Odd anvil question

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My apologies if this is too far off the topic of knifemaking to post here. So moderators please remove my post if you deem it improper.

I've been putting out some feelers locally as to where I might maybe find a used but servicable anvil in the near future. My boss heard about it and took me upstairs to show me four that his Dad had. Cool tour as it turned out.

My boss's father was the local blacksmith in these parts. When his father passed he kept all of the contents of his father's shop. One of the many items he has is what he calls a wagon wheel anvil. It's steel and sharply cone shaped and about 4-5 feet tall and seems to be in nearly perfect condition. He was asking me if I knew it's approximate value since I've sold alot of antique shop items in the past on ebay.

That's my question for you. This item is something I never even knew existed in the first place so I told him I'd have to ask some real blacksmiths online. Anyone have any thoughts on it or guesstimations as to a value?

thanks in advance,
Steve
 
Cone mandrel values depend on, is it slotted or not? does it have a flanged base or not? or a double flanged base? etc

If you can get some pictures up I could give you a better idea. I recently sold my cone mandrel, since i'm not doing large objects that use it, and i needed the money to buy a treadle hammer and other tools. As a result I did a lot of research into cone mandrel prices
 
They are called a wheelwrights anvil, or a cone mandrel. They sell for a wide range of price,depending on condition, age, style, size, and how much the owner wants to get rid of that big metal thing (they can be VERY heavy) in the barn.I have seen them go for $100. Basic cones sell for around $400-500 from the suppliers. Blacksmithsdepot (Kayne & sons,?) carries them, as do other suppliers. Their website is not coming up right now.
They do have their uses if you are an ornamental ironworker, but mostly are just neat shop decor.
Stacy
 
Tools like that put America to work.

Shaky wheels could not haul a lot of wright, lowering the wage of the person working. A Craftsman banging out hubs improving the function , increased the standard of living, tremendously, never a question of the economic loop!

It is sort of sad that most of those tools were sold for scrap-metal. Made into affordable lawnmowers, K-Cars and cheap consumer goods of questionable quality. But with every partisan 'in the loop'. Again that metal spent it's usefulness and now rides on a barge to China, and is being sold back to us as with no question of the poor quality, with question to who is benefiting in the economic loop?
 
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