CurlyGeorge Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Check out this item on ebay!! This is nuts!!!! http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Antique-18th-C-Iron-Hearth-Cooking-Skewers-Blacksmith-Made-Primitive-Metalware-/160698432922?pt=Folk_Art&hash=item256a5f7d9a#ht_1239wt_989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 The seller is dumb like a fox, he's already got $127 and counting...... wish I could find a clinker in the bottom of my forge that looks like Elvis.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Primitive, and lots of hammer marks, so I suspect they are more modern than advertised Yea, going nuts. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 No way! Wow I have a bunch of those! I need to sell my antique 18th century hearth cooking skewers blacksmith made primitive metalware. (Thats a mouthful). And I think that I might be able to find some more buried under the coal in my forge! I'm not sure if mine have the "charming pigtail" (yet) I would feel too guilty to try and sell something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason @ MacTalis Ironworks Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I dunno Mark, if the "collectors" are dumb enough to buy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 all I can say is WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothBore Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Those kind of adds make me very suspicious that the seller is playing a game with the prices. Nobody knows who the "bidders" actually are, ... or how many more of those "valuable" antiques the seller will list for sale, once a price has been established."CAVEAT EMPTOR" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 As John Ringling said "there's a sucker born every minute" in this case 8 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON FIST RICH Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Those kind of adds make me very suspicious that the seller is playing a game with the prices. Nobody knows who the "bidders" actually are, ... or how many more of those "valuable" antiques the seller will list for sale, once a price has been established."CAVEAT EMPTOR" . I hate bidding against the owner and the auctioneer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 in the " item specifics " area these are described as being wrought iron (primary material). I have a shoe made from wrought that is used as an example at events. It can be compared to mild steel shoe by the public. Some will not be dismayed because everyone knows that "genuine wrought iron beds" are sold by mass suppliers. One of the real issues here is the bad press genuine artifact gets compared to reproduction. I don't strive to know it all. I do try to be informed. There will be people with minimal at best experience that make postings on the net regarding fact, process and or opinion. Others see these posts and think they may be fact. There will be people with YEARS of experience that make posts only to have the next in line chastise the experienced (regarding safety or other issues). This is life on the net and I am proud to have a " one " rating by my name. There are people that I have known for years that have lower ratings than new folks with 6-10 posts in various places. Ebay is just that. A shopping mall full of experts. Thanks George for the posting. Maybe some day we will meet. Those skewers almost look like they have had a brass brush on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsShip Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Final bid was $201.00. Hope the buyer isn't too disappointed. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 :o Now that's NUTS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I seem to remember having a dozen or two of those, think I'll root around in my barrels tomorrow...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'm in the wrong business! I need to be making "genuine antiques made while you wait"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Well said Grant, I see lots of items on Ebay here in Australia and it appears that the term "Antique" applies to anything made before 1999 :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewed Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Looking at the sellars other auctions, I don't think they are a smith trying to pull a fast one, but rather a junk hunter who bought a bunch of crap from a "18th cent New England" house auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Primitive: yes, antique---I rather doubt. Usually after 200 years you can see some of the grain of the wrought iron. I couldn't in those pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I also don't think it is a smith trying to con people. I do think that there is a common misconception of the word wrought. According to a dictionary I looked in it says : adjective 1. worked 2. elaborated or embellished 3. not rough or crude 4. produced or shaped by beating with a hammer, as iron or silver articles I think that a lot of people believe that 'wrought' simply means 'worked' as in #1 above. However I feel that #2 comes into play when a lot of antique dealers elaborate or embellish the worth and history of the items they are tring to sell although the meaning above refers to workmanship. Those are rough and crude as opposed to #3. And yes, someone once did beat them with a hammer I reckon as in #4. Just my thoughts. I'm done thinkin now. Mark <>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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