NOTE.... This item is for sale. It was an auction on ebay and this is a holding place for auctions that don't sell. I keep them here and relist them after a few weeks.

So any mention of buy it now ...ebay auction lingo is because I copied it from my auction site but this item IS for sale.

Victor Safe & Lock Co Catalog Factory Vaults Time Locks Strong Box 1900s 137 pgs

 

Up for bid is a Victor Safe & Lock Company Catalog advertising their line of Safes. Circa 1910. Shows the safe displays that one the ribbon award at the 1904 World’s Fair.

EXCELLENT source of information. 136 pages of a wide variety of Fire Safes, Burglar proof, MOB proof, Jeweler’s safes, deposit boxes, express messenger boxes, strong boxes, bankers steel safes, post office safes, Bank Vault Doors, etc.

Also shows CannonBall safes along with the superb Time Lock the Bankers Dust Proof Triple movement time lock. I believe the movements were made by Illinois Watch Company. From info online this time lock company was bought out by Mosler.

5-6 pages of pictures on the San Francisco Earthquake and fires, plus many other cities with major fires in tall buildings and testimony on how well the Victor safes did. Actual pictures.

 

Catalog has a cloth cover. Shows some corner bends on the cover. The inside pages are nice and clean and in great shape.

Factory pictures of inside the different shops, shows the lock shop, fire proof safe shop, shows machining the cannonball safe top. Nice reference. A lot of pages show the size weight and price of the safes.

Some other safe competitors around the same time were Hall’s safe & Lock Co, Hall’s Safe Co., Herring , Marvin , Farell & Co Macneal & Urban Dodds Barnes, Mosler, Cincinnati Safe, Detroit, Diebold and many others

 

Check out my other antique safe items for sale all this week!

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Questions welcomed. Item is packaged to arrive in advertised shape.

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Questions Welcomed.

Item will be packed to arrive in advertised shape

 

ASKING PRICE IS $275 or best offer.