Anvils prices

Has anyone seen anvils sell latley? The price used to be a dollar a pound. One person thought quite a bit more nowdays. I have a perfect 150lb one that another person is interested in.

Thanks

depending on condition and make etc I have seen em go HIGH and low. I sold a 31 lb Peter Wright pretty good cond for a buddy on epay that brought $517 because it was a very early one. I have a 300 lb Hay Budden GC a collector offered me 1500 for but I still have my anvil. Some makes not as in demand as others, condition can also make huge difference...just like anything else.

So what about some of us guys who want an anvil to USE, and not just to collect? I don't give a rat's rear about how "rare" an anvil is, I'd just like to find one that's good to USE in my shop...without breaking the bank.

Good luck finding anything decent for a dollar a pound now--$3-5 is closer for a decent anvil, and more for a good one. Yes, they can still be found (I bought a 120-lb Trenton for $100 within the last year) but the price above is much closer to market value for a decent one in decent shape.

Another thing to be careful of--the market has been flooded with cheap cast iron anvils--I'm sure you can guess the source of most of them. Cast iron makes for a terrible anvil--you lose a very large portion of the strike force into the cast, and they will not hold up to even moderate use. Lots of unknowing or unscrupulous people out there who are more than willing to pawn them off as "real" anvils on a buyer who assumes anything anvil-shaped must be an anvil! Bring a good hammer and test it before purchasing--no honest seller will mind, as after all that's what an anvil is made to do.

There are also several reputable Internet sources for new anvils--usually Eastern European in origin--that are decent buys, though as you might expect, the killer with an anvil is the shipping cost, which can run as much as the anvil does.

Not an expert but have been interested and watching anvils the last several years. Unfortunatly for anvil users, we have to compete with collectors and horders for old iron.

As indicated, manufacture, ,condition, weight, (the more under 100#s or over 150-200#s they are, usually the bigger premium they bring) condition, age, type (solid steel, Wrought or cast, I much prefer to work on WI anvils)then possibly style.

We currently have three acquired over the last four years, all in good conditon, nice faces with great "rings": a Trenton 89# for 125 (Craigs List), WI Arm & Hammer 200# for $300 (Farm Auction) and a Peter Wright mounted on a well designed new steel stand for $150 (Craig"s List). These will more than do whatever I need for as far as I can see into the future.

I still see good used steel and WI anvils selling anywhere from a real low of 50 cents a pound up to a very high on ebay of seven or eight dollars per pound. Note that none of this pertains to the imported "solid" cast iron chinese garbage also known as ASOs (anvil shaped objects)


How good a freind and what do you have in it? I try not to make money from my friends or family.
Hope this helps Regards Do

Another thing to be careful of--the market has been flooded with cheap cast iron anvils--I'm sure you can guess the source of most of them.

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Those are referred to as ASOs, or Anvil Shaped Objects.

Thanks for all the replys. I was told mine was a 150 solid steel, and in unheard of good condition. I got it free for helping a guy out clean up a old farmstead. If I charged him labor, I would have over three thousand in it, but I accepted it as a thank you.

The friend that is interested, sells insurance, and properties through a large broker. Not exactly the type to give anyone else a break, and money is certianly not a problem.

Buzzman,I'm with you. I've been trying to buy one of those large "Railroad" Vices,the ones with 8 or 10 in" jaws and opens to about 18" .Nobody seems to know what I'm talking about! I'm not a collector,just a user..Jim in N M

I'd be very interested in the anvil. And will obably beat your interested friends price. Email is open.

Gordo

I am never out of breath when selling anvils. Three bucks a pound is my starting price on very large ones and more for small ones. It's not where you start pricing on common anvils,but where you end up on the agreeded price.

Look on ebay a couple excellent sellers of excellent quailty anvils. Watch out (?) for a seller on Craigslist in the SE.

i use a short piece of railroad rail it comes in 2 sizes main rail and passing i have a flat surface on one side and a curve on the other

Look for a Vulcan (arm and hammer). They are good anvils to use and bring the dollar a pound price mentioned. A good 100 pound Vulcan should make a nice shop anvil. Or...you can make one...I will take a pic of the anvil I made and post it in the AM.

i have a 150 lb anvil for sale that i have been told by collectors on other sites that it is a hay-budden.believed to be early 1900's has a hardy tool to go with. excellent ring and rebound. located in central il.can email pics. make me an offer!no lowballers. got an idea of what this thing is worth