sptyks is perfectly correct, the best you can get is a few dollers for this. I was told in no uncertain terms by my other half "don't get any more vacuum cleaners!"
These machines worked on a self contained bellows system to create suction, and as it's now one hundred and eleven years old, the bellows made of leather would be worn out. Mine are strictly for the historical value, not the financial.
I advise you to place it in a corner of the living room, and let people ooh and ahh over it. I see you have the paperwork, frame it, let people read it, then sit back and listen to the comment most of us here grew up hearing. "You collect what?!!!"
Like I said, if you want the history of the non electric's I can tell you, but don't expect to make a fortune off of this.
Sorry to put a pin in the baloon, but that's just the way it is.
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