Vintage Washing Machine

[westytoploader]

I'd guess $2500 is the reserve price set on this MIB May

Oh, I was thinking around $3000-4500. Anything above $400-500 is just RIDICULOUS. First of all, it's an AMP for crying out loud! Yes, they are fun machines, but they're not Kelvinators, Philcos, or even Frigidaires. Nothing particularly special, much less rare. Not to mention they can be quite temperamental and frustrating to work on at times; no doubt this will need some work to get going again.

Well, all I have to say to the seller is "Best of luck to you!" It will probably end up being unused for an additional 40 or so years, truth be known!

 

[Manoravenue]

And the winner is...

The seller said she wants $1500, and my hair stood on end as Linus Van Pelt's used to do in the PEANUTS comic strip. I wish I'd been able to keep the 1949 Maytag automatic I bought from the local dealership during the 1974 Maytag contest in which it attempted to find the oldest still-functioning Maytag automatic washer; I asked the local dealer if I could buy the 1949 automatic on display, and he said, "Sure, why not." I think I had to give it up during a move or some such thing. Anyway, I wonder how many books of the old S&H Green or Blue Chip Stamps it would take to snag the $1500 Maytag.

 

[exploder3211]

LoL... Oh well i will keep my eyes peeled for somthin else

 

[Manoravenue]

Speaking of Maytags for stamps...

It dawns on me, I have a 1966 issue of the S&H Green Stamps catalog somewhere in my bookcase, and it was possible to buy the new 1966-styling Maytag washer and or dryer for stamps. I'll have to see how many books it took to get either machine... and how many of us are willing to admit we remember helping paste those Blue or Green stamps into the books, trying to get the stamps just damp enough with the sponge to moisten the glue and not drop the sheet of stamps and have it stick to the kitchen table instead of the book page, and how annoying the little two-or-three-stamp groups from the smaller purchases were to deal with because they only filled up a very small portion of a page?

 

[goatfarmer]

Maytag contest

I remember that Maytag contest! I wanted to enter my great Aunt's A2MP Maytag, but never did.

kennyGF

 

[swestoyz]

8 hours to go....

And the seller has lowered the reserve to the current bid.......... who's gonna grab this cool 121P?

 

[gadgetgary]

Wow

Guess they are getting a bit more 'practical'

 

[gansky1]

OK, who won this beauty?? Congratulations, it's a gorgeous machine!! You'll have a great time with this - the maiden wash will be a real fun day to remember!

 

[westytoploader]

Someone from the vacuum club won it. I wonder if they'll post about it here?

 

[brettsomers]

I wonder if they'll post about it here?

i see who won. i somehow doubt they will post about it here, as this winning ebayer never seems to post on the vacuum site.

 

[westytoploader]

Well I do know who it is, but I was trying to avoid *that* insinuation ;-)

Most likely this washer will be stored with the rest of the vacuums in the storage silos, never to see the light of day again. At least it's saved though.