Rare And Collectible Clocks : 1887 Clock Value Guide - Price List

Sold on eBay February 20th, 2024

19th Century Tiffany and Co Grandfather 9 tube clock Walter Durfee

This exquisite Tiffany & Co (Walter Durfee?) Grandfather 9 tube clock from the 19th century is a timeless piece of art that will add a touch of elegance to any room. Crafted with the finest mahogany or perhaps oak not entirely certain, this antique clock boasts a stunning brown color that exudes sophistication and class. Its tube shape and longcase design make it a unique and impressive addition to any clock collection. This clock has been meticulously crafted, showcasing the expertise of its maker and the quality of the materials used. With its classic design and timeless appeal, it is sure to be a conversation starter and a treasured addition to any home.There are Walter Durfee stamps on the tubes but I have found no other markings. But the photos of the mechanism are consistent with other Walter Durfee cloocks on the internet.Walter Durfee was an American clockmaker who is known for his contribution to the development of the modern grandfather clock. He was born on March 23, 1857, in Providence, Rhode Island 1. Durfee started his business by selling antiques and later began to purchase tall case clocks, which we now call grandfather clocks 1. He claimed to have bought and sold over 400 tall case clocks in his first 8 years in business 1. By mid-1880, Durfee decided to purchase new English bracket clocks and resell them in his antique shop in Providence, Rhode Island 1. It was from this venture that Walter Durfee met the fine quality clock manufacturer in London of Jennens and Sons 1. Jennens and Sons sold their clocks directly to the public but also through leading jewelry stores in London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, New York, and Boston 1. Durfee made an arrangement with JJ Elliott Ltd. to build a 3 weight clock with quarter-hour chime and hour strike on the “new” tubular chimes. In 1887, Walter Durfee received his first 9 tube grandfather clock. He sold it for $500 1. By 1890, Walter Durfee had created a true ‘fad’ for the high-end ‘hall clocks’. Everyone who had the money wanted one of his 9 tube chiming clocks This clock belonged to my wife's grandmother and I have included a handwritten note from her. She was Ruth Baker and she the sister of James A Baker, former secretary of state of the US. She inherited the clock from her father James Addison Baker Senior son of James Addison. Regardless it is a very impressive clock and I have enjoyed having it in our house as a center piece in our formal entry. It is beautifully hand carved in Mahogany and from my research appears to be one of a kind. The clock is nearly 100 inches tall or approximately 8 feet tall. THE CLOCK IS NOT WORKING. But is very similar to this other EBAY listing at $14,000:EBAY item # 296099406072 I had it looked at for repair of the cable but they were not able to complete the repair at our house so we are on a waiting list and have decided to sell as is. One of the photos attached shows an estimate for complete overhaul of the clock for $2,645 plus tax. The clock's case is in excellent condition but missing the finials. I added some more pictures of the movement. They indicated the clock is from the late 1800s. May be a Walter Durfee clock as noted in notes from my mother in law. If anyone has suggestions for confirming please let me know. The clock company representative it could sell for approximately $25K if fully refurbished. Clock is being SOLD AS IS. NO RETURNS. Will send more pictures to anyone seriously interested.Due to scams we have heard about where buyers claim they never received the correct item even when tracking is provided the buyer will need to arrange for the clock to be picked up at our house after we have ensured payment. Payment may be made at the time of pick up or by wire. We are willing to provide whatever reassurances the buyer requires as we are not scammers. Open to discussion in order to ensure both parties are protected. (Condition: Pre-Owned)

Sold on eBay May 04, 2022

Fine Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock by Jean-Baptiste Delettrez

