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Vintage GE Whiz Brass Blade Electric Fan
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GE WHIZ, what a beauty! Beautifully patinad 9 inch brass blade, painted cage oscillating fan. Date: c.1924. The fan runs and osc. very well, but the cord will need to be replaced before you use the fan--it is not safe to use as is. One speed toggle switch. Original green paint--check out the patina on that badge! As you can see the cord has been replaced. Brass struts, but I'm not an expert...those may not be the original struts holding the cage. Beautiful blade, but something strange...the blade appears to be in great shape and attached correctly, yet the blades push the air backward, not forward, so the wind comes out the back. T is a slight crease in each blade near the rivet, so perhaps the blades got bent incorrectly at some point. Beautiful blades though, no nicks or rust. Consistent with its age, the paint is chipping, mainly in the back--you can see it in the pictures. The fan is marked Cat. Number 257599, D108809. This is really a gorgeous fan! I welcome questions and am willing to ship internationally, but please let me know w you are located so I can try and determine extra shipping costs. For the safety of this vintage piece, I am willing to take off the cage and ship it separately (ONLY if you request it), for an additional shipping and boxing fee. Payment MUST be made within 7 days of auction end or I will relist. No returns--item sold as is. Description is my opinion only. I had a question from an Ebayer about whether the motor/oscillation unit was cracked or dinged, or if the paint is just chipped. The metal is not cracked or dented, just peeling paint. So you could more easily see the condition of the metal, I added two pix of the housing and an additional picture of the felt on the bottom. T is a slit in the metal, but it appears to belong t The metal is very heavy and solid. The felt on the bottom appears to be orginal and in great shape, though in reality it is greener than the picture looks. I also plugged the fan in and turned it on to verify the motion, and the fan runs and continuously oscillates very smoothly (although the air comes out the back...). Please let me know if you have any more questions. Thanks for your interest! Update: I've had someone else take a look at the fan, and they believe t may be some damage to the housing in the back resulting in that line that appears as a gap. Thus, I can't be sure if that gap is supposed to be t or if the metal has chipped. Please be advised of that. But the fan runs very smoothly and the gap does not appear to affect the performance of the fan. Update: I've spoken with an expert (I'm getting a lot of emails about this fan!) and I now believe the gap on the back oscillation housing ball is damaged/cracked or chipped somehow resulting in that gap. Thus that gap is not supposed to be t The damage appears to be isolated to that gap and doesn't extend anyw else on the metal--it seems to be superficial. Again, the fan runs great, and this damage appears to be cosmetic. Please let me know if you have anymore questions!
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