VINTAGE WALL CLOCK - GREENETZ & GREENETZ JEWELERS (07/14/2009)

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Sold Date: 07/14/2009
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Category: Furniture & Furnishings

YOU ARE BIDDING ON THIS VINTAGE WALL CLOCK. MADE FOR GREENETZ & GREENETZ JEWELERS IN CAMDEN NJ.
HAS GRUEN WATCH TIME IN MIDDLE OF CLOCK FACE CLOCK STILL WORKS WHEN PLUGGED IN LIGHT IN CLOCK ALSO WORKS - TAKES 2 STANDARD BULBS CLOCK FRAME & CLOCK MADE OF METAL FACE COVER MADE OF GLASS
HISTORY OF GREENETZ JEWELERS :
Michael & Joseph Greenetz (brothers) partnered with Abraham Pelicoff in 1921 to open a jewelry store at 833 Broadway. By 1930 Pelicoff had relocated to Atlantic City, w he operated a hotel. Michael and Joseph Gr eenetz remained on Broadway, moving their jewelry store to 839 Broadway by the mid-1930s. The store was still open at that location through the fall of 1956. Michael Greenetz passed away on August 13, 1958, and Joseph Greenetz died January 17, 1959.
During the store's years of operation it encountered a robbery back in January of 1928. The following is the story as printed by the Courier Post - Camden - JANUARY 7, 1928:

JEWELRY CLERK HELD IN ROBBERY OF STORE
Loot Valued at $2000 Taken From Broadway Shop;
Second Visit of Thieves

Climbing to the roof of a shed in the rear of the Greenetz & Pellicoff jewelry store, 833 Broadway, burglars entered the shop early today and carried away $2,000 in loot.

At noon today, Joseph Shapiro, 29 years old, 215 South Fifth Street, a clerk in the store, was being grilled by Detectives George Ward and Thomas Cheeseman, after being booked at police headquarters as having been arrested “on suspicion.”

August 29 four suspected robbers were captured by police only a few minutes after they had smashed the plate glass window and snatched a tray of jewels at the same store.

Policeman John McTaggert reported the burglary this morning. He is the brother of Policeman James McTaggert, who participated in the capture of the four suspects last August.

Included in the loot of the burglars this morning were 35 watches left at the shop by their owners for repairs. At the shop it was said the owners of the watches would be reimbursed. Other articles stolen included 26 bracelets, 12 diamond bar pins, 15 pair of earrings, three fountain pen sets, and six strings of beads.

At 7:30 this morning, Patrolman McTaggert noticed several men standing in front of the jewelry store. He learned that they had just discovered an open window and, investigating, found the shop had been robbed.

The watches and other articles of jewelry were taken from trays and showcases. A safe in the store was left untouched.

The building next to the jewelry store at 831 Broadway is unoccupied and it was through this structure that the burglars entered. They climbed to the roof of a shed at the rear, entered a second story window and followed a corridor to an inner door of the jewelry store, forced open the door, and entered.

The capture of the four men at the store more than four months ago resulted in commendation from Chief James E. Tatem for the three officers who participated. With Policeman Edward Smith and Frank Truax, Patrolman James McTaggert took the four men at revolver’s point. The men arrested at that time, still awaiting trial, are James Toner, 54 years old, 1204 Vine Street, Philadelphia; Mervin Campbell, 24 years old, 2309 Carlisle Street; James J. Kelly, 25 years old, 2121 Brandywine Street; and Frank MacCrossan, 33 years old, of 1328 Pearl Street.

The proprietors of the store are Joseph and Michael Greenetz, 1468 Haddon Avenue, and Abraham Pellicoff, 1417 Haddon Avenue.

The Greenetz family remains in the jewelry business today, at 812 Haddon Avenue in Collingswood NJ, trading under the name of Ellis Antiques and Jewelry.
HISTORY OF GRUEN WATCH:
The Gruen Watch Company was founded in 1894, the company later traced its history back to 1874, following the early career of its founder. Dietrich Gruen (originally spelled 'Grün') was born in Osthofen, Germany in 1847. After attending both public an...

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