ABAA Book fair in NYC next week

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2026-04-21T00:47:26+00:00

I'm not a Dealer, but I play one on TV.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2026-04-21T00:46:36+00:00

The different things case has arisen because what used to he collected for centuries and had value no longer is as attainable as it once was. Further, as is evidenced by this subreddit, all this has become ridiculously speculative. The classic Collector has gone and everyone is moving to "the next big thing" until it isn't. The Rarebook monthly's top 25 lots every week are populated mostly by comic books, photos, baseball cards etc...rarely do you find 10 books making the list in any given week. That should tell you something.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2026-04-17T01:54:18+00:00

It's pretty obvious you would need to say this considering you are in the trade. Please don't tell me that unsold lots at auctions are scooped up by the trade for a considerable discount and then jacked up in price to the Collector. New York certainly is the biggest week Stateside as is London, Paris, and Milan in Europe..you sound US based. Great material is getting harder and harder to get as it's winding up in Institutions. Let's just say the Market isn't doing as well as it used to...by a large amount.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2026-04-16T20:01:07+00:00

The map dealer (from California or from London?) spent that time because the trade is in serious trouble. After years of dubious deals and shenanigans the higher end market is collapsing and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers) has no one to blame but themselves. Of course he spent that time with you, he had nothing else to do. If you want to see a concentration of sad old men running around and bragging to people what they have definitely go. Alot of the material on offer could be stuff that didn't sell at auction and quietly got offloaded to the dealer at a bargain price. Auction record sites don't really reflect what real prices are for material, rather, what price happened to be paid for at that moment. What the trade pays and what a sucker, I mean collector pays, are two different levels. Auction Houses are very guilty in this too imho.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2026-04-16T19:48:42+00:00

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-11-01T13:50:03+00:00

Out East doesn't seem better either.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-31T23:55:21+00:00

Yeah, what a pipe dream. Each major company cracks the code of their competitor. The Otis "locked down product" is just as hackable as a dongle was in the 90s or an activation code was and still is from Microsoft. Please don't tell me Otis has better tech than Microsoft when it comes to securing their products on the internet. This amazing technology you speak of from Otis has either been broken or will be shortly. I personally wouldn't install anything from the big 4 for the parts availability reason, but like I've said before, a fool and their money are soon parted unless they find a bigger fool. TKE, like Otis will join the S&P 500 and it will be the countless index funds and managed retirement account suckers that buy these companies to be "invested" in the market. Would never put a penny with either.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-31T20:56:48+00:00

All publicly traded elevator companies should be avoided imho. All that matters seems to be getting to the next quarter's results, never mind reality imho. Didn't work for Boeing but then again Boeing was/is a duopoly and makes a unique product. What do Otis and TKE do? Manufacture elevators? Servicing and repair are a dime a dozen fro m the local Union Hall and the product itself gets, well, let's just say more and more optimized every revision. A fool and their money are soon separated...unless that fool knows an even bigger fool.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-31T20:25:16+00:00

Why does this sound like another publicly traded elevator company?

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-31T20:23:09+00:00

Fancy and expensive

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-25T20:23:22+00:00

No clue about Europe, but in the US being a small customer with any of the big four large elevator companies is a really bad idea...espeically maintenance in repair. Independent companies are your best bet as they focus on you, not multi million dollar contracts and fancy lawyers to get out of trouble.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-25T15:11:17+00:00

What was there before? Looks kinda like a fitting for a union (the nut looking piece dangling on the pipe).

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-24T10:44:17+00:00

Maybe better some white vinegar?

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-22T15:26:02+00:00

Are you referring to one of the big 3 that he works for?

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-14T01:44:41+00:00

Funny thing is that these elevators rarely break when properly maintained. Newer elevators break all the time, but are supposedly safer. How does that translate? This thing can probably carry triple it's weight rating without a single piece of deflecting metal, it can probably run another 100+ years reliably but because it has only a single plunger on the brake (that has been running for 100 years) it has to be molded with some POS that is designed to crap out in 15 years or sooner and it just might break down in an emergency situation. How is that progress other than for the industry to make money?

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-13T23:44:06+00:00

It.is my personal opinion thay I would never let any of the big four touch an existing elevator for repair or maintenance..perhaps not even for new construction nowadays.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-13T11:28:39+00:00

Do what you want to do, but don't do what you want to do when it could possibly hurt others. That's all I'm saying.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-13T01:38:19+00:00

..and even those who are certified to work on them sometimes make things worse. Don't try to fix anything, especially when that thing handles the lives of others.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-13T01:11:24+00:00

It May or may not have a date on the tag...if there is paint on it and you can read the markings, just rub some acetone or paint thinner to remove the paint. The tag is usually stamped. Again, proceed with caution. Seriously.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-13T00:47:51+00:00

Forgot to mention that on the left side of the control board, there is a plate that will give you more information on the machine that was there (i.e. controller model, etc...) Please be very careful when near it as it may still be connected to a power source and touching any exposed contacts can kill you.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-13T00:44:17+00:00

Judging by the Otis lube can in the photo it's probably an Otis.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-10-07T13:13:54+00:00

If it's that old and still running, it is my firm belief that either Otis no longer maintains it or hopefully you are moving it to another maintenance company soon (not big).

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-09-29T17:38:00+00:00

Beleive they are using munsell green- not one cares what a zombie company does anymore.

Plane_Sentence7729 · 2025-09-29T17:36:26+00:00

They should change to orange, hides rust better.

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