[TheForge] Bellows Frame

Tue Jun 4 10:16:01 2002

Things are worth exactly what the seller
and buyer agree it is worth. To the
right person that same bellows might be
worth ten times that $75. I have no
desire for one so to me it isn't worth a
bag of old curly fries.

Mike Graf

Mike Linn wrote:
> 
> This may be a kick in the teeth to a few out there, but my dad got a 7'
> bellows that had been re leathered with lamb skin. He got it from a retired
> vet who had taken it for services rendered. It sat in his attic for years
> and is in absolutely pristine condition. Get this, he paid $75 for it. I
> asked him if he felt guilty and he replied " That's what the guy wanted for
> it, go I gave it to him" Then he goes into a long speal about how he had to
> haul it down out of the attic and lug it across the yard and stuff it into
> his car.  I think there was a little guilt there after all...
> 
> mike
> 
> At 03:38 PM 6/3/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >Bob Schade:  The item is not priced.  I have only seen one other in the
> >last 6 years and it lives on the wall in a Cracker Barrel in
> >Russellville, Ark...  Since they are rare in my experience I do not know
> >if they are sought after or what, and rather than see some collector get
> >it and put it on his wall, here is a chance for some blacksmith to
> >actually get a rebuildable tool.  I don't have a clue to it's value,
> >hence the inquiry.  The $ 250 figure is purely hypothetical
> >Stephen
> >
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