Hollar/Mosler plate

[wylk]

Here's a Hollar/Mosler plate currently on eBay, the seller states it came from a large round door made in 1924. The seller is in Philadelphia but did not state where the door is/was.

Sometimes when I see something like this on eBay I cringe a little, wondering whether the door was vandalized to remove the item (bad) or whether the item was rescued from a door about to be scrapped (good).



As an interesting detail, note it was made by Mosler in New York but it was almost assuredly built in Hamilton, with New York simply being the sales office that facilitated the contract.

[Tom Gordon]

Many thanks wylk - now safely in my collection.

[Adrian Weber]

Congrats Tom how much did you pay for it if I may ask?

[Dean Nickel]

Tom, one of these days you are going to have to post some pictures of where you keep all these plates... and how you show them off.

[Tom Gordon]

£170 - hey ho, I will have to go and cut a few more keys.
it would be a security weakness if I let that secret out Dean :-)
- I have over 1000 in addition to the Chatwood collection.
they will all go online one day and get securely displayed too... One day

[Adrian Weber]

1000 gsus! That's a lot a safe plates :D

I see you are really into that. I only have an old Lips safe plate, some newer and smaller Garny plates and my big Bode Panzer plate of course. If I ever get two of any of these I will let you know!

[Tom Gordon]

I am always up for swaps....

[Tom Gordon]

The plate arrived today....even lovelier than it looked in the picture....and the guy threw in 2 other plates (for free), that I didnt have in my collection.
Thay's what I call a good seller -or maybe one who was totally amazed at how much people would pay for old **** :-)

[Adrian Weber]

Congrats again Tom! :)

Which plates did he add? If I may ask.

[Tom Gordon]

Gerdes did electrically controlled but naturally powered ventillation