Geier Electro Hygiene Vacuum

[petek]

Now Mark, move away from the pot and put that stir stick down

 

[rocketwarrior]

Smile

Pete, check out my latest purchase at thread #14265 on the Imperial (vintage) section of Automaticwasher.org

Should I cannibalize it? See you there.

 

[charles~richard]

Oy vey.

 

[bisonian]

About that Model O ....

John, I seriously doubt anyone's going to pay $10,000 for a vacuum cleaner, no matter how rare, but I could be wrong.

However, the thing to keep in mind about Kyle's Model O is that it was basically THE first electric home vacuum cleaner.Let's face it, NO other vac will have that kind of historical significance. Then there's the fact that it's a hundred years old, so there aren't going to be too many left. You'd be hard-pressed to find anything else that rare.

While I'm certainly no expert on pricing, I've seen Electro-Hygiene uprights in local thrift shops -- for far less than $100.

Rick C.

 

[lux1521]

I think I'll expand on Rick's comment about the Model 0.

Due to the fact that it is a well known item outside of the vacuum collecting community, and it's a historical significance as the first electric vacuum cleaner, I would assume that not just vacuum collectors would be interested in it. General antique collectors would probably love to get their hands on one as part of a collection of early 20th century electical items. My instinct also tells me that a general antique collector might have a larger budget than the average vacuum collector. Even with this factored in I still find it hard to imagine a $10,000 Model 0.

With regards to an Electro Hygiene, it is only know to the vacuum collecting community, and to my knowledge has little historical significance. They are realy just a rebadged Royal in most aspects and I don't think they have any special features as Royal was rarely cutting edge and rarely designed anything strange or unusual. They just built good vacuums using a proven design. When it comes to exact pricing I have never seen any rebadged Royal of any kind exceed $250.

 

[keyboard21]

I will get pics up in a couple of weeks. My aunt is 1 hour away and I plan on doing some painting for her in a couple of weeks. While there I will take some pics for you guys.

But I got the answer I been looking for.

Thanks Guys.

BTW the handle is Blue and not red. Maybe that was a difference. And there is a beater brush.