Someone Please Help Me!!!!!!!

[kirbykleankarpet]

Still a neat find!

It is still a neat find, even if it isn't worth much. It certainly isn't common. I personally also "Googled" this thing when you posted it, and all I could find was that auction (on two different websites), and a whole bunch about the Hoover Whirlwind, which is nothing more than a new plastic vac. I think it's neat to have something that few people know anything about! If anything, it is an interesting conversation piece, whether it's valuable, or not!

 

[dysonman1]

You have a great piece of history. A member of the old vacuum club brought one to a convention one year. We were all surprised how late these were made. Non-electric vacuums, while fun to show off, don't have the 'wow' factor of an electric machine of the same vintage. I know hundreds of vacuum collectors, few have any non-electric machines. The ones who do, have a far larger collection of electric cleaner. I'm telling you this because you may get the feeling these non-electric cleaners are not worth much (if you look at eBay), although many sellers are very optimistic when listing them. I've seen VERY few actually sell with a completed auction.

As you've said, you're not a collector. If you kept it, it would have a 'can you believe they used to do this' kind of humor to showing it off, but once your friends and family have seen it once, it wouldn't be something you'd use or show off again. If you sell it, at auction, please don't be surprised if it doesn't close for much. If it does sell for a good amount, that's a bonus. But don't be surprised if it doesn't sell for 'a lot'.

At the Vacuum Cleaner Museum here in St. James, Missouri - we have about 12 non-electric cleaners. They are the first thing you see on the museum tour, and we kind of laugh at them. "More work than they're worth" type of humor, before we move on to the vast numbers of electric cleaners.

 

[rhazlitt78]

Its kind of grown on me

So i finally heard back from an expert he actually gave me the back story of this thing (screenshot of email below) dysonman you my friend are correct they really arent worth much from what i was told cheap flimsy metal started in 1930 and continued through the war manufacturers actually asked the consumers to send the boxes back to help with the war as long as it took me to find out what i had the more i sat here looking at it the more intrigued i got by it think the mystery of it was what intrigued me the building anticipation of wondering do i have something worth millions or something that would make me more recycling with my cans.im not saying im not disappointed to find out its only worth about $90 at most in this condition but but the more i think the more i want to research how to bring it back to life without scratching the original paint the roller i know is chrome i buffed that out but im scared to touch the rest lol but thank you all for your help the mystery has finally been solved