RaceDiagnostics
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This one is coming up tomorrow at my local auction. It looks to be in good condition, what do you think it's worth?
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CompoSimmonite
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My guess is £500 
Mick Annick
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Never used 
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It could pass for "unused".
Screwdriver
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"Worth" is a tricky number, £800-£900 I would say.
How much it will go for depends more on who's there. Be very surprised to see it go for less than £600.
Looks mint condition and a new one would be in the shops for North of a grand.
How much it will go for depends more on who's there. Be very surprised to see it go for less than £600.
Looks mint condition and a new one would be in the shops for North of a grand.
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£600+
I would be happy to give that much for it with a cast stand - looks good nick
I would be happy to give that much for it with a cast stand - looks good nick
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£1528 with the stand.
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Is that a bid ?
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It does look like it's unused.
If I could check it in person (and I was actually looking to buy one) I would be sticking strong money on it.
But, if buying unseen just be a little bit wary as I have seen them sold with filler slapped in holes in the face and then painted over!
That one does look tidy though, apart from maybe a dodgy spot on the face edge opposite the lot number?
Hard to tell from the photo though.
I'd get down there in the morning if it's close to you and have a look at it.
£500 would be ok as its a decent size for a workshop and you won't ever need to buy another one!
Don't get too carried away though, the last one I sold was a little bigger than that and with the cast stand. Condition was used but decent, about 2/3 of the face was flat and 1/2 of the edges were good.
That went for £350 collected and it did take a while to sell.
That one should be worth more due to the condition but is it worth you paying more for a mint one or paying less for one that's "good enough" for what you want to use it for and spending the change on hammers and tongs to use with it?
I also get a few new anvils now and again and they are surprisingly hard to sell on unless they are silly cheap. I suppose there is a bit of a limited market for them?
It's only really colleges and the like that buy them regularly in any numbers and if a individual decides to buy a new one then you need to get lucky and have exactly the size/style they are looking for although they generally find a new home within a year or so without spending too long advertising them..
If I could check it in person (and I was actually looking to buy one) I would be sticking strong money on it.
But, if buying unseen just be a little bit wary as I have seen them sold with filler slapped in holes in the face and then painted over!
That one does look tidy though, apart from maybe a dodgy spot on the face edge opposite the lot number?
Hard to tell from the photo though.
I'd get down there in the morning if it's close to you and have a look at it.
£500 would be ok as its a decent size for a workshop and you won't ever need to buy another one!
Don't get too carried away though, the last one I sold was a little bigger than that and with the cast stand. Condition was used but decent, about 2/3 of the face was flat and 1/2 of the edges were good.
That went for £350 collected and it did take a while to sell.
That one should be worth more due to the condition but is it worth you paying more for a mint one or paying less for one that's "good enough" for what you want to use it for and spending the change on hammers and tongs to use with it?
I also get a few new anvils now and again and they are surprisingly hard to sell on unless they are silly cheap. I suppose there is a bit of a limited market for them?
It's only really colleges and the like that buy them regularly in any numbers and if a individual decides to buy a new one then you need to get lucky and have exactly the size/style they are looking for although they generally find a new home within a year or so without spending too long advertising them..
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Is that a bid ?
That's from the current brooks price list
I'll give the OP £500 delivered if he can get it cheap enough and wants to chuck it on a pallet
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Well I've got no real need for one, I don't do any forging but would have been very useful to have on many occasions when I've been metal bashing.
I'm tempted to throw a couple of hundred at it max and see what happens.
I'm tempted to throw a couple of hundred at it max and see what happens.
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A 2 1/2 Cwt Brookes is my perfect anvil, I have a 1.5cwt in decent nick that does the job but if I had the cash I'd go £500 on that. I won't touch anything that isn't flat, it's just not worth it in my book, but that looks perfect. It'll go for way more than £500 of course, they fetch stupid money these days!
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When I bought my mill the guy was selling a 1.5cwt in virtually unused condition - I got it with stand for £100 which I was very happy with. That was a bit of a find really, I would guess they would normally be double that and a bit more??
A bigger one would be nice but this is big enough for my needs.
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Depends how much you want it and your budget.
I initially thought 500, but 800 more realistically, and the rest.
I initially thought 500, but 800 more realistically, and the rest.
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No offence but you'd be the last person I'd want to buy a used anvil from. My ideal owner would be "one lady owner" or a hobbyist who wouldn't know what to stick in his pritchel hole. Not a professional who is "passing it on" either a. to buy a better one or b. because this one is, in your own words, 2/3 ****ed!
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That's mad, as long as you've got some decent edge and some flat face then an anvil is fine. My two are both 200+yrs oldNo offence but you'd be the last person I'd want to buy a used anvil from. My ideal owner would be "one lady owner" or a hobbyist who wouldn't know what to stick in his pritchel hole. Not a professional who is "passing it on" either a. to buy a better one or b. because this one is, in your own words, 2/3 ****ed!
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remember my bruv buying a brand new wd one from the army surplus stores in thornaby for the pricely sum of five quid
for the pricely sum of five quid 