Thread Number: 54749
VINTAGE IRONRITE ELECTRIC IRONER/MANGLE & HEALTH CHAIR - $175 (SHELTON, CONNECTICUT) |
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Post# 771486   7/17/2014 at 09:07 (3,542 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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HERE IS AN IRONRITE ELECTRIC IRONER IN REMARKABLY GOOD CONDITION.THIS IS MODEL 85. WHEN IN USE IT MEASURES 40 INCHES HIGH, 34 INCHES DEEP, AND 49 INCHES WIDE. CLOSED IT IS 36 INCHES HIGH, 20 INCHES DEEP, AND 30 INCHES WIDE. IT FEATURES ADJUSTABLE ROLL ABOUT CASTERS, AND COMES WITH EASY TO READ COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH 110 VOLT, 60 CYCLE, A.C. CURRENT. THE CABINET IS FINISHED IN CHIP-RESISTING BAKED ENAMEL STEEL. IT IRONS ANYTHING YOU CAN WASH. RHYTHMIC, RESTFUL, AUTOMATIC IRONING.
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Post# 771507 , Reply# 1   7/17/2014 at 10:44 (3,542 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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That's like mine. The chair alone sells for that much. If you have to iron, this is the ironer to have. |
Post# 771521 , Reply# 2   7/17/2014 at 11:41 (3,542 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA)   |   | |
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Can someone explain how to use one of these, please. Does it only do flat work? |
Post# 771689 , Reply# 4   7/18/2014 at 15:00 (3,541 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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Unfortunately, this is a true statement, but it says far more about foolish buyers and just plain dishonest sellers than it does about any actual value the chair has. Just about every seller on eBay mentions the name Herman Sperlich prominently in the listing, as if that's supposed to be something important. Herman Sperlich is no one of consequence. He's just a guy that helped found Ironrite and designed the chair to go along with the machine. Can anyone name any other creative or artistic endeavor of his that's received any form of critical acclaim? The short answer is no, consequently there's no reason whatsoever for anyone to mention his name in an ad. The guy wasn't Rembrandt, Monet, or even Raymond Loewy. He was just a businessman. Those blasted little chairs are worth about twenty five dollars and not a penny more. When I see those things listed(and selling) for two hundred dollars it makes me ill. The little chair sells for two hundred dollars to some clueless dork while the Ironrite machine goes for less than a hundred? It's a world gone mad! Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in a perpetual Nickelodeon opposites sketch, wherein everyone goes about doing the exact opposite of what one would normally expect. Of course this all got started when The Museum of Modern Art put together an exhibit of clever mid century industrial design which included this chair and correctly credited Mr. Sperlich with its design, but so what. As a case in point, Raymond Loewy was a celebrated industrial designer whose team was responsible for some truly groundbreaking innovations, including the stunning 1953 Studebaker Coupe which in 1953 was actually displayed in the same Museum of Modern Art as a work of art, but no one cares. The 1953 Studebaker Coupes remain among the most overlooked of all the classic American mid century automobiles. Meanwhile, an endless stream of eBay sellers attempting to foist these little chairs off on an uneducated public run around chanting Herman Sperlich! Herman Sperlich! I'll leave it to the rest of you to try to make sense of it. I know I never will.
This post was last edited 07/18/2014 at 20:56 |