Old cash register/adding machine found

[Xerol]

After cleaning it up a bit, this is what it looks like. We've been searching google/ebay/etc. for a couple of hours with not many results, although this came up pretty close(but if you look closely, it's not the same).

Any antiques buffs here who might know anything about this? I'm just looking for general information about it or anything.

 

[The Yankee]

Wow! An Adding machine! I wonder what it does...

 

[ArbitraryGuy]

What games do you have on it?

 

[Xerol]

Actually it's a cash register. Says so right on the back(i'll try to get a pic soon). "Remington Rand Cash Register". The ribbon's a bit dry in the way of ink(basically meaning barely readable output), but it works.

 

[Pontiuth Pilate]

I see it is powered by a renewable energy source!

 

[The Person]

Why are there only fifteen keys on it? And where do you plug in the mouse and screen?
(just kidding, nothing personal. Never seen such a thing before.)

 

[WickedSmurf]

We have some old (and I do mean old...) ladies in our company who still use adding machines... Most of those ladies work in our calculation group and have been there since... since... since long ago. When on the phone with them, one can hear that machine go *ka-ching* in the background all the time.

This one surely looks like an adding machine too...

Edit: spelliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.....................

 

[Pongui]

Sorry to tell you this artifact can't be worth much. Such appliances were built to well outlast their obsolescence (the good 'ol days...) and not only have they, but people never quite get rid of them, for they're immortally functional, in theory. Waffle irons. Fondue pots.

I had an old typewriter - one of the first, and a beautiful work of engineering - it operated perfectly and had no price at all on the antique market.

I've actually got an old foot-treadle powered sewing machine - big device of cast iron with oak cabinet and art deco sphinxes embellishing the sewing machine itself. It runs like the breeze through thick denim and leather, and might fetch $20 for a dentist's waiting-room or a tailor's front window. The crayon mark is still legible from the garage sale where my grandmother bought it in 1970: $5. Makes a nice stand for the TV.

Most valuable antiques (besides collectibles) cheated mortality. They're usually frail and were once thought worthless, even embarrassing.

 

[polymath]

Which bit do you speak into?

 

[onejayhawk]

There's a hardware store here in town that still uses that model. Maybe they would be interested.

J

 

[The Yankee]

If it can connect to the Internet (better yet, wireless Internet), I'm sure there will be a buyer somewhere.