Salesmans Sample Bar

Early salesman sample plow. This piece features a simple and traditional design, trading fancy mechanisms for tried and true craftsmanship. The plow appears to be made of cast iron ...

Vintage unbranded salesman sample stainless steel sink. Some oxidation is present, but otherwise, the item is in excellent shape. Please refer to photos for details and condition. 1...

Wooden salesman sample farm gate. This piece depicts a scaled-down model of a wood-slat gate meant to convince farmers and ranchers to use this inventive maneuver to keep their farm...

c. 1930s-1950s; Preway, Inc. - Wisconsin Rapids, WI Painted metal salesman sample display produced for Preway heating and appliance products, featuring a streamlined conical body in...

Salesman sample soda fountain constructed as a reduced-scale demonstrator, intended to showcase the layout, materials, and functional logic of a full-size commercial fountain. The pi...

Miniature porcelain and enameled metal salesman sample sink display featuring a wall-mount style utility basin with integrated backsplash, nickel-plated faucet, and drain hardware mo...

Salesman sample from the 1940s most likely. Looks like it was made yesterday. Exquisitely detailed, child-sized Chippendale chair with removable seat. It was made to be carried do...

A tall backed salesman's sample wing chair with tall arms in olive/brown leather with brass nail head trim. In a good antique worn patina. Raised on square dark wood legs. H. 32 1/2...

c. 1900s-1920s; Unknown Maker - United States Early 20th-century salesman sample created for a folding ladder manufacturer. Constructed from wood with metal hinges, hardware, and lo...

c. 1960s/1970s; V. H. Blackinton & Co., Inc. - North Attleborough, MA Vintage salesman sample set of law enforcement badges. This set features a multitude of designs state and loca...

c. 1930s-1940s; The Coca-Cola Company - Atlanta, GA Compact steel salesman sample cooler produced to represent full-size Coca-Cola ice chests used in stores, service stations, and r...

1900s-1920s; United States Early salesman sample plow featuring a simple, traditional agricultural design. The miniature plow appears to be constructed from cast iron and aluminum....

Vintage jacketed kettle salesman sample. Being under 10 inches tall makes this stainless steel salesman sample much easier to carry around than the 50 or 100-gallon tank it represen...

c. 1940s-1950s; Alumaroll Awning Company - Rochester, NY Portable traveling salesman sample display produced by the Alumaroll Awning Company to demonstrate the operation and appeara...

c. 1950s/1960s; C. Scherger's Sons - Delphos, OH Vintage sample headstone or grave marker. This piece features a sample font and embellishments, designed to show what the final pro...

Handcrafted architectural barn salesman sample or educational framing model constructed from painted wood with removable roof sections and exposed structural framing. The model featu...

Compact, bench-mounted salesman's model demonstrating a mechanical tube flaring process, likely used in the presentation of pipe and tubing fabrication equipment. The assembly featur...

A turn of the century French salesman's sample of a chest in the bamboo style with a marble top. Circa 1900 to 1915. Three handles missing.

Vintage tire manufacturing and repair machine salesman sample. This piece would have been shopped around to various service stations and garages. Its purpose was to vulcanize tires,...

Early 1900s; Unbranded Early box springs were a pretty simple concept, lifting the mattress off the ground and providing additional support to settling and lumpy mattresses. What ma...

1930s; The Hobart Manufacturing Company - Troy, OH Hobart was originally founded in 1897 by engineer Charles Hobart. When the company bought out The Crescent Washing Machine Company...

This demonstrator features a heavy steel case and is constructed of stainless steel on a wooden base. The entire demonstrator was precision machined to illustrate the quality of work...

An early 20th century salesman sample for a wood and metal frame picnic table by Siebring.

Salesman's sample industrial stool with adjustable backrest and painted steel frame. This scaled-down salesman's sample stool replicates the form and function of a full-size industr...

This antique cast iron anvil is presented as a salesman sample, dating to the 19th century. The piece features a classic anvil form with a flat work surface, a conical horn, and a ha...

c. 1950s-1960s; Burroughs Manufacturing Co. - Kalamazoo, MI Salesman sample display kit produced by Burroughs Manufacturing Co. for demonstrating its steel office shelving and stora...

Painted metal salesman sample model of a school bus body, finished in classic yellow with black beltline striping and a contrasting green interior. The structure is intentionally lef...

1930s; The Roberts-Gordon Appliance Corp. - Buffalo, NY Portable Gordonair salesman sample air conditioning demonstrator housed within its original black leatherette travel case. T...

c. 1930s-1940s; Bulova Watch Company - New York, NY Portable traveling salesman sample display featuring a Bulova electrically operated wall clock housed within its original demonst...

1878; New England Telephone & Telegraph Company - Boston, Massachusetts. Glazed wooden display case produced for New England Telephone & Telegraph, housing a graduated set of electr...

Miniature salesman's sample of cabinet with two doors and four drawers. Beautifully made with inlaid banding details. Would make a sweet little Jewelry box for keepsakes.

c. 1960s; Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh, PA Salesman sample demonstration kit for a Westinghouse industrial lifting magnet, housed in its original fitted carrying case. T...

