Purchased this thermometer at an Antique store in Lombardy May 10/ 13 for $20. I had seen it the previous summer while hunting for SF stuff. Asked for it for Christmas 2012. When a different thermometer ended up as a gift I thought this one had sold. I walked in the next May as I was driving by, walked right up to where I knew it had been, and scooped it up. I wasn't 5 minutes in the store. It certainly made my day.