Americana & General Store Antiques
Figural
& Great Form Cast Iron Antiques
We can help you sell your Antiques!!
We deal in Americana, antique cast iron figural
antiques, and patented or mechanical antiques that have a
"look or feel" about them. We invite you to contact us at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
should you have similar antiques and collectibles that
you see on theses pages
you are looking to sell.
I can & will help you sell your
antiques and collections on consignment from my antique sales website
www.Patented-Antiques.com
We are attracted to and deal in antiques and vintage collectibles that
oftentimes do not
fit into more
specific
categories. We like them simply because of
their superior form, look, or
condition.
Our primary interests are toward
patented and mechanical antiques or tools,
technology
and scientific related antiques dating from
the period of history commonly known as
the Industrial Revolution.
Collections of antiques oftentimes take
on a higher significance than single o
bjects
though. Take for instance the of the selection of lamp fillers on the
right. I used to
buy them when they were relatively inexpensive, then I bought them when a
different one appeared. Pretty soon they were a collection. I stopped when it seemed everyone else
started, and the ready supply dried up. As a group they are far more
significant and interesting than just one oil lamp filler.
Another example is the small collection of small oilcans / oilers
that I assembled over the years. They
certainly
would not
be considered important by most, but we like them and they fulfilled the urge to buy.
When it came time to sell them, the fact it was an assembled
collection was the factor that made them more interesting and
appealing.
The
common theme for our buying and selling interests is form and condition and it must have a certain "eye" appeal for us.
We enjoy dealing with and helping consignors sell the collections they
have amassed over the years.
Other
specific areas of antiques that we deal in and are always interested in
helping you sell are
listed in the left hand
column of this page. Please be sure to look at our other pages here at this
site as well
as those pages on our sister site to see the other types of
antiques that we deal in and can help you sell.
Even though we do not specialize in tobacco
related objects, we do deal in and sell a lot of tobacco cutters and other
figural cast iron antiques. Most tobacco cutters were just made to accomplish their stated job, while
others had unusual figural as
pects to their
design as represented by the Scotten-Dillon Flatiron Cut Plug tobacco
cutter example on the right where the base is a figural flat iron.
There are many other figural examples that can be found.
Another example of unusual cast iron that we
like are antique
cast iron bootjacks. Particularly those that have
wrenches or cutout letters or names incorporated into their design, or
some other unusual or graphic or multi-purpose feature.
Often times the reason for buying an object crosses
categories
and we drawn to a special antique for reasons
other than to simply add to the
collection or to sell. The patented sewing machine pictured on the left, known as the "Lady's Companion"
or Pratt's Patent, is a perfect example of this. Later Treadle sewing
machines are a dime a dozen, and we have inquires about people wanting
to sell later common ones nearly every day. We sell all types of
antique sewing machines but rarely deal in treadle models.
When I first saw this treadle / tripod style sewing machine I knew I had to have it. Though it was the most expensive antique
sewing machine we had ever
bought at the time, in looking at the condition, the strikingly different
form, and considering its historical
significance, we knew we had to own
this example. I did buy it, but sold it the next day. Money is also
important at times. So much
for collections.
It was the condition and form that
convinced me to originally buy this sewing machine. I knew it
would be OK, and the urge was satisfied even though I only owned it
for a day or two.
We typically do not deal in later more common standard wooden treadle sewing machines that came later and
could be found in nearly every home in America after the turn of the
century. It seems that there are
still enough of those to go around for every buyer or collector who wants one, even
today.
There are a few other antique treadle sewing machines that we are interested in, but
not many, and the criteria for our interest are laid out or explained in
detail on the Sewing
Machine page. We also have pics and sales results for
many other sewing machines and other antiques in our sales archive
pages atr our sister site www.Patented-Antiques.com.
We are always looking for unusual figural
antiques, early mechanical sewing machines and devices and we invite you to contact us at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
anytime should you have something
similar that you are looking to sell.
Another category
of figural antiques we deal in are water sprinklers. I am mainly interested
in figural lawn sprinklers that represent animals such as ducks, alligators, squirrels, frogs, turtles,
etc. There are some great non figural sprinkler that were
over-engineered and look like a mechanical marvels that are very
collectible as well. If you have anything interesting you want
to sell contact me.
Many times the antiques that we deal in or
sell can fall
into more than one or into completely different categories. Oftentimes the
primary reason
we like an antique is based solely on
the condition. We always strive to have the best
condition pieces we can find and have turned down
antiques that are considered quite rare, and that we would love to
have listed, because the condition
was not right.
In many instances, condition is more important
to us than the perceived rarity of a piece, a concept that many sellers never seem
to grasp in their collecting, buying or selling of antiques. In
relation to that we have
come to recognize the expression "great for its age" to be a giant red
flag that often indicates something less than acceptable. It is small
wondr that is the phrase of choice to describe merchandise listed for
sale on eBay.
Please contact us at
LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
if you have interesting
tools and technology, or great form antiques that are for sale. We are always
interested in quality antiques and vintage collectibles and can
help you sell them!