1950s; Hamilton Manufacturing Co. - Two Rivers, WI Founded in 1880 by J.E. Hamilton and initially produced wood type, Hamilton Mfg eventually expanded to other products like cabinet...

c. 1960s; Werner Degener Teaching Materials, G.m.b.H. - Hanover This piece shows a scaled-down, functional model of a trailer chassis. The model features Höhm-branded tires and appe...

Vintage salesman sample model storage tank. This is a salesman sample model of a single storage tank for small industrial production. Scaled-down significantly from the average heig...

1930s-40s Vintage railroad logging car salesman sample demonstrating a quick-release tension system used to keep traveling logs snug and taut, while being able to unload logs quickl...

c. 1920s - 1930s; J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co. - Racine, WI Antique wooden thresher with cast iron hardware salesman sample. Highly detailed wooden model with cast iron hardware...

c. 1950s; Rockwell Manufacturing Co. - Rockwell, IL Scaled-down salesman sample of the Park-O-Meter parking meter produced by Rockwell Manufacturing Co. This aluminum-bodied display...

1920s; The Waterman-Waterbury Co. - Minneapolis, MN Waterbury salesman sample furnace, model #642. Waterman-Waterbury opened in 1910 in Minneapolis. The company was known for its s...

c. 1940s; American Shuffleboard Co. - Union City, NJ Painted wooden salesman sample advertising model of the American Shuffleboard Co. "Grand Champion" table, mounted on a streamlin...

Salesman sample engine throttle lever. This piece appears to show an early throttle lever, likely for an automobile or boat. It features a functional lever that catches on a series ...

c. 1978-1985; Everest & Jennings Canadian Ltd. - Canada Miniature folding wheelchair salesman's sample featuring a chrome-plated tubular frame, black sling seat and backrest, painte...

c. 1900s-1920s; S. L. Allen & Co. - Philadelphia, PA Early 20th-century “Planet Jr.” cast iron single-wheel cultivator salesman sample manufactured by S. L. Allen & Co. The reduced-...

Antique salesman sample for construction equipment. This piece depicts a scaled down (and unbranded) early example of diesel hammer pile drivers. While not functional, this piece fe...

Compact wood-and-metal folding highchair constructed to demonstrate a collapsible, accordion-style mechanism. The chair features a perforated wooden seat and backrest, a hinged woode...

This architectural salesman sample represents a paneled entry door complete with molded casing, brass knob, iron hinges, and kick plate. Constructed as a miniature working model, exa...

c. 1910s/1920s; Milwaukee Saddlery Co. - Milwaukee, WI Large-scale salesman sample horse hitch display produced as a working demonstrator for complex multi-horse harnessing configur...

c. 1930s-1940s; The Huenefeld Co. - Cincinnati, OH Countertop demonstrator and salesman sample advertising “BOSS OIL RANGES,” featuring a compact metal frame with an integrated burn...

Vintage (possibly verging on antique) German industrial salesman sample. This piece, from an unknown manufacturer, is a scale model version of a rip saw and conveyor belt system. Th...

c. 1900s-1910s; Stover Manufacturing and Engine Co. - Freeport, IL Cast iron and steel tabletop salesman sample of the "Samson" windmill, mounted on a four-leg tower with cross-brac...

1910s; Premier Vaccum Cleaner Co. - Cleveland, OH The Frantz Premier vacuum, also known as "the broomstick," was an electric sweeper designed by James B. Kirby, who would later beco...

ABOUT 19th C. American Grey Iron Casting Co. "Spark" salesman's sample pot belly stove, cast iron with black finish, pot belly with hinged door to load wood, lever mechanism to rele...

Rare antique miniature solid walnut table represents a so-called salesman sample, or a scaled model of a full-size furniture piece available for purchase or order. It was common in G...

Miniature model of the Lawton Lift Exerciser machine designed by Donald Carroll Lawton. Lawton started developing a rowing machine in the 1940's. When he retired in 1960 he spent mor...

c. 1940s/1950s; MATACO (Machine and Tool Accessories Company), Inc. - Cleveland, OH Fitted machinist’s gauge and setup tool set housed in a black textured carrying case with dual me...

c. 1950s-1960s; Clow Corporation - Oskaloosa, IA Factory cutaway demonstrator model of a Clow fire hydrant, mounted vertically on a hardwood display base and housed in its original ...

c. 1900s-1910s; Enterprise Manufacturing Co. - Philadelphia, PA Antique traveling salesman sample kit containing removable-handle sadirons manufactured by Enterprise Manufacturing C...

Miniature dresser with five drawers. Wonderful veneer finishes. Made as a salesman sample with original knob hardware.

Representational scale model drop-leaf table. Plank construction on hinges, turned legs. with plywood crossmembers, in cherrywood finish. One plywood crossmember is missing.

c. 1930s-1950s; Inwall Fixtures Company - Clearwater, FL Salesman's sample demonstrating a patented fold-away dining set manufactured by the Inwall Fixtures Company. Constructed as ...