Another past good find. I found this fan at a rather lame thrift store in Oakland. It was really filthy, but was only $2.50 (after a 50% off sale). My sister spent an obsessively long time with an old toothbrush and washcloth to clean it up. It has always worked great. I think it turned out to be a great find. I do have a few concerns about why a spinning metal blade should be so easily accessible to fingers, especially now that it is in my daughter's room. Did no one think this would be a problem? (For the record it is out of my daughter's reach.) However my concerns do not overcome my delight for its lovely style, so I have kept it around.