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veritas123 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:46 am

NEAR MINT!!!!!!

Oh my!

we were both invited to display our collections at the Lancaster County Historical Society as part of the 100th-anniversary celebration of the Hamilton Watch Co.

Any photos of your collection from that event or others?

Very cool, thanks for posting it!

I am still pouting over the fact that I didn't buy the one that Rene Rondeau sold at auction a few years ago.

Sigh. I guess i can't have them all.

randy van wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:51 am

I will try to put some links to information contained here, which hopefully will get some to see the huge amount of knowledge and experience on this site.

Oh, I really wish someone would do this — the misinformation on the Facebook sites is killing me. . . .

It seems like a lot of new collectors - meaning mostly young - are in the Facebook Hamilton/Illinois/etc groups. Most may be unaware of VWF. I will try to put some links to information contained here, which hopefully will get some to see the huge amount of knowledge and experience on this site. We ...

Gabe wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:29 am

Just consider yourself lucky for getting the leprosy in the bandage for free, Susan!

Gabe, that is hysterical!

Confession: I put on sterile latex gloves before I unwrapped that thing — seriously!

Dear eBay Seller: You have just achieved, for me, what is a Personal Best for packaging. You have outdone the Styrofoam Meat Tray Guy and the Diaper Guy. (They both would have given you a run for the money had I not managed to convince myself in both instances that the packing was not used.) Your us...

dd813 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 17, 2018 1:06 pm

Here are two additional Hamilton electric clocks.

Forget the clocks, check out that Ventura museum display in the background!

Welcome to the forum — care to show us more of your treasures? I, for one, would love to see them. . . .

. This ought to do it for me as far as Pacers go: I'm finally done! (Of course, that's exactly what I said back on page one of this thread. :roll:) hotpoint pacer.8.jpg . This is the same Hotpoint Pacer that is shown in Rene's book — I'll classify it as truly rare, since he told me he has only ever ...

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