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    • A Life's Collection
      • Skeleton Keys
      • Automobile Keys
      • Aftermarket & Look-Alikes
      • Padlocks & Latches
      • Cylinders & Cores
      • Banking, Vault & Combo
    • Prized Finds
      • Ornate Originals
      • Commercial Keys
      • Unusual Applications
      • Equipment & Supplies
    • They Speak to Me
      • Sales Pieces
      • Tags & Fobs
      • Original Packaging
    • XO
      • Great Memories
      • In a Family Way
      • For Trade
    • Book a Talk
  • Home
  • A Life's Collection
    • Skeleton Keys
    • Automobile Keys
    • Aftermarket & Look-Alikes
    • Padlocks & Latches
    • Cylinders & Cores
    • Banking, Vault & Combo
  • Prized Finds
    • Ornate Originals
    • Commercial Keys
    • Unusual Applications
    • Equipment & Supplies
  • They Speak to Me
    • Sales Pieces
    • Tags & Fobs
    • Original Packaging
  • XO
    • Great Memories
    • In a Family Way
    • For Trade
  • Book a Talk
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K E Y O F T H E D A Y

K E Y O F T H E D A Y K E Y O F T H E D A Y

Ornate Originals

In a world where almost everyone carries keys, it can be surprisingly difficult to find handsome, high-quality examples in good condition.  The cost of materials and production as well as other market forces have resulted in a decline in craftsmanship and aesthetic beauty over time

The patent date helps put this matched pair in context.  JB Schroeder was once an ambitious and well-respected family-owned hardware company

Keys to The City and keys like this one have been used to honor and recognize people for as long as keys have existed

"Cross-collectible", these Esso and Humble Oil keys appeal to collectors of keys, Best brand locks and all things automotive and industrial

Schlage offered customized, oversized bows on keys for certain institutional applications. Note the one-digit postal code

Changed out by a bank in New Jersey, these handsome Yale safe deposit box keys feature the name of a well known Vault designer

Before magnetic keycards, many hotels expressed their brand through specially designed bows on their keys

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