Black Beauty arrives

[jetcone]

It was a hard fought auction but I prevailed and it was worth it.
A 1941 Hamilton Beach #33 stick blender in Bar Black. From I am told a prominent Seattle home.
See the photographic evidence for your selves!

 

[jetcone]

I can't find a mark on it

And the bearings are so fresh I can't hear it run on the low setting!

What is amazing is it came with a set of bakelite malt glasses something I've never seen and they still have the factory gloss on them!

 

[jetcone]

But wait there's more

The SS mixer cup is original and it too looks like it was only used a month of Sundays.
The inside and the outer bottom edge tell the story there. Usually there are agitator marks on the inside because in a Bar or Soda shop Baristas are rushing around getting things so nicks occur naturally. And being in use commercially you always see wear along the bottom outside edge (the foot) of the SS cups. Not on this baby!
Whahoo!

 

[jetcone]

Cup inside

Sweet!!

 

[jetcone]

Nichols Plasticware

They work on Black Beauty so shakes can be made in them.

The seller told me this came from a very posh Seattle neighborhood and after the estate sale a neighbor bought the house for $5mil and then knocked it down! Can you imagine??

 

[jetcone]

Not your everday find

I have only seen two of this model in Black on ebay the past year and this is the second one. A rare find indeed.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Black is beautiful

Jon:

IMPRESSIVE

Like a classic black cocktail dress, this is a must for one's "wardrobe".

GAWGEOUS, SLEEK, REFINED, CLASSIC... and the stick blender aint bad, neitha!

 

[turquoisedude]

I never knew,,,

The HB drink mixers had a bakelite mixing cup. I have seen stainless, but never bakelite. What an incredible find - like out of a time capsule! Congratulations!!

 

[112561]

Think of what that house must have been like! Wow, that is too beautiful! And it went to a great home!

 

[petek]

I'm pea black with envy!!!! LOL
How many variations on the HB's do you have now btw.

 

[circlew]

That machine looks stunning in black & chrome. My Aunt Doris has one, but it's the usual light green, and not in as good a shape. She got it from her brother-in-laws restaurant, so it had been well used. You were very fortunate to find one so pristine. I wonder if Hamilton Beach made the stainless cup, or if perhaps Vollrath or Polar Ware did it for them, all being based in Wisconsin.

 

[foraloysius]

Nice purchase Jon! I will have to make a strawberry milkshake to celebrate your find!

 

[sudsman]

truly a nice find

and beautiful too.

 

[gansky1]

That's just gorgeous!

I'm sure you don't just use them for milkshakes and malteds, can you share some of your favorite drinks and uses for this pretty new toy?

I must have that same "disorder" we talked about the other day - approx. 15" tall, shiny, lights, makes noise ----- and I want one!

 

[hunter]

WOW!!!

I am allergic to dairy and don't even DRINK milkshakes but I'm jealous!!

 

[westingman123]

Absolutely stunning!

 

[jetcone]

I appreciate the posts all

Hunter, you can come have a blended Margarita in it, or top of line salad dressing on your salad, or I'll make you a fluffly egg omelette or quick Buckwheat pancakes with it. No lactose there!

I keep calling it it. Most of my appliances announce their gender to me but this piece comes across as completely both.
Odd, never seen that behavior before in a small electric.
Anyone else seen this??
jon

 

[jetcone]

I got a response from the seller today

HERE IS WHAT HE SAID VERBATIM:

Hi Jon, Thanks for the email and the great eBay feedback, I appreciate that .... and have reciprocated with the feedback. Glad to know that it arrived safely. It came from a Seattle Lake Washington waterfront estate last fall. One of the neighbors had purchased the property (for $5 mil) and the house was scheduled to be torn down, although it looked perfectly fine to me. The place was built in the early 1950s. They had money and bought only the best. That's about all I know Jon. Thanks once again. Best regards, Dan

 

[jetcone]

Greg

I'll book us into therapy together so we can reinforce each other!

 

[hunter]

Jetcone...

I'd love to! Thanks!

 

[mixfinder]

Soda Jerk

I watched Ethel Waters make milkshakes in a row of 4 Hamilton Beach machines as a kid. You got a glass poured full of Milkshake, Malt, Freeze or Frappe and the contents of the canister to finish off. The moisture of the condensation of icy contents held the paper wrapper of the straw stuck to the cup. Ethel was short and had a button nose which meant her glass looked they were just about to fall off as she stretch to reach over the sink and place the milkshake on the counter. We traveled miles going in circles on the bar stool while we waited for her to finish. Thank you for bringing back such delicious memories and a time when life felt easier and we had time to sit at the counter in the drug store and shoot the breeze with any and all who came in.

 

[jetcone]

Kelly

that 4th picture from the last picture wasa tease! for you, it was a long glimpse of my kitchen.

 

[chestermikeuk]

It was a hard fought auction!!!

Ohh, I bet there was milk shakes splattered everywhere!!! wow, great collection there Jon, how many now!!! now as well as the perfect milkshake & smoothy we all know when its used most!!!

Oh, its "Pims O Clock Time", will just have to get out there and join you!!!

 

[jetcone]

I'll make you a Pims Cup

Anytime! get your butt over here!

 

[tlee618]

Jon, what a fantastic addition to your collection. (Rumor has it your other mixers were lonely) and are so happy to have a new addition to the family. One day you will be able to have a great milkshake party!!
Terry

 

[petek]

Kelly that reminds me, yeah, some places they filled your glass and then gave you the SS cup to finish off. As a kid it always left you wondering what was gonna happen to the stuff leftover in the places that didn't give you the SS cup to finish off the remains LOL

 

[jetcone]

YES PETE!

I used to wonder the exact same thing, is that too AC/DC OD/AB of us??
I remember some parlors had the Dixie Cup milkshake cups and a metal rim they would put over it when putting it on the blender that way you got it all in one cup.