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OLD, NEW, & UNUSUAL HANDCUFF AND RESTRAINT COLLECTION FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STOPPING BY. I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF YOU  MEMBERS KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME SO YOU CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT OUR TRANSACTIONS WILL BE PROMPT AND PROFESSIONAL.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT ME AND MY COLLECTION.
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING HANDCUFFS, LEG IRONS, THUMBCUFFS, NIPPERS, COME-A-LONGS, SLAVE SHACKLES, MANACLES, BALL AND CHAINS, AND OTHER RESTRAINTS FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I HAVE ABOUT 450 DIFFERENT ITEMS IN MY COLLECTION. I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST RESTRAINT COLLECTION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE 2ND LARGEST IN AMERICA. THE FELLOW THAT HAS A COLLECTION LARGER THAN MINE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF RESTRAINTS AND HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.
A WHILE AGO, I WAS FORTUNATE TO ACQUIRE WHAT IS VERY LIKELY THE OLDEST SET OF HANDCUFFS EVER FOUND IN NORTH AMERICA. THE CUFFS ARE SPANISH IN ORIGIN AND WERE FOUND NEAR THE GROUNDS OF THE SAN DIEGO MISSION BY METAL DETECTOR HOBBYISTS IN THE LATE 1970'S. OVER THE YEARS, THEY WERE TRADED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN OTHER COLLECTORS AND EVENTUALLY ENDED UP ALL THE WAY INTO CANADA. I WAS VERY HAPPY WHEN THEY WERE OFFERED TO ME AND I AM GLAD TO HAVE THEM BACK AT HOME IN SAN DIEGO!
THIS HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT CUFF AS WELL AS
SOME OF THE OLDEST CUFFS IN MY COLLECTION ARE WELL OVER 200 YEARS OLD. MOST OF THESE VERY EARLY ONES WERE PRIMARILY USED FOR SLAVE TRANSPORTATION. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE HANDCUFFS AND LEG IRONS IN MY COLLECTION WERE ISSUED OR USED BY VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. MOST OF THESE RESTRAINTS WERE USED AT MILITARY BASES,FEDERAL AGENCIES, PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCIES, PRISONS, AND POLICE/SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. QUITE A FEW OF THESE ITEMS WERE MANUFACTURED IN FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES AND WERE MADE IN PRISON FACTORIES BY CONVICT LABOR. NUMEROUS TOY HANDCUFFS HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED THAT I HAVE FOUND TO BE VERY WELL MADE AND VERY COLLECTIBLE. THESE CAN BE HARDER TO FIND THAN THE REAL THING. SOME OF THE RAREST CUFFS ARE THOSE THAT WERE MANUFACTURED ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING A PATENT OR FOR DESIGN CHANGES. THESE PROTOTYPE CUFFS MAY NOT EVER GO INTO PRODUCTION SO THERE MAY BE ONLY A FEW OR POSSIBLY ONLY ONE OF THESE MODELS AVAILABLE. THOSE THAT DO GET MANUFACTURED CAN LOOK AND OPERATE QUITE DIFFERENTLY FROM THE PROTOTYPE VERSION. A SEGMENT OF MY COLLECTION CONTAINS "TRICKED" ITEMS THAT WERE USED BY MAGICIANS AND ESCAPE ARTISTS. THESE TRICK CUFFS ARE OFTEN CALLED "BRIDGE JUMPERS". THE RELEASE IS SELF CONTAINED SO AN ESCAPE FROM THEM CAN BE MADE WITHOUT THE USE OF A KEY OR OTHER DEVICE. THE CUFFS CAN BE INSPECTED BY THE AUDIENCE AND APPEAR NORMAL IN EVERY WAY. JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I GOT VERY LUCKY AND ACQUIRED A PAIR OF LEG IRONS THAT ONCE BELONGED TO HOUDINI. THIS VERY RARE ITEM USED TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE HOUDINI MUSEUM AT NIAGRA FALLS, CANADA UNTIL A DEVASTATING FIRE CLOSED IT DOWN PERMANENTLY. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT MY MOST FAVORITE PIECE IN THE COLLECTION. IN OCT. 04, I WAS FORTUNATE AGAIN WHEN I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND ANOTHER HOUDINI AUCTION. THIS MAJOR AUCTION WAS HELD IN LAS VEGAS AND THEY SOLD OFF THE CONTENTS OF THE HOUDINI MUSEUM IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN, HOUDINI'S BIRTHPLACE. SOME FAMOUS MAGICIANS AND HOUDINI COLLECTORS BOUGHT UP ALL OF THE GREAT MEMORABILIA. THE EVENT WAS FILMED AND WILL BE BROADCAST ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL LATER IN THE YEAR. I ENDED UP WITH 3 ITEMS AND AN AUTOGRAPHED LETTER AND ALTHOUGH I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO ACQUIRE THEM, IT IS VERY SAD THAT THEY HAD TO CLOSE THE MUSEUM AND THAT NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE COLLECTION EVER AGAIN!
