My mom told me that she had her grandmothers mixer so naturally i wanted to see it because i love vintage stuff no matter what it is. Check out how cool this is! She's been a huge baking fanatic forever and im trying to figure out a cheap way to get her a big hobart but no such luck. anyway check it out its pretty much mint. Any info on it would be appreciated like the date and value. Every time i try to find out info it takes me to some auction where one was sold and doesnt really show a value or any cool background info.
Vintage kitchen mixer
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sasquatch12
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Beauty of a mixer , and yup sure looks quite mint!
Stuart in MN
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I have a similar mixer, a Hamilton Beach. It's just like the one my mother had when I was a kid, I found it at an estate sale some years ago for just a few dollars. It dates to the late 1940s or early 1950s and still works like new.
B17E1943
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Very cool! I'm not familiar with the brand.
They sure did build stuff to last back in the day.
No comment on the present ... 
They sure did build stuff to last back in the day.
No comment on the present ... Zeke
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That is nice. It's a rarer brand than the typical Sunbeam or General Electric. Antique stores want a bit much for these mixers, but they are worth 40-50 bucks. That one probably more. If you're lucky enough to find a good one at a yard sale, it would be 5 to 10 bucks. Of course both bowls and attachments make them worth more.
Landers Frary and Clark was a well-known small appliance maker, especially in the 1940s and 50s. They're probably best known for their vacuum cleaners, followed by mixers, meat grinders and coffee bean grinders.
Based on the nameplate data and the style, I'd guess your mixer dates from somewhere between 1948 and 1963, and most likely in the early portion of that range. If you open it up, you may find a date stamped on one or more internal parts. Not necessarily, but sometimes done on parts that may have had a warranty.
As far as value goes, it's probably worth more to you for its family history than for any amount you could sell it for.
awesome! and we were just curious. there is noo chance if us selling it its practically the only thing my mother has that was hers and she loves it. If i could get my hands on an industrial mixer for her that would be wild. Anyone ever hear of hobarts or other ones going for good deals?
I'd check local restaurant supply and equipment repair houses.
They may have secondhand units for not a whole lot, especially if you find one of those old family owned small supply houses instead of a big corporation franchise supply house.
They may also know of restaurants closing down too
Also check GovDeals and other school/government auction sites- they often sell things like that out of school kitchens, etc.
They may have secondhand units for not a whole lot, especially if you find one of those old family owned small supply houses instead of a big corporation franchise supply house.
They may also know of restaurants closing down too
Also check GovDeals and other school/government auction sites- they often sell things like that out of school kitchens, etc.
Zeke
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The current KitchenAid does anything and all that a home cook would need. There are 2 models and I'm talking about the bigger one that doesn't tilt back.
cparcell
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ill see if i can get you a deal on a hobart mixer as i live in the small town where they produce them, HILLSBORO OHIO
my mom has two of the non tilting kitchen aids ha, she used to bake cookie platters and sell them every year but she got sick of having to keep making new dough batches because the big kitchen aid isnt big enough... we had 4 upright dedicated freezers just for her cookies lol