2013 VCCC Convention and vacation COMPLETE COVERAGE!!

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charlie and tania hand out VCCC schedule of events sheets to collectors and discuss the itenerary

 

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the "for sale" pile

 

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more sale machines. lewty, kirby, GE, hoover, electrolux and more...

 

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hoover commercial decade and power drive dial a matic

 

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kirby vacuette, 505 and DS80

 

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more older kirby's

 

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the free pile

 

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my (hoover) penncrest connie and other display machines

 

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ken wagman's machines

 

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some of tyler morris' machines. eureka brandywine, electrolux silverado and super j to name a few

 

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more of tyler's machines including rare kemore sears best from the 70's!

 

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tyler putting a label tag on one of his machines

 

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sean curry's rare machines from jimmy martin's shop in tennessee. matching westinghouse convertovac and stratovac

 

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jay and scott macmillan talk about a royal powertank

 

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tyler tries my penncrest connie

 

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first evening at the bar downstairs. i met fred stachnik and rob seger for the first time a few minutes after this photo!

 

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john lucia looks at the club electrolux commemerative edition..

 

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billy lipman with his stan khan inspired vacuum bag suit. and yes those are real vacuum bags...

 

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paul, a new collector, brough a vac ive never even seen or heard of before. im well versed in many rare machines, but this one was just a treat. a whirlpool RCA bambi from the 1950's. this was found in an attic by paul at an estate sale for $5. it was still in the box, never used.

 

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fred stachnik's hoover holiday. minty!