Sold on eBay March 24th, 2024

ANTIQUE RUDOLSTADT VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FIGURAL MANTEL GROUP WITH LENZKIRCH CLOCK

Sold on eBay Jun 05, 2022

1887 Seth Thomas Buffalo City Series Clock

Sold on eBay September 18th, 2023

Antique 1850's Waterbury Bronze/Metal Mantle / Floor Clock

Antique c19th Century Art Nouveau Style Waterbury Clock Co., Bronze Metal Cast Iron Shelf mantle Clock. This is a very large ornate clock. It is complete with pendulum but is missing key! This clock has a wood removable backing which gives access to the workings of the clock.The front face of clock is in roman numerials.The face has wear conducive to use and age. The bottom glass window opens and is where the pendulum shows and also shows Waterbury Clock Company Paper Listing. Sold As Is! Excellent item! COMPLETE! MEASURES: 19 1/2" x 14 1/2" x 4". PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE HISTORY: In 1854, Waterbury, Connecticut based brass manufacturer Benedict & Burnham created Waterbury Clock Company to manufacture clocks using brass wheels and gears. Waterbury Clock Company was legally incorporated on March 27, 1857, as an independent business with $60,000 in capital.The American clock industry, with scores of companies located in Connecticut's Naugatuck Valley, was producing millions of clocks, earning the region the nickname, "Switzerland of America". The Waterbury Clock Company was one of the largest producers for both domestic sales and export, primarily to Europe. Today its successor, Timex Group USA, Inc. is the only remaining watch company in the region. Originally, the company produced clocks as less expensive alternatives to the high-end European counterparts of the time. In 1887 the company began experimenting with its product line, leading to the creation of the large Jumbo pocket watch, invented by Archibald Bannatyne and named after the famous P. T. Barnum elephant. The Jumbo was put on the market in New York City on a trial basis, catching the attention of Robert H. Ingersoll, a salesman and eventual marketing pioneer. During the turn of the century, Waterbury Clock Company produced millions of pocket watches for the newly created partnership of Robert and his brother Charles, Robert H. Ingersoll & Bro., under their own brand name. In 1896, Ingersoll introduced the Ingersoll Yankee, a dollar pocket watch supplied by Waterbury Clock Company. These watches gained such great popularity that they became known as "the watch that made the dollar famous."In 1877, a new prototype was introduced to Benedict and Burnham for an inexpensive pocket watch made of 58 parts, mostly made of punched sheet brass. They immediately set aside an unused portion of their machine shop and began producing the Long Wind at a rate of 200 per day by 1878. The department quickly outgrew its space in the plant, so with a capital of $400,000 Waterbury Clock's sister company Waterbury Watch Company was incorporated by Benedict & Burnham in 1880 to manufacture and sell inexpensive watches and other timepieces. Waterbury Watch started out very successfully in its early days, employing hundreds of women for their "slender fingers" and "delicate manipulation," having become the largest volume producer of watches in the world by 1888.Due to poor sales techniques, where jobbers and salesmen gave away much of the Waterbury Watch products as loss leaders with little regard to the company's future, thereby cheapening the products' perceived value, Waterbury Watch quickly fell into bankruptcy. In a last attempt to salvage the company, Waterbury Watch began to produce higher-end watch models which only created more demand on a workforce unable to keep up with the complexity of the new watches using several hundred parts. The company was finally reorganized as the New England Watch Company in 1898 as its London sales office was placed into liquidation. The company continued to focus on high-priced watch models and eventually fell into receivership, discontinuing business in July 1912. Robert H. Ingersoll & Bro. bought the Waterbury plant and began manufacturing Ingersoll Watches there in 1914. With the American entry into World War I there were new demands for timepiece design. Artillery gunners needed an easy way to calculate and read time while still being able to work the guns. The Waterbury Clock Company met this need by modifying the small Ingersoll ladies' Midget pocket watch to become military-issue wristwatches — lugs were added for a canvas strap, the crown was repositioned to 3 o'clock, hands and numbers were made luminescent for nighttime readability, thus making one of the first wrist watches. In 1922, Waterbury Clock Company purchased the Robert H. Ingersoll & Bro. company for $1,500,000, which had gone bankrupt the previous year due to the post-war recession, thereby inheriting all of Ingersoll's and Waterbury Watch's assets and facilities. Unable to deliver on Ingersoll's guarantee of quality in Europe due to the Great Depression, Waterbury Clock sold the London-based Ingersoll, Ltd. to its Board of Directors in 1930, making it a wholly British-owned enterprise. The "powerful Ingersoll brand name" was continued in the United States by Waterbury Clock into the 1950s. No longer part of Waterbury Clock Company, Ingersoll Ltd. continued to produce the Ingersoll watch brand independently for the European and other international markets. Following the Great Depression and a period of hardship for the company, Waterbury Clock Company regained its identity in the consumer market. In 1930, a license agreement was reached with Walt Disney, resulting in the production of the famous Mickey Mouse watches and clocks under the Ingersoll brand name. The new Mickey Mouse timepieces were introduced to the public at the Chicago World's Fair in June 1933 and quickly became the company's first million-dollar line, saving it from financial disaster. In 1940, Thomas Olsen (owner and operator of Fred. Olsen Shipping Co.) and Joakim Lehmkuhl fled Norway with their families because of the Nazi invasion Eventually they came to the United States seeking investments to assist in the war effort. In 1941, Olsen and Lehmkuhl purchased controlling interest in Waterbury Clock Company, with Thomas Olsen becoming Chairman. Though the company had fallen on hard times during the Great Depression it still had the manufacturing capability to make large numbers of timing devices. Mr. Lehmkuhl, who had studied business and engineering at Harvard and MIT, was appointed President by Olsen and, under his direction, the company became the largest producer of fuse timers for precision defense products in the United States. A new concrete plant was built in nearby Middlebury, Connecticut in 88 days in 1942 for the high-volume production of precision timers. In August 1943, the Army-Navy "E" Award for excellence was awarded by the United States Under-Secretary of War to Waterbury Clock Company for the "Anglo-American fuse". As a result of this success shareholders in the following December voted to rename the company to United States Time Corporation.