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I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE ITEMS AND NICER UPGRADES. I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN OBTAINING ORIGINAL CUFF KEYS. PAPER GOODS SUCH AS ORIGINAL BOXES, ADVERTISEMENTS, INSTRUCTION MANUALS, PATENT DRAWINGS, BOOKS, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS. ITEMS SUCH AS THESE ARE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO ME NOT ONLY AS COLLECTIBLES, BUT AS USEFUL RESEARCH AIDS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE OR WHAT YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOME CUFFS THAT YOU INHERITED OR HAVE FOR SALE AND DO NOT KNOW THE MANUFACTURES NAME, AGE, ORIGIN, OR VALUE. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPLY YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION. IF YOU OWN A PAIR OF CUFFS THAT HAVE NO KEYS, LET ME KNOW... I CAN MAKE KEYS FOR THEM. CUFFS ARE GENERALLY WORTH MUCH MORE WITH WORKING KEYS. BY HAVING A KEY, ONE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CUFFS FUNCTION PROPERLY AND THEY ARE ABLE TO COMMAND PREMIUM PRICES.
WHEN BUYING CUFFS OR OTHER RESTRAINTS, SOME KNOWLEDGE AND CARE IS NECESSARY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY FAKES AND FRAUDULENT ITEMS BEING SOLD AT FLEA MARKETS, GUN SHOWS AND ALL OVER THE INTERNET. MANY RESTRAINTS HAVE FANTASTIC STORIES ABOUT FAMOUS LAWMEN USING THEM ON EVEN MORE FAMOUS VILLIANS. SOME STORIES HAVE THE CUFF USED ON SLAVE SHIPS OR AT FAMOUS PRISONS. AUTHENTIC CUFFS DO NOT NORMALLY HAVE SUCH GLORIFIED BACKGROUNDS, SO USE CAUTION WHEN BUYING. I WROTE A GUIDE THAT MAY HELP YOU SPOT A FAKE AND SAVE YOU FROM MAKING A COSTLY ERROR. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:... GUIDE. I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE A MOMENT TO READ THE ARTICLE AND GIVE IT A YES VOTE AT THE BOTTOM IF YOU FIND IT HELPFUL.
AN INTERESTING PART OF MY COLLECTION IS MADE UP OF JAIL AND PRISON KEYS. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MANUFACTURERS OF DETENTION EQUIPMENT THAT MADE HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF JAIL KEYS. I AM ALWAYS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR VARIATIONS THAT I DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE. THE LOCKS AND THEIR HISTORY IS ALSO OF GREAT INTEREST TO ME.
I ALSO COLLECT OLD AND UNUSUAL PADLOCKS. I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NICE MINIATURE, SCANDINAVIAN, COMBINATION, STORY LOCKS, AND CUT-A-WAY PADLOCKS.
