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Title: Ultimate Vintage Print Shop Liquidation Lot – Davidson & Multilith Offset Presses, Antique Letterpress, Martin Yale PowerCut, Cast-Iron Guillotine, & Complete Accessories Inventory
Description:
An incredible, untouched “time capsule” independent print shop lot is available for liquidation. Perfect for commercial print machinery restorers, letterpress studio hobbyists, or print history collectors. This shop ran everything from typesetting to final binding.
We are looking to sell this as a complete package lot to someone looking to acquire a full historical setup, but we may consider reasonable individual offers on major machinery.
Moneymakers & Equipment Included:
1. Davidson Offset Duplicator Presses (Quantity: 2): Heavy cast-iron vintage green models (including a Davidson 221). Incredibly intact with original side handwheels, control panels, adjusting keys, and a rare factory-original metal T-handle wrench tool. One unit still features a vintage local government printing plate (“Cass Co. Building Permit”) clamped to the cylinder.
2. Multilith Offset Press & Component Parts: Includes structural frame pieces, ink fountains, and internal mechanisms.
3. Antique Letterpress Jobber: Classic manual stamping press frame. Highly sought after for modern custom wedding invitations and artisanprint studios.
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5. Martin Yale “powercut” 6500 Electric Paper Cutter: Heavy-duty tabletop
6. electric power cutter manufactured by Martin Yale Business Machines Corp. in Chicago, IL. Complete with an adjustable back-gauge handwheel, precise measuring indicators, and an on/off/reverse toggle switch setup.
7. Vintage Cast-Iron Manual Guillotine Paper Cutter: A massive, heavy antique floor-model paper cutter with a large overhead structural handwheel.
8. Compugraphic Compuwriter Phototypesetting Machine: A rare, complete mid-century blue phototypesetting unit with a physical numerical counter wheel.
9. Massive Shop Supply Stockpile: Includes multiple original storage boxes containing replacement offset printing plates, un-inked blue rubber replacement blankets, and precision calibrated .010 pack sheets.
Condition:
“As-is” untouched barn-find/rescue condition. Equipment is currently untested but cosmetically remarkable given its age, with minimal structural rust. Everything is coated in decades of authentic print-shop dust and cobwebs.
Terms & Pick-Up:
• Location: Niles, Cass County, MI 49120
• Price: 10,000, $OBO / Taking Serious Offers for the Lot
• Removal: Buyer is strictly responsible for all rigging, lifting, and transportation. These are heavy industrial cast-iron machines. Please bring a proper truck, trailer, ramps, heavy-duty dollies, and enough muscle for extraction. Ground-level/accessible removal.
Contact: Sandra at [email protected]
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