Sold on eBay Jul, 11th 2020

Antique Large German Double Bird Black Forest Cuckoo Clock-Late 1800-Early 1900s

Sold on eBay Dec, 30th 2019

Antique rare KPM Berlin clock mantel clock Lenzkirch Prussia 1887 pendulum

Sold on eBay Feb 11, 2019

Welch Spring & Co.B.W. Wagner Mantel Calendar 1887-1884 Clock in Working Order

Sold on eBay Apr 27, 2022

Burr Walnut Double Fusee & Original Matching Bracket C1850's

Sold on eBay Jul 07, 2022

1887 Seth Thomas Buffalo City Series Clock

Sold on eBay Apr, 16th 2020

Antique Gebruder Resch Remember Vienna Regulator

Sold on eBay Mar 22, 2023

GUSTAV BECKER,8 DAY BRACKET COCK 1887.

Sold on eBay April 30th, 2024

Antique Seth Thomas Adamantine Mantle Clock - Very Good Original Condition

Sold on eBay April 19th, 2025

F KROEBER "KANSAS" MANTLE CLOCK ~RUNNING AND STRIKING ~ STUNNING ORIGINAL CLOCK!

Sold on eBay Jul 22, 2021

Antique Longwy French Faience Cobalt Blue Mantle Clock Porcelain Enamel - Works!

Sold on eBay December 12th, 2023

RARE 1898 Kroeber VENTURA Figural Bronze Enameled Mantel Clock Pandora WORKS!

