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We first plan to offer the following items each at a specified sale price for direct sale on AFCA B/S/T forum and several Facebook fan collector groups at 5 PM EDT / 4 PM CDT / 2 PM PDT on Saturday, April 15th. 1. Curtis and Crocker (C&C) 12" 6BB Lamp Resistance Fan Outfit - Type 1N Bipolar Pawfoot 110V DC (ca. 1890) 2. Edison 9" 6BB/BC C-Frame Bipolar 6V DC Battery Fan (ca. 1895) 3. Robbins & Meyers 12" 4BB/BC Early Production Feather Vane Oscillator - Style 180023 (ca. 1911) 4. Ziegler 8” 6BB Candlestick Bipolar 6V DC Battery Fan (ca. 1895) 5. Edison 1891 Small Slow Motor 1/6 HP Bipolar 125V DC 6. Edison 9" 4BB/BC C-Frame Bipolar 2.8V DC Battery Fan (ca. 1899) 7. Westinghouse 13" 4BB/BC Tesla - Style 3856A (ca. 1899) 8. Manhattan #3 Bipolar 9" 4BB/BC 3V DC Battery Fan (ca. 1900) We then plan to list these on Ebay using the “Buy It Now” option at 3 PM EDT / 2 PM CDT / 12 PM PDT on Sunday April 16th. So this will give AFCA members almost 24 hours in advance of the Ebay listings to purchase any of these items at the specified sale price before anyone on Ebay. Collectively these represent nearly all of the best fans that remain in my father’s 30+year collection. We still have 100+ fans to liquidate, but we believe the vast majority of these will be in the $200-$800 price range. Sample photos and videos are posted below for each item. There is a link provided in each item's desription to access a full set of high-resolution photos, i.e. more than just the sample photos. All videos plus a few extra videos for the C&C are available on this you tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JLD.fanman Direct Sale Terms and Conditions 1. Preferred payment by PayPal/F&F. Add 5% to the sale price for regular PayPal. 2. Wire transfer may also be accepted, but this will take longer to process and verify payment. So preference will be given for buyers using PayPal/F&F or PayPal. 2. For AFCA members the sale price includes shipping and insurance to any of the 48 states. Fans are also available for local pickup in the Kansas City area. 3. International buyers must provide a U.S. shipping address and will be solely responsible for all costs, fees, and liability associated with shipping from U.S. address to final overseas destination. We will not ship any of these items overseas. 4. Given the sale price for some of the rarest items, we will consider offers with a 25% non-refundable down payment via PayPal/F&F and a mutually agreed upon payment plan which must be adhered to. My brother Randy will be handling all purchases of the direct sale fans since he is the owner of the PayPal account we have been using for handling all our JLD fan sales since 2019. If you wish to purchase an item Please text Randy's cell at 913-708-1712 for all inquiries on these direct sale fans.

Here a newly developed wire for Edison C Frame Battery Fan. Wire is pictured currently curing.

I’m posting a series of 1890's fan images, perhaps weekly, or at least until a correct response is posted. In theory, each succeeding image should become more difficult to identify than the previous; in cases where the fan isn’t so hard to name I’ll likely post just a partial image to make the task a bit more of a challenge… I’m expecting the final two or three to possibly be real stumpers….. Images courtesy of miSci The Museum of Innovation and Science Schenectady NY