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Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
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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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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Clayton - I am not sure I see the Topical nature in the scale unless you are hoarding them????
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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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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.... 
Roger
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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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A number of my Antique Scales are "Postal Related."
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Do the postal-related scales still provide accurate measurements?
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One of my two most recent purchases
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And... Here's my secon recent purchase
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These two pocket scales were given to me by my kids, for Christmas
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Clayton:
Augments your authority, legitimacy and credibility
when you weigh into the discussions on Stamporama.
John Derry
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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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This was another antique scale I received as a Christmas Gift
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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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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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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.)
Roger
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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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The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
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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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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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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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....
Roger
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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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re: A new Antique Scale to my collection
A number of my Antique Scales are "Postal Related."
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re: A new Antique Scale to my collection
Do the postal-related scales still provide accurate measurements?
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re: A new Antique Scale to my collection
One of my two most recent purchases
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re: A new Antique Scale to my collection
And... Here's my secon recent purchase
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re: A new Antique Scale to my collection
These two pocket scales were given to me by my kids, for Christmas
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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
when you weigh into the discussions on Stamporama.
John Derry
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re: A new Antique Scale to my collection
Clayton,
Those are very nice. Didn't know such things existed. Thanks for posting the photo.
Sally
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re: A new Antique Scale to my collection
This was another antique scale I received as a Christmas Gift
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re: A new Antique Scale to my collection
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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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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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.)
Roger
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