I AM PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE WEST COAST LOCK COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION. OUR MEMBERSHIP CONSISTS OF MOST OF THE TOP LOCK COLLECTORS IN AMERICA AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IF YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ALMOST ANY LOCK OR MANUFACTURER, YOU WILL FIND THE RESOURCES IN THIS ORGANIZATION. AN EXCELLENT NEWSLETTER IS INCLUDED WITH THE MEMBERSHIP. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND ABOUT OUR ANNUAL LOCK SHOW IN LOS ANGELES, CA. I HAD THE PRIVILAGE OF BEING ABLE TO ATTEND THE 2008 SHOW AND IT WAS EXCEPTIONAL. EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME. ALL OF US ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 2009 SHOW. THIS SHOW WILL BE HELD NEXT FEBRUARY AND SHOULD BE EVEN LARGER. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM LAX.
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION, A LOOK AT OUR LAST SHOW, AND MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE WCLCA WEBSITE
IF YOU LIVE IN OR PLAN ON VISITING SAN DIEGO, PLEASE SEE SOME OF MY CUFF COLLECTION AT THE NEW SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S MUSEUM AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER IN OLD TOWN. I HAVE A FEW OF MY CHOICE PIECES ON DISPLAY. OUR GRAND OPENING WAS ON NOVEMBER 17, 2001. IT COMEMMORATED THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAN DIEGO SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE MANY ARTIFACTS AND DISPLAYS THAT SHOW OUR DEPARTMENT'S LONG EVOLUTION. SEPERATE ROOMS SHOWING WEAPONS, DETENTIONS, K-9, COURT SERVICES, BOMB/ARSON, SWAT (SED), FRAUD, MOTORS, LICENSING, HELICOPTERS (ASTREA), AND MANY OTHER DIVISIONS ARE REPRESENTED HERE. THERE IS PLENTY TO SEE AND IT IS EASY TO GET TO. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU COME ACROSS ANY ARTIFACTS THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE DISPLAYS. DONATIONS OF ANY KIND ARE MORE THAN WELCOME AND LOANED ITEMS ARE EQUALLY WANTED AND NEEDED. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET THE CHANCE TO DROP BY FOR A VISIT. I GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID!
TO VISIT THE SHERIFF MUSEUM WEBSITE, YOU WILL NEED TO ENTER THE CRIME SCENE. PLEASE CLICK ONTO THE CRIME SCENE TAPE.
SINCE I HAVE BECOME A SHERIFF DEPT. VOLUNTEER AND A MUSEUM COMMITTEE MEMBER, I HAVE TAKEN AN INTEREST AND STARTED TO COLLECT OLD AND UNUSUAL SAN DIEGO SHERIFF BADGES.
AS I AM NEW TO BADGE COLLECTING, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANY COLLECTORS WHO MAY HAVE ANY SAN DIEGO ITEMS FOR SALE OR TRADE. I WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE OR HISTORY THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE. I'D SURE LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR COLLECTION AND ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I CONSIDER IT AS PART OF OUR DEAL. MY GOAL IS TO ALWAYS LEAVE A NICE FEEDBACK. WE ALL KNOW THAT SOME TRANSACTIONS DO NOT ALWAYS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN, SO IF A PROBLEM SHOULD ARISE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO THAT I CAN TRY TO CORRECT IT. I BELIEVE THAT MOST PROBLEMS LAST FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND CAN BE EASILY CORRECTED MOST OF THE TIME, WHILE A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IS PERMANENT. I AM ALWAYS EAGER TO RESOLVE ANY DIFFERENCES AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.WHEN I SELL AN ITEM, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME TO PACK IT WITH CARE AND CHARGE YOU THE ACTUAL SHIPPING FEES. IT IS VERY RARE FOR ME TO CHARGE A HANDLING FEE. I FIND IT VERY OFFENSIVE WHEN SELLERS OVERCHARGE ON SHIPPING. YOU CAN EXPECT A FEEDBACK OR AN E-MAIL FROM ME YOU WHEN YOUR ITEM IS IS ABOUT TO BE SHIPPED SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW THAT IT SHOULD ARRIVE SOON. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE A SIMILAR NOTIFICATION WHEN MY PAYMENT IS RECEIVED OR MY ITEM IS ABOUT TO BE MAILED.
MARK LYONS"CUFFS"O--O
MY ebaY USER ID IS -- cuffs ( 1102 ) WRITE ME AT: CUFFSandSTUFF@sbcglobal.net
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