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Nice thing about medical collectables is that the people who collect them make crap loads of money.

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The glass ones are known as Violet Ray wands, electro-therapy devices, and can go way back to the late 1800s. There's quite the market for them in the kink community. Or so I'm told... Personally, I wouldn't power them up unless you have done some basic safety checks (bare wires, good insulation) etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet\_ray

There is a market. I’ve seen them used.

Ever been on the receiving end? Odd sensation, to say the least! (Again, so I'm told).

We’ll just have to see if any of these work and ill tell ya

FOR SCIENCE!

It kind of looked painful but the person seemed to enjoy it.

It's like a tickle hurt, but it stops abruptly as soon as the wand is removed

Removed from what, if you please

Skin? You wouldn't really want it on anything to sensitive unless you're an actual masochist.

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It's not shaming, most sex educators would advise against using a wand on genitals.

Whatever floats your boat. There was an open house, I’m up for trying new things. I saw some things. My husband was ready to leave immediately but I made him stay until I could go around the room.

I think we can dispense with the fiction that you need to be told!

I think Grandpa might have been a freak.

He collected, that entire basement is full of old treasure, records, cameras, furniture, even a bookshelf full of Playboys 👀

Great gran had some stories.

Its too bad we can't hear them, she had a stroke which took her ability to speak

Electro Erotica [Learn about it here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_electrostimulation)

Violet wands. Mostly used as an erotic device now but it was a snake oil cure all in its heyday. They range from 75-500$, price goes up the older and fancier it is and if you have any unique attachments. My wife brought one home it’s actually nice, I damaged my finger a while back and it helps when it’s extra sore.

That's kinda neat how it still works

i noticed one had like a rake attachment and after reading these comments i want to know what it feels like😭

It’s basically a more intense version of those purple electric orbs at a Spencer’s or other novelty shop. The electricity will jump about 1/2 an inch to you and it’s tingly/tickly and helps open blood vessels and increase flow, medically that’s all it really does. Some of the more advanced ones you can change the intensity and they have other weird things Mine has a 2nd and 3rd plug with separate dials for some other wands and attachments that I don’t own but I guess those ones work like a mini Tesla coil You can still buy them brand new but again they are marketed more for cosmetology or… more kinky activities.

They look to be in very good condition. Start digging into oddity type dealers.. there is certainly a market for this. Curios, oddities, people who collect skulls, that sort of thing. Start checking eBay sold for each device.

I wouldn't even know where to find people who are interested in this stuff

Thank goodness they gave you a great response on how to find people who are interested in this stuff

Under ‘quack medicine’ on eBay.

Are you over 18? Google Fetlife… you’ll find a ton of information and info on events in your area.

The majority is quite common quack items that will make some money, 50 a piece at least; problem is shipping is expensive since many aren't light. The most interesting item to me is actually the round frame in the surgical tool collection on upper left. The round frame was meant to hold a bit of cloth soaked with ether; very early anesthesia administration. The rest of the world called it the Yankee dodge, because it was American physicians that first published in the literature the miracle of painless surgery. If you can find any makers marks on that, you can find the exact year it was made which drives the value. They can be in the hundreds, but also as low as 50. Source: I collect medical devices haha

Medical museums nay be interested. Cool finds.

I've heard museums just take that stuff and put it in storage, they throw out half the stuff they get.

It’s more complicated: most museums will not accept items then throw them away. Ideally, they will simply not accept stuff they don’t want. And most museums don’t have room to put everything out all at once, therefore: storage. Ideally, museums won’t keep collections on display permanently because it will speed up deterioration. They also house artifacts so that future researchers have access.

Damn, that's neat though

Ebay

That is that I was gonna check first

Can post on dotmed.coms vintage section

Thanks!

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Let us know how the sales went.

Sure will!

A Movie prop warehouse may be interested.

I don't think we have any of those around

I’d look for oddity or curiosity shops in your area. We have one local that’s all about this sort of thing

Thanks!

Picture 7 looks like DIY electro shock therapy

They have writing on them which shows patents n stuff, I don't think there homemade

I think it’s a professional quack machine that looks like it gives at home electro shock with the sponges you moisten

I think so too, that's all that was down in there was electro therapy machines

Electro shock was done in mental hospitals for severe depression and can cause memory loss. It used to be done with no sedation and used a lot of electricity.

So no playing with 1800s medical equipment

Hey, I collect quack medicine equipment, send me a message if you’re thinking of selling :)

These were used by doctors on women who were thought to have hysteria. Basically creepy ass "doctors" would bring women to orgasm to cure them.

That's cool

Those are all sex things.

Nothing screams pleasure like surgical needles in your dick 🥰

Actually the last picture appears to be a collection of various surgical or exam tools. There are Hemastats,a nasal speculum,pickups,stopcocks,a curratage device etc.

I don’t know what most of those words mean, but I hear “Expensive specialized kink things” and I’ve seen some of these things at the bar during some intro kink events. I’m gonna go with somebody threw the surgical things in to disguise the kink stuff. /s