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by CoreyPud

How You Can Find Antique Barber Chairs Online

Antique barber chairs have now become a very high priced collector’s item. There availability is becoming limited because many have been snapped up by professional collectors and regional museums. The majority of barber shops have now changed over to the modern conventional chairs .so increasingly it is becoming harder to find a barber shops that still use them each business day.

Our local barber has three antique barber chairs in his barber shop, but he doesn’t use that part of the shop to cut hair. Instead he has installed two other chairs where he does his work. In the wall display case above the antique barber chairs are antique clippers. He once told me that the value of  those antique barber chairs and the clippers were worth more than his barber shop and all the money he had made in it over the past 32 years.

The first barber chair was created by a man named Earnest Koken in 1906. This was a hydraulic chair that allowed the barber to adjust the height of the person in the chair to meet his needs. This helped ensure the very best hair cut even for the very small children who came to the barber.

This barber chair also featured a swivel so the barber could turn the customer as needed,, also a footrest, and a reclining back.

The internet has become a great place to start looking for various styles of antique barber chairs to add to your collection or to simply see what is available out there. When you enter Barber Chair as a search term you will find that EBay feature prominently, and the brand Koken that I mentioned above will typically be the highest priced chairs for sale. When you look closely at the Koken brand barber chairs you will quickly realise why that brand in particular have such a following. A typical Kokand Barber chair will weigh about 300 pounds and feature Iron Porcelain and quality leather seats.

Even if  you have no plans to invest in an antique barber chair I think you would find looking them up online interesting. The chairs are so well built and amazingly attractive and well constructed. If you can find a Child’s barber seat online these are set to become extremely valuable in the coming years. One brand that use to make Child barber seats is firm called Berninghause and co, from Cinncinatti.

You should also try to find them at auctions and antique stores. You can expect to pay anywhere from several hundred dollars to thousands of dollars for an antique barber chair. It depends on the quality of the chair, the particular design of the chair, and who you are buying it from.

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by cobalt123

Save Big and Buy Cheap Prescription Glasses Online

A new trend recently covered by some major news media outlets has consumers doing a bit of hands-on window shopping at eye glasses stores, but then waiting to make their purchases online.

The reason for this phenomenon is the savings offered by online vendors.

For years the more Internet-savvy have been buying cheap prescription glasses frames online, but then had to go to their local eye glasses store to have their prescription lenses put in. And anyone who wears glasses knows that the lenses often cost more than the frames.

The biggest step forward in this new shopping trend in recent months and years is the ability now to be able to buy prescription glasses online, including the lenses, and to save on the entire package.

Finding cheap prescription glasses is not merely an act of casual frugality. Well, for some it may be. But for others, especially those with multiple children who need glasses, finding cheap prescription glasses is a financial necessity. A decent pair of glasses and lenses can easily cost hundreds of dollars. Multiplied by a few kids and that becomes a debilitative expense.

With no option but to shop at a local opticians or eye glasses store, families that need to shell out on multiple pairs of prescription glasses are usually forced to settle for cheaper brands of reduced quality. When children are involved, that typically means the glasses become scratched, worn down or broken at an accelerated rate.

For the local eye glasses business, this situation is every bit as lucrative as if the family had been able to purchase more expensive prescription glasses in the first place, as they will need to constantly repair and replace the cheaper models.

So being able to buy more expensive and sturdy glasses for the same or similar price as cheap models are offered at in brick-and-mortar stores is a cherished opportunity for many.

For others, it’s just about finding cheap prescription glasses.

Whatever your reason for searching out cheap prescription glasses (or sunglasses), it can’t hurt to try this method.

Nor is this new market limited to standard glasses. It is now easy to find cheap prescription sunglasses online as well. There is no denying the benefit of wearing sunglasses if you spend a lot of time outside, so it is highly recommended to keep a pair of prescription sunglasses in addition to your regular glasses.

So, next time you or a family member needs glasses, go get your eyes checked at the local optometrist or optician and make sure to take your prescription data with you, and then go browse and try on glasses at the nearest store. Don’t be shy, go ahead and try anything your heart desires, even the most expensive models.

When you find a few favorites, write down the makes and models, or maybe even snap a few quick pictures so you remember the look you wanted. Then have a look through online eye glasses vendors for the same makes and models, or at worst a different brand with a similar look. You may be pleasantly surprised by the savings.

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