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  1. Black Frog
    DJmahon, I believe there was online bidding available. That's the piece!
  2. Black Frog
    This is a home-made anvil from a piece of railroad track. This can be used as an anvil, but I would pass on this, you'd be better off finding a more suitable anvil.
  3. Black Frog
    I saw that same piece and was going to go. it had my interest as well... good for you!
  4. Black Frog
    ....that's a beauty!
  5. Black Frog
    I believe so, but I have not been to THE collection of HB's to see all the oddities and unique ones there. I can't say for sure.
  6. Black Frog
    Yes, same hardware brand that early Trenton made anvils for. The backwards "B" is simply someone put the stamp in the holder upside down. Can't change it once it is whacked into the side of the anvil!
  7. Black Frog
    I'd be scrubbing around looking for a serial number. A good coat of WD-40 and a cup wire wheel can reveal more.
  8. Black Frog
    Here's another extremely early Trenton Derby, with the backwards B
  9. Black Frog
    Not an import. Very early U.S. Trentons had this imported construction style before switching to the cast base style. First year production is 1898.
  10. Black Frog
    That is a first year production Trenton anvil, no doubt.. .
  11. Black Frog
    I can see the leading "2" digit of the weight stamp on the side....
  12. Black Frog
    Those dimensions might put you in the mid-400# range. I have a similar double hardy that is 38" x 5-7/8" and 15-1/4" tall. It is 465#. Beautiful anvil, congrats!
  13. Black Frog
    SReynolds, if the serial number is gone, if you take a closeup picture of the side logo stamp I can give you at least a date range yours was made from the logo style.
  14. Black Frog
    Thanks for the pictures! Serial 129260 is 1914 according to Anvils In America.
  15. Black Frog
    It started life as a Trenton anvil.... If you get a closeup of the other side of the anvil it might have remnants of the logo stamp. Top still looks in fantastic shape and should be very usable.
  16. Black Frog
    No. Hay Budden with "A" prefix is after 1918. It is a HB anvil, this anvil is from that same year of 1918.
  17. Black Frog
    Can you post a picture of the side logo stamp?
  18. Black Frog
    Yes
  19. Black Frog
    For sure U.S. based Trenton from the logo stamp style. That is the first local stamp style for U.S.-based Trentons.
  20. Black Frog
    Made by Hay Budden, 1914
  21. Black Frog
    Thanks, yes, that is a forged base. Many people like using Boiled Linseed Oil as a preservative.
  22. Black Frog
    That is an early U.S.-made Trenton with what looks to be a forged base. One of the latest serial numbers I've recorded before they fully switched over to the first style of cast base. 87 is the weight stamp. If you flip the anvil over and take a picture of the underside of the base, that would be great. The lettering you see above the logo is the German spelling of "SOLID WROT". According to AIA, your anvil dates to 1898.
  23. Black Frog
    Yes, I know of a few in existence, and one 9#.
  24. Black Frog
    ...a lot more than you realize.
  25. Black Frog
    It will most likely go higher... I've talked with the seller. This is not fake bidding, it is the top U.S. brand, VERY rare size, VERY few made... For some big hitter collectors, this is the 'holy grail' of U.S. anvils.
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