Estate sale watchmakers bench.

[markr]

Todays find.  $425 plus $25 to help me put it in the truck.  Came with a Moseley foot pedal lathe and other goodies.  I'll post more photos as I go through things.  It came out of Otto E. Loven Optometrist and Jeweler"s  store in Forest Park Ill. Phone forest 115.  

[markr]

Not only did it come with the mandatory mouse in the top draw it had a squirrel complete with acorns in the bottom draw.

[gary17]

Nice find

[oldhippy]

Wow that's nice. Did it come with dead spiders as well. I hate big spiders. 

[watchweasol]

Nice haul for sure  was the mouse and squirrel alive!! or Mummified.  Used to find dead mice inside printer power supplies, warm I guess untill its powerd on.

[Nucejoe]

                                                           

                                                                Pesticide.

                   

                                                              Ultrasonic clean.

 

[markr]

No bodies live or dead.

[markr]

For some reason in one of the boxes was a 1930's car radio.

[HectorLooi]

7 hours ago, markr said:

For some reason in one of the boxes was a 1930's car radio.

You mean there were radios in cars in the 1930's? 

[HectorLooi]

I just googled it. If it can be certified to be a car radio from the 1930's, you've struck gold!

[oldhippy]

The Galvin Corporation of Chicago, USA is credited with introducing the first commercial car radio, in 1930.

[markr]

[markr]

Now I can make my own crystals.

[markr]

I found the makers decal.  Jessen & Rosberg  Chicago.

[Nibbler]

I sort of stopped reading at the spiders comment.

[MechanicMike]

45 minutes ago, markr said:

I found the makers decal.  Jessen & Rosberg  Chicago.

Do any digging on it?

[markr]

I just found pieces that they made nothing on the company.

[MechanicMike]

42 minutes ago, Nibbler said:

I sort of stopped reading at the spiders comment.

Me and spiders have a mutual agreement: they don't come into my 3 ft. personal space, and I won't burn the house down trying to smoke em.

[MechanicMike]

3 minutes ago, markr said:

I just found pieces that they made nothing on the company.

Interesting. 

[MechanicMike]

16 hours ago, oldhippy said:

The Galvin Corporation of Chicago, USA is credited with introducing the first commercial car radio, in 1930.

Whoda thunk it 

[MechanicMike]

6 hours ago, markr said:

Now I can make my own crystals.

for the car radio perhaps?

[MechanicMike]

Have you broke open the parts bags yet?

14 minutes ago, MechanicMike said:

Interesting. 

 

[MechanicMike]

Try J. H. Rosberg Manufacturing Co. 

[Pip]

Oh I love finds like this, never know what will be tucked away. Are you planning to restore the desk? I think it will be a beautiful thing again with some love. A

[luiazazrambo]

22 hours ago, markr said:

Can you make this work? Would you make a video about it? Are you going to keep it or sell it? Wonderful find anyway!  I love it.