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NOS Vintage Westinghouse Oven Set
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toploader55
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WOW
never been used... WOW
never been used... WOW
laundromat
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Does Betty Furness come with it???
norgeway
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OH MY IS RIGHT!
What a wonderful alternative to todays JUNK!!!!
What a wonderful alternative to todays JUNK!!!!
polkanut
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Hans,
I think I see a remodeling project in your future! lol I prefer gas myself, but even this has me stunned. INCREDIBLE.
I think I see a remodeling project in your future! lol I prefer gas myself, but even this has me stunned. INCREDIBLE.
That oven set screams late 1960's/1970's a Moi. Remember so many homes both in real life and on television having similar though by various makers.
Indeed the house I grew up in (built in the late 1960's)had the same wall oven arrangement, though ours was in coppertone.
Indeed the house I grew up in (built in the late 1960's)had the same wall oven arrangement, though ours was in coppertone.
Gawd Westinghouse
made beautiful machines!
Thats georgeous, if I wasnt already in love with my twin oven Thermadors I'd jump!
made beautiful machines!
Thats georgeous, if I wasnt already in love with my twin oven Thermadors I'd jump!
EARLY 1970S WH DOUBLE OVEN
I had seen this auction and have deiced to bid on this item for the museum so it will get preserved. This was the only real WH self-cleaning wall oven design made, as soon as White Industries bought WH they used the Kelvinator designed ovens for all the WCI wall ovens. This WH WO should be a good performer but I wouldn't want to build it into my kitchen as an everyday oven. WH had a lot of reality problems with these ovens, mainly with wiring, controls, thermostat, and no parts are available any longer. I have not seen one of these ovens in use in more than 20 years so they didn't hold up like a GE for instance. However if someone here on the site really wants this oven let me know so it doesn't get bid up too high, as it is not a must have for me. Thanks John
I had seen this auction and have deiced to bid on this item for the museum so it will get preserved. This was the only real WH self-cleaning wall oven design made, as soon as White Industries bought WH they used the Kelvinator designed ovens for all the WCI wall ovens. This WH WO should be a good performer but I wouldn't want to build it into my kitchen as an everyday oven. WH had a lot of reality problems with these ovens, mainly with wiring, controls, thermostat, and no parts are available any longer. I have not seen one of these ovens in use in more than 20 years so they didn't hold up like a GE for instance. However if someone here on the site really wants this oven let me know so it doesn't get bid up too high, as it is not a must have for me. Thanks John
norgeway
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John!
Im glad it is going to be preserved!! I agree with you, Im sure it would bake good, but parts would be absolutely impossible, The 50s and early 60s Whouse stuff was much better,to me, .
Im glad it is going to be preserved!! I agree with you, Im sure it would bake good, but parts would be absolutely impossible, The 50s and early 60s Whouse stuff was much better,to me, .
John
I'm surprised to hear that about later WH products. They were such high quality machines in the 50's. You wonder who was in control the bean counters or the engineers??
I'm surprised to hear that about later WH products. They were such high quality machines in the 50's. You wonder who was in control the bean counters or the engineers??
whirlcool
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I think this was being discussed in thread 33749....
Danman -
Maybe something happened to it like happened on our street in Denver. The street had 11 houses on it, all were built nearly simultaneously by one builder. They were all finished within about 4 to 6 weeks of each other. Our builder used GE kitched appliances, and not true BOL builder's grade stuff either, but not TOL.
Most of the floorplans he had called for one version or another of GE double-ovens. Ours had the two in wall ovens and a 36" cooktop. Most plans had that configuration OR GEs 30" range with the second oven on top.
Anyway, one of the houses across the street was orignally set-up with Avocado units (this was late summer 1977). I went into the house just before it was going to close, and noticed that the appliances were all now Harvest Gold and the Avocado stuff was outside in the garage, hastily put into the boxes from the gold units. Dishwasher, double oven, range hood, and cooktop.
The units sat in the garage for several weeks, the dealer never came to get them. Eventually the homeowner got annoyed and moved the stuff to the basement. Finally the dealer arranged to come by, but didn't give a pick-up order to the driver for the dishwasher, so there it stayed until the family moved and gave it to a neighbor for one of their daughters in the early 1980s.
