i have a older Fisher anvil i was looking to sell it is has seen some use but is still in over all good condition
i was hoping to get some advice as to a fair price for it
my end goal is to be able to aford a 200lb+ anvil for myself
thanks for taking a look

Anvils go for about twice as much in where I am right now as they do at where I was Sunday. Where you are at I can't rightly say---you didn't tell us.

In general I'd go US$1 to $1.50 a pound in anvil rich areas and to $2 a pound in anvil poor areas.

good point i got distracted fining the photos to attach i live in norther Vermont on the Canadian border over all i am not looking to get rich off of this anvil and a little bit of karma towards getting a upgrade would be nice

Now if you just owned a "historic" colonial anvil that you could find someone to buy as an antique---like that one with a crack in it in another posting. With luck you could get that one to pay for a 200# anvil for you that isn't 200 years old!

yeah that was my pie in the sky idea but i was unsure if it had any value in the shape it is currently in
if it has enough for me to be able to afford a large upgrade then i can pass on the fisher

As a "colonial" piece is has value to antique buyers even with the crack. Get a write up on it as how it's form matches anvils from the 1700's, perhaps a few pictures of other documented colonial anvils and set it out sometime a local town has an antique sale going on. Perhaps while you demonstrate at it...

As a smith the anvil takes a hefty cut in price due to the crack; for a display piece it doesn't---just got to sell to the right crowd!

this is a huge help any advice as to pricing for it or just stick to the 1buck a lb line
i have on my wish list a copy of Anvils in America so one of these days i will be a bit better informed
anyway thankyou for taking the time to give me a hand/information
it was well worth the effort of going from lurker to getting a account set up i have loved this sight since i found it a few months back

so tell us Bigred, did you sell the anvil?

I am in a "anvil poor" area and $2.00 / lb would be a bargain, $4.00 / lb is what people are trying to get here and some of them have stacks of them in thier yards (I guess thats why its anvil poor now)

i sold it for 80$s but still waiting for him to come pick it up
the guy is just starting out and $80 bucks seemed not half bad to me i would have liked more but this was a stretch for him as it was
and hey its 80 more bucks to put in the buy a bigger anvil jar

Edited October 18, 201114 yr by Bigred1o1