THANKS TO Yvette Comeau, owner of Maya Books and Music (http://www.indiebound.org/stores/maya-books-music)   201 E 1st St, Sanford, FL  FOR LETTING ME take some pictures of her last flower…   read all about her  at   http://thesanfordproject.com/interview-maya-books-and-music/

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GEORGE NELSON* CLOCK MODEL 2271-D 1958 DESIGN—$1,500

A clock is an instrument to indicate, keep, and co-ordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately (via Dutch, Northern French, and Medieval Latin) from the Celtic words clagan andclocca meaning “bell“…In general usage….”clock” refers to any device for measuring and displaying the time… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock

NELSON SPIKE CLOCK ZEELAND MICHIGAN MODEL 2202-D DESIGNED 1952  $2,000

For thousands of years, devices have been used to measure and keep track of time. The current … system of time measurement dates to approximately 2000 BC, in Sumer. The Ancient Egyptians divided the day into two 12-hour periods, and used large obelisks to track the movement of the Sun.,,The Shang Dynasty is believed to have used the outflow water clock ….devices which were introduced from Mesopotamia as early as 2000 BC. Other ancient timekeeping devices include the candle clock, used in China, Japan, England and Iraq; the timestick, widely used in India and Tibet, as well as some parts of Europe; and the hourglass, which functioned similarly to a water clock. The sundial, …relies on shadows to provide a good estimate of the hour …not so useful in cloudy weather or at night and requires recalibration as the seasons change…The earliest known clock with a water-powered escapement mechanism, … dates back to 3rd century BC… ancient Greece  Chinese engineers later invented clocks incorporating mercury-powered escapement mechanisms in the 10th century followed by Arabic engineers inventing water clocks driven by gears and weights in the 11th century.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_timekeeping_devices

NELSON TRIANGLE CLOCK PAPER LABEL NO 2225-C DESIGNED 1955 $2,375

In 1577, Jost Burgi invented the minute hand. Burgi’s invention was part of a clock made for Tycho Brahe, an astronomer …for his stargazing.  http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/clock.htm

NELSON’S PETAL CLOCK PAPER LABEL STAMPED NO 7513 DESIGNED 1957 $3,125

Time is seen in a particularly different light by Eastern and Western cultures, and even within these groupings assumes quite dissimilar aspects from country to country. In the Western Hemisphere, the United States and Mexico employ time in such diametrically opposing manners that it causes intense friction between the two peoples. In Western Europe, the Swiss attitude to time bears little relation to that of neighboring Italy. Thais do not evaluate the passing of time in the same way that the Japanese do. In Britain the future stretches out in front of you. In Madagascar it flows into the back of your head from behind.  http://www.businessinsider.com/how-different-cultures-understand-time-2014-5#ixzz3CGO0WURu

NELSON’S POPSICLE CLOCK:  ZEELAND PAPER LABEL, INCISED NO. 2257-A, DESIGNED 1957  $4,375

Daylight saving time (DST)..is the practice of advancing clocks during the summer months that have more daylight so that people get up earlier in the morning and experience more daylight in the evening. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in the autumn.The modern idea of daylight saving was first proposed in 1895 byGeorge Vernon Hudson,[2] and it was first implemented by Germanyand Austria-Hungary starting on 30 April 1916. Many countries have used it at various times… most consistently since the energy crisis of the 1970s.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time

Sunday, March 9  and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday,  November 2

NELSON’S DIAMOND MARKERS CLOCK STAMPED NO. 02667 DESIGNED 1959 $5,000

 I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.—Golda Meir

NELSON’S SMALL PRETZEL CLOCK: PAPER LABEL INCISED NO. 4775, DESIGNED 1952 $5,938

*Nelson’s distinctive wall clocks.  His Ionic electric clocks (manufactured Howard Miller Clock Co) of close to 150 designs were made up to the early ’80’s.  Prices on this page are from a recent LA auction.