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THE AUCTION EXCHANGE ® nd COLLECTORS NEWS $150 AANTIQUES • COLLECTIBLES • ESTATES • FARM • REAL ESTATE • COMMERCIAL www.eauctionexchange.com November 24, 2020 Vol. 43, No. 50 ACROSS THE AUCTION BLOCK Railroad collection steams ahead at Chupp auction by Karin Milliman and running, a set of six tween items, so the bid- bidder. A Powell steam multi-colored railroad ders needed to pay atten- whistle measured a short SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. lenses brought a nice bid tion and have those bid 4 ½ inches but brought — “It hurts to sell off a of $150. And a case of lock cards ready. a tall bid of $225 while lifetime collection,” said keys drummed up a lot of A 9-inch cast iron Her- a brass one standing 12 Richard and Carolyn interest. There were 54 cules Powders Baldwin inches tall was sold for Garbow, the owners of of them in all and each locomotive works build- $275. the impressive railroad one was marked clearly er’s plate was sold for What good is a lock items that were going so the new owner could $475 to an internet bid- with no key? Evidential- across the auction block tell at a glance which der after competing with ly it’s quite collectible if at the Chupp Auction railroad a key came bidders in the room. A it is made of brass and location in Shipshewa- from. The final winning second builder’s plate is marked C.ST.L & P. na. So they were not on price on this set, in a nice was clearly dated 1913. A rare one to find, this sight when the auction display case, was a very This one measured 13 by brass lock had a small took place, but with Lyle impressive $750. A set 7 inches and was made of chain still attached to it and Dale Chupp at the of railroad signal flags bronze. It was from the and it took a bid of $1,600 helm, they had nothing drove the bidding price American Locomotive to tuck this one away in to worry about. The Ch- all the way to $175 before Company with the mark- a pocket. A set of eight upp Auction team revved they were pronounced ing “MC” clearly visible. railroad keys kept the up steam and started sold. It sold for $700. bidders’ attention. These right on time with some When the catalogued A steam whistle from were all brass and in- uncataloged items. With items started coming Grand Trunk Western cluded two marked “MC” in-house bidding, online across the auction block, railroad stood 33 inch- (Michigan Central), one bidding and the bids that the Chupp Auction Com- es tall. It was in great marked “Detroit and Bay were left by absentee bid- pany showed their years condition and drove the City”, and one marked ders, the room was full of of experience. They were bidders until the ham- “Manistee Electric”, one activity. well-organized and there mer finally came down Selling for $1,600, this lock had no key but obviously, To get things oiled up was no hesitation be- at $2,400 to an on-sight See Railroad page 2 the bidders didn’t care. FEATURE Collectors tune into toy gramophones for sale By Larry LeMasters ry. Athanasius Kircher Bell, the inventor of the sound with better clarity (1602-1680) is credited telephone and a rival of and precision than foil or with inventing the first Edison, realized that a wax cylinders. Berliner, A gramophone (also parabolic horn, which wax cylinder could re- in a real sense, was the called a phonograph, re- was used as both a hear- cord and playback sound father of modern phono- cord player, or turntable) ing aid and a voice am- much better than Edi- graphs. is a mechanical device plifier. son’s foil cylinders. Wax In 1901, Berliner and used for playing gramo- In 1857, Édouard- cylinders also provid- Eldridge Johnson formed phone records. The word Léon Scott de Mar- ed longer playback and the Victor Talking Ma- gramophone was coined tinville invented the were easier to manufac- chine Company that and trademarked by phonautograph with turer. Bell patented his became famous with its German-American in- which he attempted to wax cylinders, calling Victor-Victrola gramo- ventor Emile Berliner in record and reproduced the machine that actu- phone, which originat- 1887. Berliner invented sound waves. But Amer- ally “played” the sound ed as a wind-up, crank the first phonograph, ican inventor Thomas a “Graphophone.” Bell’s player and later transi- naming it a gramophone Alva Edison, in 1877, is inventions quickly be- tioned to an electrically after the Greek words credited with inventing came the standard for operated machine. grámma (letter) and the first mechanical de- sound