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I have in my time in the field seen most of these one a wall controlling equipment. Most of them are probably not worth much except for the round analog clock thermostat with the spirit thermometer. That is a beauty and some collector will surely want it. Visual appeal as well as early setback technology.
Originally Posted by quixotic So I bought a house from a guy who was a bit of a hoarder. The house was built in the 60s and he was the only owner and when I was going through the attic, I kept noticing boxes of old antique thermostats. At the time, I didn't think anything of it. I just went through the boxes again, and it appears they are very old and possibly worth a lot of money. I haven't counted for sure but it seems that they are around 30 or 40 total. Almost all of them appear to be Honeywell. They seem to range in various ages but nothing close to being modern. There are some round, some rectangle, vertical reading, horizontal reading, cast iron, plastic, some with clocks, some in the original boxes with original paperwork, etc. I will try to get some pictures of them more in depth tomorrow. Most of them seem to have been kept very well and a lot of them are wrapped in cloths to preserve them. I might be looking to sell them on here but I honestly am really just looking for more info about them and their age. I will try to edit this post sometime tomorrow with in-depth pictures and serial numbers and whatever else I can find. In the little research I have done, this collection seems to be very extensive compared to what I've seen. Any info or sites with guides would be greatly appreciated because I am not an HVAC guy and know nothing about it. Thank you. I would like to buy the honeywell thermostat on page 5, 1st row, far right
Very cool stuff!
Anyone know what an original Honeywell damper fa lapped control is worth. I have never seen one before but googled it and there is one pictured online along with a poster 1885-1985 documenting All the Honeywell thermostats made that could help identify antiques listed in this thread.
Excellent! Years back Hwell had some sort of contest for the oldest working thermostat. I have a couple from the 40's I believe but those didn't hack it
Get that damn top tech off the wall..........lol
the one w/ the two black wheels to adjust temp, late 60s/early 70s vintage. I remember them at a school I went to, and building wasn't too old when I was in kindergarden. The elec setback ones (sq clock dial) I've seen in mostly in 20s era installs. I have 3-4 of the t87 manifestations myself, and one of the rectangular ones as well. One of my favorites is a grey plastic, rectangular tstat. GE. looks like the giant rectangular speedometer dial on one of those 70s tank cars. you can find more of the circle on top of sq types on ebay. pretty cool looking tstats.
What is sad is I have installed most of those, they cant be antiques
You have lots of company on eBay - search for "antique honeywell thermostats" The Art Deco one you have - big round clock face with thermometer on top is most awesome. Good Luck
Old Thermostats Originally Posted by quixotic So I bought a house from a guy who was a bit of a hoarder. The house was built in the 60s and he was the only owner and when I was going through the attic, I kept noticing boxes of old antique thermostats. At the time, I didn't think anything of it. I just went through the boxes again, and it appears they are very old and possibly worth a lot of money. I haven't counted for sure but it seems that they are around 30 or 40 total. Almost all of them appear to be Honeywell. They seem to range in various ages but nothing close to being modern. There are some round, some rectangle, vertical reading, horizontal reading, cast iron, plastic, some with clocks, some in the original boxes with original paperwork, etc. I will try to get some pictures of them more in depth tomorrow. Most of them seem to have been kept very well and a lot of them are wrapped in cloths to preserve them. I might be looking to sell them on here but I honestly am really just looking for more info about them and their age. I will try to edit this post sometime tomorrow with in-depth pictures and serial numbers and whatever else I can find. In the little research I have done, this collection seems to be very extensive compared to what I've seen. Any info or sites with guides would be greatly appreciated because I am not an HVAC guy and know nothing about it. Thank you. Do you still have the old thermostat collection? Please email with more details. I have seen the pictures and would like to talk with you. Thanks again,racing4us
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I know this is a year old thread, but I'm trying to understand how my T861a thermostat is supposed to work. I see you had one mounted on the wall and I thought I saw the box for it in your pictures...I'd much appreciate if you have some time and have the instructions around that you could photo for me please.
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Would anyone on here be interested in buying the lot of these? If so PM me with an offer and we'll go from there, I'd prefer not to deal with ebay. I did go to the American Pickers store but never went inside because I met Mike out in a little side street about to get on his motorcycle and talked to him for a second and it wasn't anything he was looking to buy. All the stuff in that store were big sort of restored signs and stuff.
Few good ones,, but in Ny (real Buildings 20 fl and Up) buildings Every Basement will Have Box similar,, except for a few, I honestly would like one and use it as a case For a rasberry Pie,, Audrino. The ones with clocks im sure a interior desighner would like,,, customer might be /retro
Originally Posted by jtrammel See if you can find a model # on those ones. The box the one above the one wrapped on newspaper says TA-151-0-3 The manual with it appears to be at least from the 50-60s but can't find a for sure date. I think I have 3 barber Colman ones that same size, including the newspaper wrapped one.
Originally Posted by jtrammel The one above the one wrapped in newspaper looks like a Barbar Coleman stat that a bunch of the churches I work on use for chilled/boil water systems they are for operating proportional valves. Do they have 3 wires (red, blue, and yellow)? If so they are very expensive controllers and still in use today. TP8101 is the single action one, I think the dual one like in your pic is a TP8102 See if you can find a model # on those ones.
I'm not sure how much the round Honeywell ones would be worth. I replace those maybe two to four times a month.
I'm headed to Nashville tomorrow to trade a guitar amp so I'm gonna head by the Antique Archeology place and see what they say or maybe if they can appraise them. I just don't go into Nashville that often so I figure why not. Thanks for the replies.
Nice collection. Check Ebay for some idea of value. Sell on Ebay. Honeywell people might scoop them up. Any takers here.
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