Found out my great-uncle's 1950s anvil is worth over $2,000 after sitting in his barn for 40 years

Ngl I was just cleaning out his place in Dayton last month and decided to look up the weight on a forum, turns out it's a pristine Hay-Budden with the original face and no chipping which was a total surprise.

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piperb931mo ago

Check that anvil's mounting bolts for casting marks, those can be worth more than the anvil itself.

the_evan18d ago

Yeah, isn't that the truth. It's funny how the bracket or the bolt or the hinge ends up being the real find. I found an old cast iron bench from a park that was falling apart, but the bolts holding the legs on were stamped with a logo from some long-gone foundry. A guy I know who restores old tools said those bolts alone could be worth a couple hundred bucks. Guess it pays to check every piece, not just the big thing you're after. Spot on, @piperb93.

milestaylor1mo ago

Found an old Craftsman vise in my dad’s shed last summer worth eight hundred bucks.