Is NOW the time to buy shockingly cheap Antique Longcase (Grandfather) Clocks?

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  • @self-preservationsociety7057
    @self-preservationsociety7057 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    That is not how you read a single hand clock , the decorative side of the hand is the side you read , the tail end is 180 degrees from the hour hand so you can’t read minutes with that . The time is 4 o ‘ clock

    • @islandseeker1260
      @islandseeker1260 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I found that maddening as well -- especially from a so-called expert, although I suppose one could give him the benefit of the doubt what with the "stress" of being filmed!

    • @joselwyn-smith7399
      @joselwyn-smith7399 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@islandseeker1260 me also

  • @JANGLEPOP1
    @JANGLEPOP1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lovely clock. Something I have always wanted, a longcase clock with a long deep tick. A thing of beauty!

  • @chesterthawkins7510
    @chesterthawkins7510 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    beautiful clock and good investment!

  • @ready4anything284
    @ready4anything284 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can appreciate this segment. I own 8 antique long case clocks. 😊

  • @kristinb5121
    @kristinb5121 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    In the US, now is the time to buy any antique furniture. I had to give my mom’s Sheridan mahogany dining table with 8 chairs to the Cancer Society because no auction house would take them. They said you can’t give away antique furniture today, especially dining room items. It’s a shame. It was a beautiful set, but I live thousands of miles away. Shipping would have been significant.

  • @skiracer
    @skiracer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dear David and David and Dexter, cool old clock from 1740. I'd have it in my crib for sure. Thank you for the good look at it!!!

  • @ByrRaven
    @ByrRaven ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My niece and her husband have a dexter. That one’s cuter (don’t tell them) 645 pounds is nothing compared to what it is. Love it!

  • @gillianwyatt3577
    @gillianwyatt3577 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love Dexter!!😊❣️

  • @paulne9
    @paulne9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember in the early 80's they were going for over £800.00 as i would have loved to get one, as went to the clock museum at Bolton, ( in an old church) I think was owned by Stewart Hall.

  • @browse-a-whileantiquescoll7600
    @browse-a-whileantiquescoll7600 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    David, would you like to see one of our long case clocks former owned by Palmer the Poisoner fro Staffordshire?

  • @EarlyMusicDiva
    @EarlyMusicDiva 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Beautiful clock - would have loved to hear it strike!

  • @lawriefoster5587
    @lawriefoster5587 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here in Philadelphia and it is fantastic.!!

  • @aztronomy7457
    @aztronomy7457 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I got a Howard Miller nice one for $100 at an estate sale. People can’t give them away

    • @DavidHarperAntiques
      @DavidHarperAntiques  17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They’re increasing in value slowly though…thank goodness!

  • @gotagent7641
    @gotagent7641 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I LOVE this clock! Any chance you'd be willing to sell it to me and ship it to the U.S.? PLEASE?????

    • @DavidHarperAntiques
      @DavidHarperAntiques  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know they have a lot of US buyers, so they might? The contact info for the antiques centre is in the video description

  • @phillipsugwas
    @phillipsugwas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fashions come and fashions go. Long cases, require standing room. Wall clocks do not. I have both. A scots LC circa 1770 and an Austrian biederneier " dachluhr ".
    regulator.
    The liklihood is that the Austrian clock will actually maintain its value in real terms..why because its style will easily be accomodated with bland modern furniture..
    Oh and if u buy wisely at auction now u are " buying at the bottom " of the interest level cycle. Wonderful pleasure and home addition

  • @munnerlyn3
    @munnerlyn3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is very sad that this clock is selling for so cheap. I started collecting clocks in 1999 while in the military and stationed at RAF Lakenheath. I left in 2000. I acquired a tall case clock while there. Because I had acquired over 100 clocks I bought extra insurance when the USAF packed up my household goods to ship back to the United States. I had to get an appraisal on that clock. It appraised for $5K. When my household goods arrived at my next duty station the only clock that got damaged and the shippers made a crate for it was this tall case clock. It had original glass. I made an insurance claim. I had to get another appraisal. It appraised again for $5K. These days because of the market is so low it wouldnt appraise that. It is sad.

    • @DavidHarperAntiques
      @DavidHarperAntiques  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re right and who would have predicted it…I certainly didn’t at the time! Although for buyers coming into the market - what a time to buy…it’s astonishing

  • @joanfreestone1707
    @joanfreestone1707 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All that beauty and history for such a low price. That's hard to understand.

