I sort of have a thing for these, I guess its the gizmoscity, they do seem to accumulate. The top one is the Yankee-North Bros. I found 2 weeks ago, and overpaid for, but darnit I like the thing. Good wood parts and a perfect chuck. It is a model No.445, only missing the bits in the hollow handle. Next down is the Millers Falls I found at Walnut, Iowa. Dirty, but really only needing some lube, and the chuck is perfect. Model 77A, white metal frame, but its a good one. Bottom is a Goodell & Pratt, forget the number, but works great. Someone did some digging, what came first the eggbeater, or the eggbeater drill? The eggbeater has an earlier patent!
That top one is the scarcest of the whole Yankee family, so you couldn't have done very wrong.
If not now, eventually there will a Yankee fad like no other drill fad ever!
Yours will be in the spotlight --bigtime--.
yours Scott
Concur on the North Bros. drills. The Millers-Falls No. 2 has a strong reputation, but both the examples I own have floppy handles because they used cheap wood on the handles. My North Bros. drills are all three still rock-solid. Plus they were made in the city of my sweetheart's birth (Philadelphia), which adds a little extra pizzazz to them for me.
I've "accumulated" a few of those myself. Here's a nice Millers Falls #5 I got for $2, a Dunlap I restored, and I know I have a small Stanley Handiman laying around somewhere. They do come in handy at times.
Three? You've only got three? Lazy bum!