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Private collection of patent models hits retail shelves
A group of department stores and entrepreneur Bentley Blum are selling parts of the O. Rundle Gilbert Americana collection in Washington and other cities. The sale includes items like an 1871 steam powered rotary engine model and a pillow case stuffer priced at 150 and 250 respectively, with papers explaining each invention.
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O. Rundle Gilbert
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Smithsonian
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Isaac Fleischmann
U.S. Patent Office
Bentley Blum
Garfinckers
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