Another neat finding

[Adam D.]

Looks to be an original Moss Heirloom Deluxe.. I went to the local Flea Market and I saw this along with white blades/brackets that didn't go with this fan.. They were newer with simulated wood on the flip sides of the blades.. It was a Illegal Mexican selling it, who barley knew English, and wanted $40 for the fan.. I told him you are selling a fan and blades that don't match, and plus one of the blades are bent, Que? after I repeated myself for the hundredth time.. He than spoke to the girlfriend in Spanish, and then said ok $30. I said no you can buy new for $20, how about $10. He said $20.. I said ok, I'll think about it, I'll walk around and be back.. I thought to myself I better get it, It will be the only time I ever come across this fan...

[Matt B.]

Very nice. Funny how the pull pendant is upside-down.

[Adam D.]

Yes the pull pendent is upside down, and the screw for the pull switch is not original too.. Looks like they took parts from two different fans and combined them together, and the screws were missing too.. I'm not surprised.. Luckily I have a set of blades, which I was using for the Unknown GE Vent five blade fan, the screws from the other moss Heirlooms don't fit, but Caribbean Breeze screws do..

[Cole S.]

Wow, really great find. Glad you could talk it down at least a little, situations like that are so annoying.

[Rick M.]

Glad you were able to get it; such a Moss classic.

[Daniel G.]

Nice find! I loved GE vents with decorative sidebands as a child.

[Jean Lemieux]

How did you know the person was illegal? Just because he did not spoke English well?

If the fan would have been all complete, 40$ would have been an ok price for it. For just the motor 20$ makes more sens. So you just bought what we see on the pics?

It's cool and rare looking that it's J-hook. Doesn't theses with that canopy are usually double claw? We can see the canopy seems thicker to accommodate the J-hook mount.

[Adam D.]

Nov 28, 2011 1:49:43 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

How did you know the person was illegal? Just because he did not spoke English well?

If the fan would have been all complete, 40$ would have been an ok price for it. For just the motor 20$ makes more sens. So you just bought what we see on the pics?

It's cool and rare looking that it's J-hook. Doesn't theses with that canopy are usually double claw? We can see the canopy seems thicker to accommodate the J-hook mount.

No, because that area is full of them, and the Home Depot down the street from there, they use to gather by the bundle out on the main street entrance looking for people to pick them up to do construction work, until the law cracked down on that..

I bought what you see in the pics.. I didn't get the blades. I have no use for them.. I noticed the canopy is thicker than the usual canopy on Moss ceiling fans.. Looks like the ones pictured on the box in the wanted ceiling fans page.. It's the first time I ever saw a J-Hook mount with this canopy.. In fact it's the first time I saw This type of canopy with a rubber gourmet between the canopy and down rod.. That's very rare..