This is an awesome item for anybody that collects weird things like fans or old Sears branded stuff. My parents are the original owners of the fan and Since my mom worked for Sears 4 over 44 years everything in our house was either Sears brand Kenmore Craftsman die hard Roebuck and company etc. It's always been well9 taken care of and still works Perfectly! One of the memories I have as a little kid was watching in fascination while my dad took it apart and lubricated it like he would do periodically. I'm 46 now and can't imagine somebody doing that to some piece of crap plastic Chinese fan from Walmart. It would make a great ebay Flip4 anyone into that kind of thing.