Automatic Bookkeeping Register, Serial No. 2, c. 1915

A "one-off" machine that won the Gold Medal at Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Manufactured by The Automatic Bookkeeping Register Company of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. A combination of adding machine, cash register and bookkeeping machine. First patented on March 31, 1908. Ornate bronze case, extended with 5 sections on top, very heavy, weight: 300 pounds. Mechanism sticks, metal panels partially unscrewed. Overall size: 30 ¾ x 22 x 30 ¾ in. - In addition: 1) Original Gold Medal from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, in case. - 2) Framed certificate of Panama Exposition of 1915 at which the Automatic Bookkeeping Register Company won the Gold Medal. - 3) Framed picture of Frank Laughlin, president of the company. - And: 4) 2 framed pictures of the registers. - A significant document of early office technology.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)