VINTAGE 1950S RUGGED SIMPLICITY WORKING DERBY GRIB-A-TAB MODEL 90 INDUSRIAL TAPE DISPENSER

THIS VINTAGE 1950S DERBY GRIP-A-TAB MODEL 90 TAPE DISPENSER IS REALLY COOL AND INDUSTRIAL AND IT WORKS! PRESS THE HANDLE AND THE TAPE ADVANCES SMOOTHLY FORWARD. THIS MODEL 90 DERBY TAPE DISPENSER WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MARKET IN 1940.
 
THESE DERBY TAPE DISPENSERS ARE RARE AND IN MOST CASES MUSEUM PIECES. THEY SELL FOR UP TO R1500 ONLINE. A DURABLE AND HISTORICAL ITEM THAT WILL SURELY BE A CONVERSATION STARTER IF IT STOOD ON YOUR STUDY DESK.
 
SIZE 25CM LONG 15CM HIGH 10CM WIDE
 
CONDITION: WILL BENEFIT FROM A SHARPER RAZOR BLADE TO CUT TAPE EASILY. SOME SCRAPES TO METAL BODY BUT IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION.
 
MARKNGS: DERBY GRIP-A-TAB MODEL 90 MADE IN USA BY DERBY SEALERS INC DERBY CONNECTICUT
 
DERBY SEALERS INC:
The companies origens and demise remains a mystery. They produced a line of rugged heavy duty tape dispensers in the USA from the 1940s into the 1960s. They held more than 50 patents in the tape dispensing line of business.
 
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