processing. The The wind-up ver- phōnḗ (sound). vice that could actually Graphophone also al- sion of the gramophone While the word “gram- record and reproduce lowed for automatic guided toy makers to ophone” became archa- authentic sound waves. feedback since it fea- produce wind-up gramo- ic and fell out of usage Edison named his device tured a wind-up, clock- phones for children that long ago, it did inspire a “phonograph,” and it work mechanism that are expensive and high- the Grammy Awards, used a cylindrical sheet provided its energy ly sought after by collec- which were originally of foil with grooves of source and provided au- tors today. called the Gramophone varying depth to record tomated rotation for the Many of the vintage, Awards. sound. first time. children’s gramophones Amplifying sound Edison’s “phono- Then, in 1887, Ber- came in brightly colored waves, which led to graph” and tinfoil stor- liner introduced to the lithographed boxes that gramophones and pho- age medium had some world his “gramophone,” served to hide the turn- nographs, has a long severe disadvantag- which played flat rotat- Above: Wind-up “Figuraphone” gramophone by and evolutionary histo- es. Alexander Graham ing disks that captured See LeMasters page 4 Weco that sold at auction in 2012 for $2,975. SINCE 1978 THE WEEKLY AUCTION & COLLECTORS GUIDE FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION Page 2 THE AUCTION EXCHANGE – www.eauctionexchange.com November 24, 2020 a bid of $300. It was in Railroad great shape. A railroad From Front Page presentation lantern was “Michigan Airlines”, one in great condition. It was “GTRY” and two other for Captain OH Palmer early keys. There was with a Civil War record obvious interest in this and had an etched globe. brass collection as they This rare find took a high sold for $350. A single bid of $425. key, also made of brass A Pennsylvania Lines was marked “TAA & railroad lantern had an etched globe and a brass NM” railroad and sold Above: This East Broad top and bell bottom. It for almost as much as the Top Railroad lantern even sold for $400. A Chicago Above: Tiny in size doesn’t always mean tiny in price. collection, bringing a bid surprised the auctioneer and Northwestern Rail- This salesman’s sample brought a bid of $600. of $275. Coming in right with an opening bid of road semaphore lantern behind this one with a Above: This padlock with $800. It closed at $1,500. topped out at $250. A Below: This was a wig wag signal with two heads and bid of $250 was a brass no key stalled at $175, Keystone Ware railroad sold for $1,300. key marked “FC & G”. but got started again signal lantern had an A brass Hannibal & when an internet bidder older repaint on it. It took St. Joseph Railroad lock jumped in to compete a bid of $200 to tuck this with no key was in good with an in-house bidder. light away. An Adlake condition. This one sold It sold for $750. for an impressive $750. caboose marker lantern The bidding on this one was marked “left”. It had A 14-inch brass steam stalled at $175 and it was been restored and looked locomotive bell was com- almost pronounced sold to be in very good condi- plete with the cast iron when an internet bidder tion. It sold for $230. yoke. It came from the jumped in. The bid price A Grand Rapids and Grand Trunk railroad was realized with an in- Indiana lantern held and was marked as such. house bidder and the in- its own with a selling It brought an impressive ternet competing quickly price of $700. It was also price of $1,600. Above: With railroad to get the final sale price. etched on the globe that A 12-inch brass air markings on both the A salesman sample it was a GRI lantern. A operated locomotive bell lantern and the globe, of a model steam engine rare Flint & Pere Mar- from the Pere Marquette this one was sold to an came complete with the quette Railroad lantern Railway, sold for $500 in-house bidder. measuring 10 feet by 42 badges was sold togeth- original sales literature. had a red cast globe. even though it was un- inches was all original. er. They included New This measured on 21 by This one started the bid- marked. Selling for $400 nals become more popu- It had a wooden bed and York & Harlem Railroad, 9 by 8 inches and sold for ding out on the internet was a 15-inch cast iron lar. Even though this one iron wheels and brought Southern Pacific Rail- $600. It may have con- with a bid of $350. But air operated locomotive was rolled in on a cart, a selling price of $900.

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