Seller's terms
Lot #73: Vandercook 317 printers proof press
Sold by: N/A WireBids ID #WB57253
$10: $250 to $999
$50: $1,000 to $9,999
$100: $10,000 and up
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Description
This is from Vanderblog/timeline/#1936
From ca.1937 Vandercook catalog and 1938 ad:
Maximum sheet: 17″ × 27″
Maximum form: 16″ × 24½”
Floor space: 2’8″ × 6’4″ (including feed table overhang; 1’10” longer with ink cabinet)
Shipping weight: 1700 lb (ink cabinet and fountain: 150 lb)
15-25 proofs/min. Automatic inking, w/optional fountain and ink cabinet. Semi-automatic delivery. Double automatic cylinder trip, for short or long sheets. Automatic grippers (no foot pedal). Galley height.
Maximum sheet: 16¾” × 27″
Maximum form: 16″ × 24½”
Shipping weight: 1700 lb
Price (1940): $675
($743 delivered to the W. Coast)
The British Printer July 1938, p 54.
317An odd duck. The feed table/delivery tray (which travels with the cylinder) is in the shape of an upside-down V. The sheet is gripped just before reaching the right end — then moving the cylinder back to the left makes the impression. There is a stock table above the cylinder. “Feed and Delivery Table arranged for minimum hand travel in making proofs;” however, the design wasn’t used in subsequent models.
Walker Rumble contributes the following information about this elusive press:
I’ve had my 317 for something like ten years. All that I’ve ever known about the press is the info contained on Sheet No. 4-B of the Vandercook Illustrated Price List dated May 1, 1940. Unhappily, I now find that my photocopy of that information has faded badly and resembles the Dead Sea Scrolls. According to Vandercook, the 317 was designed for the “production of fine printing on short runs.” It was recommended for “general proving where customers require ten or more proofs,” for “imprinting calendars or other jobs where form changes are frequent,” and for “printing sales portfolios, announcements, display bills, posters, show cards and programs.” Vandercook claimed that the 317 “will print from 15 to 25 excellent proofs a minute. It brings an added selling argument to many plants-making it possible to print short runs profitably.” According to the fellow I bought mine from, River Street Printing in Woonsocket, he bought the press from Plimpton Press in Norwood, Mass., and he told me that Plimpton had used the press to proof covers for Houghton Mifflin books. (Private email, 8/28/03)
Seller's Terms
Shipping Info
I can deliver this item within a 250-mile radius from Northwest Indiana, 500 miles round trip for $5.00 per mile.
This would require that you have a good paved driveway or alley, an adequate size doorway, and a clear shot with no obstacles. We would transport this machine on a heavy-duty, car hauler type of rollback trailer that can only unload at a ground-level situation.
If there are unusual situations, such as gravel, stairs, small door, loading dock, the buyer must supply a forklift truck, etc., we must talk about the price and shall agree on a fair charge.
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