Accurate Description of Item
Yale Herring Hall Marvin Safe
Appraiser Remarks
Based on what we can see your safe dates from the early 20th century. According to company literature they manufactured a complete and comprehensive line of bank vaults, fire resistive vault doors, filing safes classes A and B, burglarproof chests and night depositories
Based in Hamilton, Ohio, the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company was a consolidation of Hall’s Safe & Lock Co., Cincinnati; Marvin Safe Co., New York City; and Farrel & Co. and Meyers & Smith, Philadelphia, according to Stephen D. Cone in A Concise History of Hamilton, published in 1901. H-H-M continued until it was purchased by the Diebold Safe Company in 1959. Diebold was accumulating a monopoly in the industry and so was ordered to sell or close down H-H-M, so the plant was closed between 1962-1964. During both world wars, Herring-Hall-Marvin produced equipment for the armed services. During World War II, it built gun mounts for the U. S. Navy and was engaged in projects related to the atomic bomb.
In terms of value, there is not a great deal of demand for old safes except among collectors, the huge weight and shipping costs making them difficult to sell in anything but local markets.
Based in Hamilton, Ohio, the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company was a consolidation of Hall’s Safe & Lock Co., Cincinnati; Marvin Safe Co., New York City; and Farrel & Co. and Meyers & Smith, Philadelphia, according to Stephen D. Cone in A Concise History of Hamilton, published in 1901. H-H-M continued until it was purchased by the Diebold Safe Company in 1959. Diebold was accumulating a monopoly in the industry and so was ordered to sell or close down H-H-M, so the plant was closed between 1962-1964. During both world wars, Herring-Hall-Marvin produced equipment for the armed services. During World War II, it built gun mounts for the U. S. Navy and was engaged in projects related to the atomic bomb.
In terms of value, there is not a great deal of demand for old safes except among collectors, the huge weight and shipping costs making them difficult to sell in anything but local markets.
Estimated Value
$1000.00-$1500.00
Re: Yale Herring Hall Marvin Safe
Yale Herring Hall Marvin Safe
Based on what we can see your safe dates from the early 20th century. According to company literature they manufactured a complete and comprehensive line of bank vaults, fire resistive vault doors, filing safes classes A and B, burglarproof chests and night depositories
Based in Hamilton, Ohio, the Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company was a consolidation of Hall’s Safe & Lock Co., Cincinnati; Marvin Safe Co., New York City; and Farrel & Co. and Meyers & Smith, Philadelphia, according to Stephen D. Cone in A Concise History of Hamilton, published in 1901. H-H-M continued until it was purchased by the Diebold Safe Company in 1959. Diebold was accumulating a monopoly in the industry and so was ordered to sell or close down H-H-M, so the plant was closed between 1962-1964. During both world wars, Herring-Hall-Marvin produced equipment for the armed services. During World War II, it built gun mounts for the U. S. Navy and was engaged in projects related to the atomic bomb.
In terms of value, there is not a great deal of demand for old safes except among collectors, the huge weight and shipping costs making them difficult to sell in anything but local markets.