{"id":17266,"date":"2019-11-21T10:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andersonlock.com\/?p=17266"},"modified":"2023-06-06T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:04:09","slug":"lock-and-key-tidbits-miscellaneous-etcetera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andersonlock.com\/blog\/lock-and-key-tidbits-miscellaneous-etcetera\/","title":{"rendered":"Lock and Key Tidbits, Miscellaneous & Etcetera"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anderson Lock Gazette<\/em><\/strong> features \u201cTidbits, Miscellaneous & Etcetera\u201d in every issue. This blog is similarly composed with odd but interesting lock and key miscellany.<\/p>\n

\"ThomasThe first tidbit comes from a 2016 news release provided by Heritage Auctions. Titled, \u201cEdison keys, light bulbs sell at auction\u201d<\/strong>, it relates details about six of Thomas Edison\u2019s keys which sold for $10,625 at a Dallas, TX, auction. That\u2019s $1,770.83 for each key!<\/em> Only one of the keys opened his 1876 New Jersey lab which became known as the \u201cinvention factory.\u201d A set of five Edison bulbs used in a court case sold for $30,000 the same day.<\/p>\n

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\"PictureMakes me wonder how much someone would pay for the house key Ben Franklin used when he flew his kite in a rainstorm to demonstrate that lightning and electricity were the result of the same phenomenon. Speaking of electricity\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

The second item tells the story of another key sold at auction that same year, in England. A small locker key from the Titanic fetched \u00a385,000<\/strong> Pound sterling, equal to $109,889.70. That\u2019s $109,889.70 for one key! <\/em>The \u201cexceptionally rare\u201d item from the famous ship, wrecked by an iceberg in 1912, had been expected to only bring \u00a350,000. According to an online article in www.theguardian.com\/uk-news, the key, \u201cwhich is attached to a brass tag stamped \u2018Locker 14F Deck\u2019 is believed to show Mr. Sedunary was on the F Deck the night the Titanic sank. The key was sent to Mr. Sedunary\u2019s pregnant wife, Madge, after his body was recovered and remained in the family until the sale.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a Nebraskan who swallowed a key\u2026\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>The third article comes from an undated, yellowed clipping originally printed in a North Platte, Nebraska, newspaper. The headline reads:\u00a0 \u201cSwallowed key is X-rayed, copied\u201d<\/strong> and the story is copied here: \u201cArthur Richardson thought he\u2019d pull a prank and pretend to swallow a friend\u2019s truck key. Unfortunately, Wednesday\u2019s prank backfired when Richardson plopped the key in his mouth and gravity took over. Richardson went to a doctor Thursday, who X-rayed his stomach and got a clear picture of the key. The doctor said the key posed no danger\u2026 but Richardson\u2019s friend needed to use his truck.<\/p>\n

So Richardson and his friend took the X-rays to a locksmith, who used the pictures to fashion a new key. And it worked in the truck.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is truly a first in my career,\u201d said John Somers, owner of Al\u2019s Lock and Safe.<\/p>\n

\"Black\u2026and etcetera\u2026<\/em> My fourth and final tidbit isn\u2019t about keys, and it wasn\u2019t printed in a newspaper. It was overheard on the intercom system at Anderson Lock. One of our customer service representatives paged: \u201cCall on 401. It\u2019s the customer with padlock eyes!\u201d<\/strong> Unlike Bette Davis eyes, no one will write a hit song titled \u201cHe\u2019s Got Padlock Eyes\u201d<\/em>\u2026but hearing that did brighten my afternoon!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Anderson Lock Gazette features \u201cTidbits, Miscellaneous & Etcetera\u201d in every issue. This blog is similarly composed with odd but interesting lock and key miscellany. The first tidbit comes from a 2016 news release provided by Heritage Auctions. 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