Dean Nickel wroteI would have loved to see AJ’s collection when it was in his house. But I heard stories that it took a truck all by itself to move the collection it each time he would move. Is that correct BBE? I know you knew him better as you did helped finish his book. That was one person that added a GREAT deal to my understanding of locks. Yes BBE your another that keeps adding to what I know…. now that I think about it most were on the LIST council.:8)::8):
I might have to travel to this museum the next time a convention is anywhere close.
AJ planned ahead with his collection by purchasing locks of today as well as older ones. We compared once as we were both moving around the same time. When you move the movers weigh their truck and charges are calculated upon the weight. I was told by my mover that a typical house will weigh around 10,000 pounds. That time mine weighed in at a little over 17,000 pounds and AJ’s at 37,000 pounds when he moved to CA. He had two rooms on the first floor where he stored things in boxes, (current stuff), and one very large room on the second floor where all the displayed locks were kept.
Anyone going to the mark Bates museum should also stop by the lockmasters museum as that is where AJ’s cylinder collection ended up. The cylinder collection attempted to have all the different mechaisms and a lot of cut aways. I had them all on a CD once and was amazed at how many I had given him. I think his wife kept his prize possession of the masterpiece lock and key that I mentioned in another thread.
BBE.
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