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Clocks and Timepieces
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About David A. Sperling
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David loves clocks and timepieces and has been involved in the collector hobby for over 40 years. He has been a member of the NAWCC (National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors) since 1967! He is a member of the American Clock and Watch Museum in Bristol, Ct.
He is a doctor by profession and has always been a passionate collector of Americana and American clocks.
He is a lecturer, researcher and writer. He curated a Clock Exhibit of Handmade New England Timepieces at the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts in Madison, N.J.
David and his son Ed co-own Father and Son Antiques, an internet business that buys and sells fine clocks and timepieces.
In addition David writes frequent clock articles and commentary in the Research and News section of the NAWCC Bulletin.
Since 2009 David has undertaken the study of the history and market place for antique scientific instruments. These involve the fields of medical collectibles(including microscopes), surveying, navigational and astronomical instruments, as well as barometers, telescopes and balances etc. He is currently (Nov. 2010) preparing a paper for publication on the state of the marketplace for antique scientific instruments. David has added the above categories of antique scientific measuring devices to the appraisals he is now doing, as well as continuing to appraise all clocks and watches.
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David has done private appraisals since his retirement in 1997. He has written appraisals for museums, insurance companies, antique dealers, conservators and private individuals.
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| David lectures throughout New Jersey for the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the N.J. Chapter of the NEH. He has written horological feature articles for The Maine Antiques Digest in Waldobroro, Maine as well as The Clock and Watch Bulletin from Columbia, Pa |
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| A Personal Note From David A. |
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I live in New Jersey, and despite the business aspects of writing and lecturing I continue to regularly attend shows and auctions and have never lost my passion for finding another "great clock just around the next bend in the road".
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| Check with someone knowledgable before you decide to fully refinish a case. To remove old paint or old stencilling or regild old gold leaf could very well destroy the value of your clock. I once met a RELATIVE of Silas Hoadley who owned one of his stencilled column shelf clocks. She took all the stencilling off, down to the raw wood because she "hated" it. She also took all the value out of her family clock! |
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