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The Mosler Safe Company was a manufacturer of security equipment, most notably safes and bank vaults, beginning in 1874 and ending with its bankruptcy in 2001. Founded in Cincinnati by Gustave Mosler and Fred Bahmann as Mosler, Bahmann & Company in 1867.
Re: Mosler safe worth ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD Re: Mosler safe worthPosted By: Madeline Scrogin (c-66-177-56-185.se.client2.attbi.com)Date: 3/23/5 02:56In Response To: (James Schooley)Hello, It's my first time reading these really interesting Q&A's. James Scjpoley commented I was going to mention the importance of knowing the provenance of this safe. Just as there might be strong interest on the part of many collectors as to who might have cracked or this safe or tried to and under what circumstances, I would bet that many people, especially well-educated educated women who often control the purse strings, i.e., finances, in modern day's relationships, who would have a stronger interest in the provenance of this safe. Who was the first person to own this safe, and from where did he or she acquire it? I would think that research could yield some promising information.
Around this time in the early 20th century, in smaller towns in many areas of the United States and in southern Canadian provinces near the border, it was considered to be newsworthy and made the local newspaper for example when a wealthy local industrialist acquired a new motor car. I could imagine then that the likely extrapolation from that position was an effort by the editor of the town's major (or only) newspaper to bring this larger than life story which epitomized how the rich truly were different from ordinary people. Owning the only private-residence safe outside of the island of Manhattan,(read Wall Street)might have seemingly provided this man his fifteen minutes of fame; and with the use of a little Hollywood-style imagination one could then imagine how as a result of this laudable paternal effort our unlucky wealthy magnate whose only wish at the height of the worst depression in the U.S.' S history, was to protect for his family his newly accumulated, private wealth.I say that you owe it to yourself to do some research, and you can begin easily enough with a Google search right here on the internet Good luck!!!BTW, my original purpose here was to leave a question that the experts here would find compelling enought to tackle online! That is what can I do about quite a bit of crazing beginning to occur on the surface of an older Baker writing desk that I bought on the internet (EBay) and was just delivered by the nicest couple from N.J./W.V. This afternoon.
The seller described the desk as being in excellent condition with its original finish. He did not mention crazing, although he took pains on other auctions sites to alert bidders to small amounts of crazing, even on another older Henredon mahogany table (which I also happen to have won and which I love!).Thank you all for your patience. If you would like to quickly drop a line to my personal email address in response to my question, it is madelinescrogin@comcast.net. I would appreciate any professional adivse that would set my mind at ease.
I do not mind working on the desk, I just don't have any desire to see it collapse!Best regards, madeline in ponte vedra beach, fl.P.S.
As some may know, I just recently bought a house. Well last night I was on Craigslist looking for Ovens because the house did not come with one.
There was an oven listed for free, so I obviously clicked it first, but someone had already claimed it. So now I find myself in this 'free stuff' section, an right on the top I see 'Free 1900s safe, remove it and you can have it'. It had been listed literally 2 minutes, so I said what the heck and shot them an email.
30 mins later a woman calls and says I was the first to inquire and she gave me a time when I could come pick it up. Long story short, 3 hours of grunt later, I am the owner of a Mosler & Bahmann safe, weighing in at just under 500 lbs! I looked it up and I am 90percent certain it is an 1871-1874 model, but the safe company started in 1867. The serial number is early, only 4 digits, 7882.
I will post more as I learn more, including value! This is one of my best free finds ever! Thanks to Craigslist!Update: I googled the name on the bottom of the safe. Was very suprised with the result:H. Warner Gen'l Ag't Rochester NY. I found that H. Warner was a salesman out of Rochester, NY that partnered with Mosler AND BAhmann.
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Later, Warner became more into the pharmaceutical world, and on his medicine bottles, small safe images can be seen!Also, I the woman called me back and said that she had an offer of $1000 for the safe and she wanted to know if I wanted the email so I could sell it. I know it is worth good money now. I also found out that she had received 68 emails regarding the safe. She also told me the safe was in an 1875 house that she owned in the 70s.
She removed it when she sold it.Update #2 I did a little gentle cleaning, looks GREAT. 3 PICTURES AT BOTTOM.UPDATE#3.This is great news as well, I found this info about the name at the top of the safe, R.
Morris, I hope to find info on this Individual or business!' Not only was it an option to paint the name of the original purchaser, it was a standard practice, which is nice because the safe then retains a small chunk of history, by personalizing it. There is no way of knowing for sure, but it is probably a pretty good bet the name on the top of the safe was probably the original owner.'