This Guide will help you buy ORIGINAL Cast Iron Doorstops and Avoid Modern Reproductions! Purchasing a Genuine Antique Cast Iron Boston Terrier Doorstop has become more challenging in the past 30 years. ...
Cast Iron cookware has been one of my personal favorite links to the past. It is very durrable and once it is properly seasoned it will perform better than any modern non-stick / teflon pan. Cast Iron will...
One of the most common questions I get from my customers is why it matters whether a dog is cast iron, versus some other kind of metal, and how you can tell the difference. First of all, I would like to state...
Telling REAL from REPRO Telling real items from reproduction items has always been a problem in the world of Antiques and Collectibles. If you have ever bought something old only to find out later that it...
1868: Founded as the Novelty Iron Works by Edward H. and Charles Morgan in 1868, conducted business in two small buildings with a staff of ten people. 1874: The company expanded and erected a larger structure...
Quite often I'm asked what the numbers in the rear corner of an Antique Cook Stove/Range actually mean or stand for. Quite simply, in most cases, they pertain to the length of the Firebox (thus usable wood...
Antique Wood and Coal Stoves, including Cylinder, Parlor, Four O'Clock and other Stoves often had a False Top, or Finial. I refer to it as a False Top as it had little Function except as a Decoration. It...
As a buyer and seller of dog figurines on ebay for several years now, people are always asking my advice on how to know whether the dogs they see are a good value, or made by the company advertised. In...
. My husband I have bought and sold cast iron for many years.We have kept many peices for ourselves and our family members.I believe if people are to collect something, they should really like it.Thats what...
More often than not, when browsing the catagories for Antique wood and coal stoves on eBay, you will see "Genuine Caboose Stove" in the description, usually pertaining to a little Pot Belly Cast Iron Stove,...