35.            $6500

Ithaca Calendar Clock Co. “No. 1 Regulator Sweep”, 1880. As per Joel Warren, Jedi Master of Ithaca Calendar Clocks and author of Ithaca’s Clock Makers, this was the ICCC’s top-of-the-line model, with a sweep-second hand and an 8-day, time-only, two-weight movement made by E.N. Welch.  The walnut case is 51 inches long with a 10-inch crest and a 12-inch base, for an overall length of 73 inches.  The case was refinished by Willie Brown of Morningside Woodcrafters in Lexington, KY; both movements were overhauled by Mr. Warren and are running properly.  The trim pieces are original and all are present, without any evident damage; the door glass is old and possibly original.  The dial mask is original as well, with a repair to a break at the upper right.   The 12-inch dials are old paper with modest wear, with the calendar dial signed.  The hands are not as shown in the catalog illustration (open Maltese hands) but are found on several other examples of this model, and, because of the special fit for a sweep-second hand, may well be original; the seconds hand and calendar hand are as found on this model.  The Welch nickel-plated movement is not signed (typical); it has had some solder repairs but is running without issue, and the calendars are advancing.  The pendulum stick is original, with the original grid-iron decoration above the large, nickel-plated bob; there is  loss of nickel on part of the bob.  The two 8-lb weights are not original and are not a matched set; this is the only apology I can find for this clock.  This clock would have cost you $75 originally, the equivalent of over $2,300 today.  Several sales last year, at Cottone’s for $10,500, and at Fontaine’s for $7500.  $6500–$10,000.

Delivery to the eastern half of the US for $500; blanket wrap to the west coast for $500.