![]() ![]() We measured the size and rate of pit formation, and recorded when adult and immature monkeys removed loose material from the anvil surface. The anvil was undamaged when set up at the Fazenda Boa Vista (FBV) field laboratory in Piauí, Brazil, and subsequently the monkeys indirectly created a series of pits and destroyed the anvil surface by cracking palm nuts on it. We recorded the damage that wild bearded capuchin monkeys ( Sapajus libidinosus) caused to a sandstone anvil during pounding stone tool use, in an experimental setting. We've seen this with anvils, as there are not that many stepping up to buy Tim Kris's collection of European historical anvils. ![]() Or take out a couple of the top buyers and prices come down noticeably. as long as there aren't many of them, they will bring a premium.Īnother factor is basic supply and demand: how many buyers are there for something, no matter how rare? Once the buyers or collectors are satisfied, prices soften. is an even more important threshold as there are even fewer, so it goes with 20 lb., 10. For most users they start becoming too small, most likely why less were make, now making old anvils that size more scarce and desirable to collectors. It is as likely to be a user as a collector buying at that high price if it is 100+ lb. Now prices for a rare anvil, of any size, in outstanding excellent condition, will bring many times higher than the same sized anvil with chipped edges. While we've learned there are more out there than we could find locally before ebay and Craigslist, we have to compete in a global marketplace with everyone at all levels of income, so prices overall remain strong.Īnyone using the internet for a period of time has come a long way through the learning curve and found their place in the marketplace, that is, a better focus of what they're looking for within their budget. This pertains to all vintage/antique markets: car parts, coins, anything. There's been a very interesting, and still ongoing evolution of availability/awareness/value driven by the increasing use of the internet over the last 10+ years. Go another step, country of origin: here in the U.S., an anvil made by Hay-Budden will bring more than a Mouse Hole and most Peter Wrights. I haven't heard of any that small from Trenton. Fishers turn up more often, so prices aren't nearly as high. Hay-Buddens are widely known about, they bring 4 figures. were sold to every family farm over the last 200 years.Ĭombine scarcity and made by a real anvil maker, as your list, and price really goes up: only about six ~10 lb. anvil isn't that rare, although more 75 to 150 lb. My observation is that although small anvils appeal to some collectors, how many have turned up, scarcity, is even more important in determining value. There you have it, views vary, each valid. A 300# anvil is not measurably "better" than a 120# anvil that is very solidly mounted, so. They are a bear to move around the shop, and unless I can drive to pick it up, the costs of having it shipped can really drive the price up. This isn't to say that I would walk away from a 300# anvil, but that I would take all the factors into consideration. If it goes north of 150#, the value starts diminishing because they are harder to move and would require serious shipping costs. Why buy a 20# london-pattern anvil when I can buy a 20# sledge hammer that will work perfectly as a post anvil?Īnvils north of the 50# mark are serviceable anvils that can be used for general beginner smithing of all types, and they are, again to me, more valuable. I might buy one if it was as-new or really cheap, but I'm not on the look out for something in that size range because you're getting into the territory of any large chunk of steel that can also be used as an anvil. I'd say that anything under 50# is "small" and really not worth my time. ![]()
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