Miniature & Salesman Sample Antique Anvils, Antique
Advertising Anvils
& Vintage Anvil Paperweights
I like antique miniature anvils
and use to buy and sell a lot of them. Real ones are
getting
hard to find. I am particularly interested
in small anvils that have some sort of interesting characteristic, raised letter
advertising, or other similar feature.
There are a flood of reproduction and new
miniature anvils available these days and I am not interested in
them. These include the new John Deere models, as
well as the nicely done new brass ones with raised letters, such as the Cal
Poly one with the bear or others from the same
mold. There are examples being sold right now on eBay of some of the
best known anvils, and they are I
assume collectible in their own right, but that is not what I am looking
for either.
The small brass give-away
anvils with the slogan about "Compliments of" or "To
Forge
our Friendship" stamped into the top that were popular giveaways in
the 60's or so are another examp
le
of the sort of miniature anvil I do not buy.
If you have any interesting and
genuine antique / vintage miniature anvils you want to sell
please contact me at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com . Please include a picture if possible.
I am also interested in buying
antiques from a number of other different categories, so please click on any of the
titles in the left hand column for more information about them.
I am especially
seeking early or vintage small anvils with raised letters or those
that
have the information or figural scenes and dates cast or impressed into the
sides of the anvil. Typically they are about 4" or so long and a couple of
inches tall. There are exceptions to these sizes that are going to be
of interest.
These
small anvils were made for a variety of reasons. Some were given out or
sold at the early Expositions that were
once a large part of the American scene back in the late 1800's and into
the early 1900's. Others were sold
as souvenirs at fairs or commemorative events like the one just above that
has 1776 on one side and 1876 on the other, thus
commemorating the first American Centennial. Many companies that dealt with
tools, forging, casting or with other iron products produced
them as advertising or as giveaways for their customers. These are
of special interest.
Some were made of the material that the company produced, like
those that say they
are made of babbit / lead, the material used for the bearings in
large machines of that era. Other miniature anvils were made by individuals as gifts or remembrances, and these can be
of interest as well. Many of the nicest unmarked examples were
made as projects by students in machinist classes at schools around
the country. Still others have been made from the scrap derived from
famous buildings or ships that were demolished for one reason or
another.
If you have any
of the above mentioned anvils you would like to sell please contact me. Thanks!
Click
any image for an enlarged view.
The above miniature / salesman sample anvils are
an example of the
caliber, condition and quality of these anvils that we are interested in
buying & selling. To get a sense of values click the above link,
or go to eBay to see what they are currently selling for.
If you have quality antique or
vintage mini anvils similar to those that you see
on this page that you want to sell, please contact us at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
providing as many details as possible. Thank you!!
To see many other examples of antiques
that we have for sale please go to our sister site
at www.Patented-Antiques.com.and
visit the numerous sale pages you will find there.
