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| Posted: Wed Jan 11th, 2012 05:21 pm |
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Charlie Wicks AFCA Member 
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Here's a very nice GE 16" nickel plated fan with nickel plated brass cage. Plating is very nice on it for it's age.Would clean up to a super shine with some polish. Headwire has some tape on it but can easily be replaced which I can supply .Runs and oscillates great on all 3 speeds.This is a very hard to come by fan especially in this nice of shape. Sold!! Attached Image (viewed 1441 times): Last edited on Fri Jan 20th, 2012 06:38 am by Charlie Wicks |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 11th, 2012 05:21 pm |
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Charlie Wicks AFCA Member
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pic#2 Attached Image (viewed 1379 times):
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12th, 2012 12:28 am |
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Nicholas Denney Guest 
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Is the guard brass? I see thats it's wrapped. Looks really strange on a trumpet base fan...
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12th, 2012 12:32 am |
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Charlie Wicks AFCA Member
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Nick Yes,it's nickel plated brass. Last edited on Sun Jan 15th, 2012 02:00 am by Charlie Wicks |
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 04:25 pm |
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Charlie Wicks AFCA Member
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Anyone even remotely interested??????????????????
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 04:40 pm |
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Ron Powell Guest 
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Charlie, I really like it, just cant afford it right now, sorry.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 04:56 pm |
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Charlie Wicks AFCA Member
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I know what your saying Ron. Times are tough . Fans in general are just not brining what they are worth or used to be worth anymore unless they are on ebay and then the buyers will blow them out of the water..I have into this fan just what I am asking for it now from the bouckville antiqe show last summer. Better off parting them out. I don't think I'm going to buy anymore for quite awhile no matter the rarity.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 05:00 pm |
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Ron Powell Guest
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Please don't part that one out Charlie, It'll give me nightmares!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 05:02 pm |
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Charlie Wicks AFCA Member
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Ok Ron Pleasant dreams...Charlie
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17th, 2012 06:39 pm |
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Nicholas Denney Guest
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Charlie Wicks wrote:Better off parting them out. NO. Fan Fair is coming... take it down and put it in the auction, or, if you're not going, have somebody take it for you. It's real far northeast this year so I can't imagine that many NY members will be staying home...
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 05:40 pm |
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René Rondeau Guest 
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Beautiful fan, I love nickel and would love to have it -- but I just have no place to put a 16" fan right now.....
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 07:24 pm |
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Steve Stephens Guest 
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Nickel or Chrome? It looks more like chrome to me and, by 1930, chrome was in common use for many applications.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 08:52 pm |
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Charlie Wicks AFCA Member
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I don't know for sure but it shines either way.I didn't think chrome came out untill 1934 but I don't know for a fact.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 10:09 pm |
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Steve Stephens Guest
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Chrome was first used commercially on the 1926 Oldsmobile. Ford was using chrome starting with the 1928 Model As on all bumpers but still nickel on many other parts of the car such as radiator shell and instrument panel, etc. Nickel has a generally warmer color than your GE fan.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 10:11 pm |
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Nicholas Denney Guest
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I would deal with the cage first. It's just not reasonable to think that they would put a brass cage on a late AOU like that. Someone must have a catalog listing of it. If anything, I would bet that the cage is nickel and the rest of the fan is chrome. The two metals do appear different in a side-by-side comparison.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 10:25 pm |
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Ron Powell Guest
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Steve Stephens wrote: Chrome was first used commercially on the 1926 Oldsmobile. Ford was using chrome starting with the 1928 Model As on all bumpers but still nickel on many other parts of the car such as radiator shell and instrument panel, etc. Nickel has a generally warmer color than your GE fan. Chromium was used for electroplating as early as 1848, but this use only became widespread with the development of an improved process in 1924. CHROMIUM Although it doesn't state that Nickel plating was discontinued when Chrome became available. Again, if someone has proof in writing from GE stating they discontinued Nickel plating on a certain date and there after only chrome plated......and or have a degree in Metallurgy who's to know? Last edited on Thu Jan 19th, 2012 10:34 pm by Ron Powell |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 11:11 pm |
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Nicholas Denney Guest
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Most companies were quick to switch because chrome plating is much more durable (it's physically harder), is not an allergen, and has a clearer shine. Nickel tends to be relatively dull and yellow. Oh, and nickel tarnishes, whereas chrome doesn't.  Last edited on Thu Jan 19th, 2012 11:14 pm by Nicholas Denney |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 11:34 pm |
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Ron Powell Guest
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And just where might have you read that most companies changed over quickly to Chrome plating? I believe that is your assumption unless you can come up with some legitimate proof sir.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 11:55 pm |
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Steve Stephens Guest
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Definitely nickel plated because it came out before chrome plating was in use commercially. Attached Image (viewed 924 times):
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19th, 2012 11:57 pm |
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Steve Stephens Guest
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Most likely chrome because the ones like this I have seen have been chrome. In person it's easy for me to tell chrome from nickel. Compare the Star-Rite above with this fan and then Charlie's GE which appears to be chrome plated. Attached Image (viewed 976 times):
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20th, 2012 12:27 am |
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Nicholas Denney Guest
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Ron Powell wrote:And just where might have you read that most companies changed over quickly to Chrome plating? I believe that is your assumption unless you can come up with some legitimate proof sir. My proof is logic. Logic is not legitimate? Sure seems like it these days...
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20th, 2012 01:08 am |
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Ralph Bliss Guest 
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Nicholas Denney wrote: ... proof is logic. ...Logic is not proof, never has been, never will be.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20th, 2012 02:11 am |
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Lewis Fitzgerald-Holland Guest 
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Logic is an educated guess, not proof. BTW, neat fan Charlie, someone should get it.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20th, 2012 06:38 am |
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Charlie Wicks AFCA Member
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Sold!!!!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22nd, 2012 08:00 pm |
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Nicholas Denney Guest
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Well, I definitively found out that it is chrome plate and the guard (!) is correct. The model of that fan is 75425CP... couldn't somebody have connected CP to... Chrome Plate?  .Apparently, it was also one of the first fans to have the trumpet base.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22nd, 2012 09:40 pm |
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Steve Stephens Guest
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Nicholas Denney wrote:
The trumpet base first came out in 1927 on Form AF. Charlie's fan is from 1930 or 31.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22nd, 2012 10:22 pm |
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Nicholas Denney Guest
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Well, you can bang that up with Mr. Witt. 
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| Posted: Sun Jan 22nd, 2012 10:33 pm |
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Steve Stephens Guest
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Nicholas Denney wrote:Well, you can bang that up with Mr. Witt. Chris Mays is the man for GEs from 1915 and it's his info that I pass on.
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