Slow down and take a closer look.

I'm starting to learn that.

Not much to do on a Sunday, so I'm looking over the few local auctions on auctionzip. The closest one, about 20 miles, looks like ALL new stuff. I slow down and blow up every picture on the listing and there it is, hiding behind the table saw. I click on the picture of the drill press and yes. It sure looks like an industrial floor fan. I get there and check it out, a Vornado Model 21. I'm early and ask if I can plug in, go ahead he says, I do and it works. These floor fans are steampunk, atomic age, mid-century and industrial all wrapped up in one unit. No dents, just a little rust on the base. Bad ones go for $200 and nice ones go for $900 and up. I have the winning bid of $50. Look on ebay under vintage fans and you'll usually see 1 or 2.