It wouldn't surprise me if those green appliances didn't get used right away even after pickup. It seemed like the dealer didn't want them back. Maybe something like this happened?
I did however hear, with MUCH curiosity, that a few years ago Sears found a limited stock of really old belt-drive washers in an unused corner of a warehouse. Surely this happens at other places too, so this oven set may have just been forgotten about!
Gordon
Maybe something happened to it like happened on our street in Denver. The street had 11 houses on it, all were built nearly simultaneously by one builder. They were all finished within about 4 to 6 weeks of each other. Our builder used GE kitched appliances, and not true BOL builder's grade stuff either, but not TOL.
Most of the floorplans he had called for one version or another of GE double-ovens. Ours had the two in wall ovens and a 36" cooktop. Most plans had that configuration OR GEs 30" range with the second oven on top.
Anyway, one of the houses across the street was orignally set-up with Avocado units (this was late summer 1977). I went into the house just before it was going to close, and noticed that the appliances were all now Harvest Gold and the Avocado stuff was outside in the garage, hastily put into the boxes from the gold units. Dishwasher, double oven, range hood, and cooktop.
The units sat in the garage for several weeks, the dealer never came to get them. Eventually the homeowner got annoyed and moved the stuff to the basement. Finally the dealer arranged to come by, but didn't give a pick-up order to the driver for the dishwasher, so there it stayed until the family moved and gave it to a neighbor for one of their daughters in the early 1980s.
It wouldn't surprise me if those green appliances didn't get used right away even after pickup. It seemed like the dealer didn't want them back. Maybe something like this happened?
I did however hear, with MUCH curiosity, that a few years ago Sears found a limited stock of really old belt-drive washers in an unused corner of a warehouse. Surely this happens at other places too, so this oven set may have just been forgotten about!
Gordon
Auction Ended With Reserve Not Being Met
Guess seller thinks his oven set is worth >$152.00.
*LOL*
Guess seller thinks his oven set is worth >$152.00.
*LOL*
EARLY 1970S WH DOUBLE OVEN
I put in the $152 bid but the seller added a reserve to the auction after it started and I did not meet the reserve. I contacted him and talked to him and offered $200 he said he thought that it was a good offer but did not offer to sell it to me. It has since been back on E bay with a buy it now price of $500.00 and it said it sold for $450.00, it seems a little odd.
I put in the $152 bid but the seller added a reserve to the auction after it started and I did not meet the reserve. I contacted him and talked to him and offered $200 he said he thought that it was a good offer but did not offer to sell it to me. It has since been back on E bay with a buy it now price of $500.00 and it said it sold for $450.00, it seems a little odd.
3beltwesty
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Need TIME to say what that NOS item is worth
Often with a new old stock item that is thinly traded the real worth has no other "compareables"
thus the seller is wise often lets time be his friend.
If the thing is brand new in the box for 40 years; waiting a few months is not going to drop the price because of depreciation. Keeping the item listed adds exposure
Its the increase of exposure by re-listing that will "say" if the first price is too high or decent.
I gather that few on this board sell retail; or deal with selling oddball stuff on ebay, since there are always comments about pricing being too high on items that have no other similar sales. An oddball rare item to one person is total garbage; to another what they have been looking for endlessly.
Here I often price ebay items higher at first for an item that has ZERO other sales to compare it to. It it does not sell; you drop it more and test the waters, since one has ZERO data to compare your item too.
Thus a brand new old stock washer timer for a front load westy was listed last summer at 125 bucks; and dropped until its sold at 20 in January. Yea I got many emails saying it was worthless and overpriced; at all the pricing from 125 down to 30 bucks. Ie most buyers have other goals; they want brand new timers for 40 year old washers for 5 dollars. Thus while some here might think that 30 bucks for a brand new timer is great; your counterpoint will say it is way overpriced. After that timer sold for 20 with freight and shipped, another ebayer emailed me and wanted to pay up to 80 for the same timer. Thus one gets comments by prospective ebay buyers in "questions to seller" that I am stupid for asking 30 dollars and others wanting another at 80 and I have no extras to sell. This is with a timer purposely with great images; keywords, several different part numbers and even the washer models it fit.
