
Appraisal: Chelsea Ship's Clock, ca. 1900
Clip: Season 29 Episode 4 | 2m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Chelsea Ship's Clock, ca. 1900
Watch Sean Delaney appraise a Chelsea Ship's clock, ca. 1900, in Springs Preserve, Hour 1.
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Appraisal: Chelsea Ship's Clock, ca. 1900
Clip: Season 29 Episode 4 | 2m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Sean Delaney appraise a Chelsea Ship's clock, ca. 1900, in Springs Preserve, Hour 1.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: My husband got it at a garage sale in Michigan before 1983, and, uh, he paid, at the most, $50 for it.
It runs, except you have to wind it every day, and it has a bell to it.
APPRAISER: It probably runs for seven to eight days.
Probably needs a cleaning.
GUEST: Oh, okay.
APPRAISER: But this clock was retailed by the Star Brass Manufacturing Company in Boston.
GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: And they were a company that made steam gauges for a number of years.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: They had their name, uh, engraved on the dial, and it served as an advertisement for them.
And they would sell these clocks to their clients, who invested in their steam gauges and pressure gauges, and this sort of looked a lot like them.
They would buy these clocks from companies like the Seth Thomas Clock Company, the E. Howard clock company, and the Chelsea Clock Company, which is a really famous clock for nautical clocks.
GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: And this clock was made by the Chelsea Clock Company circa 1900.
It's time only, meaning it does not strike.
And you have this wonderful subsidiary dial here, with the seconds.
And then you have this additional arbor here that is a slow/fast adjustment.
GUEST: Oh, okay.
APPRAISER: It's got an incredible heavy brass case, and you have a push-button latch right here, on the side.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: If you push that in, the bezel swings open on this beautiful hinge on this side.
Just really, extremely well made.
It's a really sexy clock.
It's clean, simple lines, and it's really a clock that's becoming responsible for really drawing in the younger generations of interest.
It fits in a newer home or an older home, and it's just simple.
And any time that you can add information to a clock and place it to where it might have gone...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...it's a really nice thing to have, and it drives the price.
This says "Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Ship Engine Builders of Detroit, Michigan."
That's so great that you're from Michigan.
And that's probably what drew the interest of your husband...
GUEST: Yes, I'm sure.
APPRAISER: ...to this clock.
Do you have any idea of what the value is today on a clock like this?
GUEST: None-- $100?
APPRAISER: No, it's better than that.
It's a, it's a clock that would retail for about $1,500.
GUEST: Oh, my God, you're kidding me!
APPRAISER: No, I'm not kidding you.
(both laugh) GUEST: I guess my husband had a good eye.
APPRAISER: He had a good eye.
I like things that younger people are gravitating towards...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...because they're the ones that are responsible for keeping this market going.
GUEST: Yes.
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