$1,185
Cat Iron "Barnacle Eye" Rooster Windmill Weight, Manufactured by the Elgin Wind Power and Pump Company, Elgin, Illinois, c. 1880, from a family farm in Lincoln, Nebraska, mounted on a metal stand, overall ht. 19, lg. 18 in., wt. 55 lbs. Literature: For a similar example, see Windmill Weights by Milt Simpson, Johnson and Simpson, New Jersey, 1985, p. 56.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14