eBay 19th Century Florenz Friederick Kroeber Figural Mantel ClockThe antique spelter with bronze finish statue of Pandora and her box is in wonderful shape with a lovely patina. She stands (sits) at 9” high and 7” wide. She still retains the majority of her original finish. Pandora sits on an enameled iron base with glossy finish with mercury winged feet. This clock is stunning, special and scarce. Last one like this to sell on ebay was in 2016! It is listed in the Tran Duy Ly Kroeber book.This clock would not be out of place on the cover of a collector book. This would be an amazing conversation piece to any home, and a remarkable find for any clock collector.When properly leveled and tested this clock operates well. It has been going strong for 24 hours now. It is running a tad fast, and will need adjustment to get it to keep perfect time. The deeply resonant (and somewhat foreboding) coiled gong sounds on the half hour and hour. (SEE VIDEO FOR EXAMPLE).The cast bronze front door opens and shuts securely. Original beveled glass is in excellent shape.It has a nice brass / copper colored rococo style sash. Sunk double porcelain dial is painted with black Arabic numberals. It is complete with original fancy hands and signed with the F. Kroeber Trademark Because we don’t know the service history of this clock, we highly recommend a good cleaning service oiling to ensure this extraordinary clock continues to work for many years to come.Pendulum and replacement key are included with this auction.The clock measures aprox 16” W x 14” H x 6” D. It is very heavy, weighing 18lb prior to any shipping materials, box, etc. Shipping price will reflect this. I do not profit at all from shipping - the price is calculated based on box dimensions and weight of item plus styrofoam, bubble wrap and any other packing material needed to deliver this antique clock safely to your home. Please view pics closely as they are part of my description and feel free to reach out to me with any questions prior to bidding. Thanks for looking!More Info About F. Kroeber CompanyFlorenz Friederick Martin Kroeber was born in1840 in the city of Paderborn, Westphalia, Germany. His early years were spentin the city of Cologne, but his parents brought their family to America aboutthe spring of 1850, settling in New York City. By the age of 19,"Florence" Kroeber began to work in the clock store of Owen &Clark at John Street as a bookkeeper.In 1861, Owen & Clark was dissolved butone of the partners, George B. Owen, continued the operation under his ownname. When Owen went to Winsted, Conn. to become general manager of W. L.Gilbert & Company in 1864, Florence Kroeber took over the Owen business.This was strictly a marketing operation, both of domestic and imported clocks,though labels with F. Kroeber were often applied.In 1868, Kroeber went into partnership withNicholas Mueller, a German immigrant who ran a business of producing bronzedcast metal figurines and figured metal clock case fronts. Two years laterKroeber married Mueller's daughter. Though the partnership lasted only about ayear, the two families had close business ties and even rented adjoining NewYork stores for many years.About 1870 Kroeber began to manufacture somecases of his own design and contracted with Connecticut manufacturers formovements, some to his own specifications. For over 25 years the operation wassuccessful. It was incorporated as the F. Kroeber Clock Company in 1887 andthat year a second New York store was opened in midtown Manhattan. Their 1888catalog of 208 pages illustrated 286 clocks and 43 figurines, over 90% ofAmerican manufacture Business began to decline with the depressionof 1893 and in 1895 the midtown store was closed. By 1898, their catalog of 115pages offered only 182 clocks and 31 figurines, with only about 80% beingAmerican made. In 1899 the corporation went into receivership. Kroeber movedinto a smaller store on Maiden Lane and spent about a year settling theaccounts of the company.Kroeber continued marketing clocks as aprivate venture under his own name, most being purchased from Connecticut Except for cuckoo clocks, foreign made clocks were no longer offered. Thisbusiness ended in bankruptcy in January, 1904 and because it was not acorporation, Kroeber was personally ruined. For the next seven years he workedas an employee in clock and watch departments of various New York firms. Hedied May 16, 1911 of tuberculosis. (Condition: Pre-Owned)

Antique Large SELF WINDING Clock Co No 16 1887 Wall Regulator Repair Project

Sold on eBay Oct, 3rd 2020

Rare And Collectible Clocks : 1887 Clock Price List

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19th Century Tiffany and Co Grandfather 9 tube clock Walter Durfee

Fine Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock by Jean-Baptiste Delettrez

ANTIQUE RUDOLSTADT VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FIGURAL MANTEL GROUP WITH LENZKIRCH CLOCK

1887 Seth Thomas Buffalo City Series Clock

Antique 1850's Waterbury Bronze/Metal Mantle / Floor Clock

Antique Large German Double Bird Black Forest Cuckoo Clock-Late 1800-Early 1900s

Antique rare KPM Berlin clock mantel clock Lenzkirch Prussia 1887 pendulum

Welch Spring & Co.B.W. Wagner Mantel Calendar 1887-1884 Clock in Working Order

Burr Walnut Double Fusee & Original Matching Bracket C1850's

1887 Seth Thomas Buffalo City Series Clock

Antique Gebruder Resch Remember Vienna Regulator

GUSTAV BECKER,8 DAY BRACKET COCK 1887.

Antique Seth Thomas Adamantine Mantle Clock - Very Good Original Condition

F KROEBER "KANSAS" MANTLE CLOCK ~RUNNING AND STRIKING ~ STUNNING ORIGINAL CLOCK!

Antique Longwy French Faience Cobalt Blue Mantle Clock Porcelain Enamel - Works!

RARE 1898 Kroeber VENTURA Figural Bronze Enameled Mantel Clock Pandora WORKS!

Antique Large SELF WINDING Clock Co No 16 1887 Wall Regulator Repair Project

Rosewood Ripple molding Beehive clock Pat. June 1887

SETH THOMAS "PARLOR CALENDAR NO 4" MANTLE CHIME CLOCK~RUNNING AND STRIKING

Antique Jerome & Co.Weight Driven Shelf Clock "Pansies" c.1887 #A33