JM Young Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I found this anvil in the garage of my grandfather. I would like to know more about it and what it is worth. Can anyone help with some information.Trenton on the side.Weight: 169 # on front: A6405 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 It looks to me that the serial # is A64105. If that is correct, the anvil was forged in 1906. If the 1 is not in the middle, and the #6405 is correct, it is from 1899.Trenton anvil were made by the Columbus Forge and Anvil Co, in Ohio. What is it worth? Depends on condition....where it is located....and most importantly: What would you accept $$ wise to part with it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Young Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 It literately looks like new. My grandfather received it from his father and it was never really used. It has been stored in a woodshop since 1962 covered with sheet. Not really looking to sell, just curious of value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 If you read all the posts on this forum under anvils you will see a hundred discussions on value of anvils. As stated above the true value is what you would accept for it and what the buyer will give you. It can be a spread from $1 to $8-9 a pound. If you are going to keep it put it to work and enjoy it and don't worry what it's worth. Mine is worth a million bucks to me as I also know it's history and I'm the third owner in about 100 yrs. and it's still in the same town and about 3 miles from where it arrived brand new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Young Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Thanks for the information! I'm really looking for value as we are splitting up an estate with a large amount of tools and needed a resale value. Never in wildest dreams would have guessed it was forged in 1908. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 The value can differ by at least a factor of 2 by LOCATION which you have not provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Young Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Southern Illinois just outside of Terre Haute, IN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Then its value is what a person would pay for it. That depends on what the person wanting to keep it intends to do with it? On sell, use, door stop/conversation piece/garden ornament? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) Price is hard to nail down due to many factors IE; location, condition, repairs, rebound, delamination, weight, maker, etc That anvil appears to have a bit of chipping along the edges , so it isn't pristine. Age really doesn't matter in regards to cost, unless it is pre1800 or older. Then it may have a little more value just due to rarity for a collector. My main anvil is a 1907 Fisher. For an estate value you can review the SELLING prices of anvils in the weight range of that one, then take an average. Anvils 400#+ start getting a premium due to rarity. As mentioned above it can run from the 1$ a pound I have paid for all of my anvils to $10 a pound others have paid if everything was just right. Edited September 14, 2015 by BIGGUNDOCTOR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) For that location and anvil I would say that a good price would be US$2 to $3 per pound Edited September 14, 2015 by ThomasPowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM Young Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Thank you all for you help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Geist Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Nice one! Appears to have been one of those combination use anvils that were popular around that era. It is a nice product of what you get when you mate a horseshoers anvil to a general smithing anvil. 2 pritchel holes and a big horn from the shoeing side of the family but no cliphorn and a flat cutting table from general smithing.Very nice. Wish they were still being made like that. Enjoy it. It's a good one.George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I agree, that size and shape is running between 4 & 5 hundred in our area. I'm about 50 miles east of ya..... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo T Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 The anvil appears to have a thin top plate. I'd agree that $300 - $500 from what I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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