Adamjoseph Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Hello. I am completely oblivious to the technicalities of iron forging and blacklsmithing. I am a carpenter by trade and recently acquired this large bellows at an estate sale in Paige, West Virginia near my hometown of Sissonville. Will anyone give me some info and possible value? It's 7 foot from tip of cone to metal hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kardall Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Honestly, something like that is priceless. Real Bellows are incredibly hard to come across nowadays, especially ones of that magnitude. 7 foot would be really useful in say a heritage site, blacksmith village tourist area of sorts. But if you really wanted to put some kind of price on it. One of that size is probably around USD$3,000 - USD$4,000. I have seen 4 foot ones go for around USD$1,800 When they start getting that big, the difficulty is finding someone to buy them, while the smaller ones are more easily transportable so more inclined to be purchased. I would say if you did want to sell it, put it out in here. At least someone here would actually use it for its desired purpose They look in really good shape though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Did 4' bellows actually SELL for that much or was that asking price? Without provenience that's just a large bellows, nothing too special except it looks kind of old. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Most antique bellows cannot be used without a very thorough refurbishment---which pretty well ruins their antique value. I built one using a museum piece as the pattern, ran me under US$100 and I used it for 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natkova Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Those bellows i think , were made in Central Europe, i think Austro- Hungarian or Czech- Slovakia style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ling Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 id hang it up on my wall! littleblacksmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 my bellows are about 5' long.....paid $75....almost delivered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 2 hours ago, rthibeau said: ....almost delivered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 6 hours ago, rthibeau said: my bellows are about 5' long.....paid $75....almost delivered One Blow short!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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