23 Sep 2013
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One of my two most recent purchases
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23 Sep 2013
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And... Here's my secon recent purchase
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03 Jan 2014
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These two pocket scales were given to me by my kids, for Christmas
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03 Jan 2014
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Very nice gift Clayton. Two more additions for your collection.

Liz

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03 Jan 2014
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Clayton:

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03 Jan 2014
07:44:26pm
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Clayton,

Those are very nice. Didn't know such things existed. Thanks for posting the photo.

Sally

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13 Jan 2014
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This was another antique scale I received as a Christmas Gift
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14 Jan 2014
08:39:54am
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Clayton,

Are there antique postal scale catalogs? Is there a known quantity of scales? Just wondering as the photos you provide show a wide range of models and designs. Pretty neat.

Sally

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14 Jan 2014
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Sally, If there is a catalog of antique scales for sale, I am not aware of it. I buy antique scales through ebay mostly. Some as I've mentioned here have been gifts. I am interested in a wide variety of scales, several are postal. Currently obtaining smaller ones and as room may permit will begin acquiring larger ones.

Clayton

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14 Jan 2014
11:15:25pm
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My father-in-law raised chickens & sold eggs, so my wife has more than a passing knowledge of the last scale you posted. She loved the chickens and sizing the eggs, but doesn't want one of the scales around. (Maybe my collection of postal scales has her 'scale meter' pegged out.) Laughing

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31 Jul 2013
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Waiting to receive this most recent scale I purchased this past week. It will hang in my kitchen over the sink.

Clayton

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31 Jul 2013
02:13:18pm

re: A new Antique Scale to my collection

Clayton:

Have you been weighed in the balance and found wanting?

John Derry

P.S. A neat addition for weighing kiloware. Congratulations on this fine acquisition.
Do you have something similar that used to be used in hospital delivery rooms to
weigh newborn? Have you one of those oversize diapers that storks use to deliver
babies? How about posting an image of your most unusual weigh scale.

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31 Jul 2013
03:40:10pm

re: A new Antique Scale to my collection

Clayton - I am not sure I see the Topical nature in the scale unless you are hoarding them????

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07 Aug 2013
09:44:32pm

re: A new Antique Scale to my collection

Clayton I was thinking about you when I was at a local auction. They had a Detroit Computer scale. I have heard of Toledo scales but never a Detroit Scale. I think the thing tipped the scales at nearly 50lbs.

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drmicro68

08 Aug 2013
09:46:01pm

re: A new Antique Scale to my collection

Scales are just one of the types of ephemera that make interesting additions to ones collecting. I have several (but none as truly antique as any of Clayton's). Some day I need to photograph them & post the pics. Another type of ephemera I have picked up here & there are the little stamp boxes--a couple are ceramic, one is cloisonne. Not lots of money being spent on these things, but, I guess that I'm an inveterate collector/accumulator that lets his interests range far & wide. Keeps the blood flowing to the brain.... Laughing

Roger

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09 Aug 2013
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Roger - Could you post a photo of your stamp boxes? I'm not sure what they are, but they sound interesting.....thanks, Sally

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13 Aug 2013
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i want a scale that says i am 166 lbs instead of 178 !!!

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14 Aug 2013
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14 Aug 2013
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15 Aug 2013
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15 Aug 2013
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23 Sep 2013
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One of my two most recent purchases
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03 Jan 2014
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These two pocket scales were given to me by my kids, for Christmas
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Liz

03 Jan 2014
09:45:03am

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Very nice gift Clayton. Two more additions for your collection.

Liz

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The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
03 Jan 2014
03:13:54pm

re: A new Antique Scale to my collection

Clayton:

Augments your authority, legitimacy and credibility
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John Derry

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Sally
03 Jan 2014
07:44:26pm

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Clayton,

Those are very nice. Didn't know such things existed. Thanks for posting the photo.

Sally

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13 Jan 2014
06:14:11pm

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This was another antique scale I received as a Christmas Gift
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Sally
14 Jan 2014
08:39:54am

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Clayton,

Are there antique postal scale catalogs? Is there a known quantity of scales? Just wondering as the photos you provide show a wide range of models and designs. Pretty neat.

Sally

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tuscany4me

14 Jan 2014
03:20:20pm

re: A new Antique Scale to my collection

Sally, If there is a catalog of antique scales for sale, I am not aware of it. I buy antique scales through ebay mostly. Some as I've mentioned here have been gifts. I am interested in a wide variety of scales, several are postal. Currently obtaining smaller ones and as room may permit will begin acquiring larger ones.

Clayton

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drmicro68

14 Jan 2014
11:15:25pm

re: A new Antique Scale to my collection

My father-in-law raised chickens & sold eggs, so my wife has more than a passing knowledge of the last scale you posted. She loved the chickens and sizing the eggs, but doesn't want one of the scales around. (Maybe my collection of postal scales has her 'scale meter' pegged out.) Laughing

Roger

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