  • @sesvaoffice8331
    @sesvaoffice8331 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1740: the British hadn't even arrived at Botany Bay

    • @DavidHarperAntiques
      @DavidHarperAntiques  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s true. the clock was a few decades old when hey did!

  • @cofeebeing
    @cofeebeing 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A Cynic once said: "Value is whatever the market will pay". Age, historical significance, craftmanship even functionality doesn't matter. Then there's things going for stratospheric prices that to my mind, not remotely reflecting of its value. Antiques are a buyers market today.

    • @DavidHarperAntiques
      @DavidHarperAntiques  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very good point. The whole business has changed…got to move with the changes!

  • @KBantiques
    @KBantiques ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nice clock. If only it could talk

  • @timhazeltine3256
    @timhazeltine3256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All it will take is a tastemaker to flog them. Say...a Kar....ian attired in Spanx while draping themselves over one.

  • @terrycoles9079
    @terrycoles9079 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have just purchased a G Angus Aberdeen long case clock c1820 The previous owners have had it many years, but I am unable to keep it running, it runs for about 10 minutes then stops, it is on level ground. I have noticed the right hand weight is not going down. Can anyone please give me some advice. Thanks

    • @DavidHarperAntiques
      @DavidHarperAntiques  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s trial and error to get it at a level where it’s happy…otherwise, call in a clock restorer to set it up for you. It’s worth it.

    • @terrycoles9079
      @terrycoles9079 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DavidHarperAntiques Hi, Thank you very much for your advice, much appreciated.

    • @phillipsugwas
      @phillipsugwas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My Scots Aberdeen LC is by Geo Morison ( spelling varies) brilliant timekeeper. Enjoy your Aberdeen clock. Lovely cases

  • @OriginalNethead
    @OriginalNethead ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Long-case clocks here are a tough sell, even the really old ones. We 'Murricans never see any from the 1740s; the few we had didn't survive. I had it figured for 600 pounds or so. Back in the 1980s I'm betting it was 10x that in today's money. The newish ones here are scrap metal. The old ones aren't are about ...not much.

  • @bobolpatrick3789
    @bobolpatrick3789 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    en France aussi, les gens ne veulent plus d'horloges et les jeunes générations ne s'intéressent pas aux antiquités c'est très triste . les gens aiment Ikéa et les meubles jetables !

  • @RollaArtis
    @RollaArtis ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Provincial 30 hr clocks were always unwanted. Anyway, people now only spend big money on new things with a recognized brand name

  • @booglewho86
    @booglewho86 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Twenty past ten 😂 that is not how you read a single-handed clock, there is only a hour track on the chapter ring, no minute track.
    And that clock door ain't made of oak!

  • @chrismoore7330
    @chrismoore7330 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So this guy has had a dozen clocks but doesn't know how to tell the time on a single pointer clock ,it shows 4 o,clock

  • @eddieharris6004
    @eddieharris6004 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Longcase clocks....great statement pieces for the home. Why so cheap?.....perhaps because they are temperamental mechanical things that require regular expensive attention from time served skilled horologists, who are getting hard to find....be warned!

    • @davidwallace3877
      @davidwallace3877 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I would agree but when you find a good honest dealer who knows his stuff you can go to bed and think I am really pleased with the clock .

  • @Rockercaruthonyoutube
    @Rockercaruthonyoutube 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They are a pile of crap don.t waste your money.

    • @DavidHarperAntiques
      @DavidHarperAntiques  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s not exactly a lot of money is it for something so historic!

  • @hugopetrus34
    @hugopetrus34 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait till find the dial is not original the movement cane from another case repairs are a rip off and transportation is a nightmare with damage and lost parts not worth the aggro and they are now out of fashion imagine being woken up every night and your peace and quiet broken all day long forget it not worth the hassle

    • @davidwallace3877
      @davidwallace3877 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      you my friend need to go back to bed,!

    • @chrisryley9149
      @chrisryley9149 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidwallace3877

    • @chrisryley9149
      @chrisryley9149 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love clocks only trouble is finding a repairer & the cost of repaires

    • @tomdawson2035
      @tomdawson2035 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's why they are cheap today @Hugopetrus34. So few people seem to appreciate them.

  • @heraldeventsandfilms5970
    @heraldeventsandfilms5970 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stone-dead and the stuff isn't coming back.