Posted 11 years ago
ilf03
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Tuttle & Clark (Detroit)7oz toe weights F&F3 for trotting. Would like to know the value of these if possible. Box is a little worn and comes with information leaflet.
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ilfo3, here is the May 2, 1905, patent. Your toe weight was invented by Arthur C. Olfs of Detroit and assigned to Tuttle & Clark, Detroit.
From Google Patents:
http://www.google.com/patents/US788844
Full pages from United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=00788844&IDKey=1D57C173193E%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect2%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526d%3DPALL%2526S1%3D0788844.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F788844%2526RS%3DPN%2F788844
From what I found online, the value is nominal, but it's great that you have the original box with the literature. Here are some completed listings for vintage/antique toe weights on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=horse+toe+weights&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=10&_fpos=&_fsct=&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_sop=13&_dmd=1&_ipg=50