Dane Pelfrey is a former homeless kid, CTO, Hog Calling Champion, and "The Price is Right" contestant. He happily lives in the middle of nowhere, near State Center, Iowa, listening to time ticking by.
Q: I have my grandparents’ clock, one of their wedding gifts from the 1920s. I wonder if you could recommend someone who has the knowledge to fix an old clock. The parts inside are loose and it looks ...
Clocks are ancient devices because people have always needed to keep track of time. Around the world, sundials, water timers, candle clocks and hourglasses were the earliest timekeepers. However, once ...
I have enclosed photographs of a clock handed down to me by my great-uncle. He purchased it at an estate sale around 1931 and I received it around 1972. The clock ticks, chimes, and keeps time - ...
Our readers’ submissions this month include a good Rookwood Pottery vase in their popular “vellum” glaze, a cast iron mantle clock that still keeps perfect time after a century of use, and a ...
Q: My aunt gave me this Lanshire clock that was her uncle’s. It is not working and weighs about 25 pounds. The pink marble base length is almost 20 inches wide by 3 deep and 7.5 inches tall. It does ...
Before we all pulled our iPhones out of our back pocket to check the time, time was held by clocks, and some were the pinnacle of opulence. When it comes to antique clocks, there’s a world of rare and ...