Featured Weird: prosthetic hand

My wife thinks I'm crazy, but I'm gonna bet there's someone out there who will want this.

It's a child's prosthetic forearm and hand. The fingers constrict to grab something when the cable /shoulder harness are tightened. Pretty ingenious. I found it at an estate sale.

Any opinions about the age or reselling of something like this?

Thank you!

 

Dunno about age...but I think it'll be a tough sell. Prosthetics are pretty much one-off, custom fit an' features, etc...Good luck!

 

There are collectors of this kind of oddball stuff, it wouldn't be purchased for actual use.
I know nothing about prosthetics but that shoulder strap attachment method, and no apparent use of wood, seems 1960s-ish to me, somehow...???
The few eBay SOLD prices for "vintage prosthetic arm" look pretty good!

EDIT: Is it fiberglass?

 

I'd think it would certainly find a buyer, especially as it was designed for a child. And 1960s not a bad guess. A local prosthetic store, if you have one, would be able to confirm/not.

Debora

 

I'd bet that you will prove your wife wrong (about you being crazy, ):
A quick eBay search of similar sold->

Anyone see Kingpin with Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson?

 

I'm not sure if it's fiberglass.... maybe a kind of resin poured over a fabric that was used to 'take the form' of the person it was made for?

I'll look more closely when I'm home again.

 

One wonders why in the world people would want these, but there we go.

 

Sad but true.
People are touched (some even fascinated) by tragedy, and there's little more tragic than a sick child.

 

No one else thinks you're crazy other than your wife

 

gotta hand it to you.............

 

Tell me about it!

 

Get a grip, ok?

 

Thumbs up

 

You're in the army now oh oh oh you're in the army now...

 

Holy Fistful, BatMan!

 

let me know if u need a helping hand ..............

 

cuz that one is just laying there.....

 

I'm sure it will sell. I can see it being used in a Steampunk creation.

 

A true and useful kyratisation!

 

There was a show on Tv some time ago called "Oddities" about a shop in NY that sold unusual antiques, medical quackery etc...and this would be right up their alley.