Often with a new old stock item that is thinly traded the real worth has no other "compareables"
thus the seller is wise often lets time be his friend.If the thing is brand new in the box for 40 years; waiting a few months is not going to drop the price because of depreciation. Keeping the item listed adds exposure
Its the increase of exposure by re-listing that will "say" if the first price is too high or decent.
I gather that few on this board sell retail; or deal with selling oddball stuff on ebay, since there are always comments about pricing being too high on items that have no other similar sales. An oddball rare item to one person is total garbage; to another what they have been looking for endlessly.
Here I often price ebay items higher at first for an item that has ZERO other sales to compare it to. It it does not sell; you drop it more and test the waters, since one has ZERO data to compare your item too.
Thus a brand new old stock washer timer for a front load westy was listed last summer at 125 bucks; and dropped until its sold at 20 in January. Yea I got many emails saying it was worthless and overpriced; at all the pricing from 125 down to 30 bucks. Ie most buyers have other goals; they want brand new timers for 40 year old washers for 5 dollars. Thus while some here might think that 30 bucks for a brand new timer is great; your counterpoint will say it is way overpriced. After that timer sold for 20 with freight and shipped, another ebayer emailed me and wanted to pay up to 80 for the same timer. Thus one gets comments by prospective ebay buyers in "questions to seller" that I am stupid for asking 30 dollars and others wanting another at 80 and I have no extras to sell. This is with a timer purposely with great images; keywords, several different part numbers and even the washer models it fit.
3beltwesty
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If you really want that ebay item that seems high in pricing; keep in contact so if the sellers "fishing" does not pan out he still knows you want it.
I once back in 2001 bought on ebay 8 rolls of material that were 250 feet long for 20 bucks per roll with freight. I sold that 2000 ft of stuff at 2 dollars per foot over the last ten years. ie that 160 bucks spent in 2001 came back as 4000 bucks spread over ten years. Another fellow ebayer said I was nuts to buy that crap; since nobody used it anymore and "it was vastly overpriced". Today the same type stuff costs about 100 per roll, and it is not as good.
Locally if that 1970's oven was installed in a kitchen today and *IF* there were free parts and service; probably most local remodelers would haul off that oven to the dump. ie their quest is to replace all the old outdated 1970's ranch style stuff!
I once back in 2001 bought on ebay 8 rolls of material that were 250 feet long for 20 bucks per roll with freight. I sold that 2000 ft of stuff at 2 dollars per foot over the last ten years. ie that 160 bucks spent in 2001 came back as 4000 bucks spread over ten years. Another fellow ebayer said I was nuts to buy that crap; since nobody used it anymore and "it was vastly overpriced". Today the same type stuff costs about 100 per roll, and it is not as good.
Locally if that 1970's oven was installed in a kitchen today and *IF* there were free parts and service; probably most local remodelers would haul off that oven to the dump. ie their quest is to replace all the old outdated 1970's ranch style stuff!
@combo52
FleaPay won't let sellers combine reserve with "BIN" auctions, you have to choose one or the other.
In this instance it seems the seller relisted with his bottom line final price as the buy it now, but the most someone was willing to pay was $450.
Oh well, don't let it bother you. Given the issues outlined by your excellent post upthread, anyone seeking to put this unit into daily service will have their hands full.
FleaPay won't let sellers combine reserve with "BIN" auctions, you have to choose one or the other.
In this instance it seems the seller relisted with his bottom line final price as the buy it now, but the most someone was willing to pay was $450.
Oh well, don't let it bother you. Given the issues outlined by your excellent post upthread, anyone seeking to put this unit into daily service will have their hands full.
Also
What is up with the "private listing"?
Since the unit is being sold "as is" with no returns again anyone aside from a serious collector and or person who knows what they are doing (and has access to a stash of parts), may find themselves stuck with fool's gold.
What is up with the "private listing"?
Since the unit is being sold "as is" with no returns again anyone aside from a serious collector and or person who knows what they are doing (and has access to a stash of parts), may find themselves stuck with fool's gold.
