Wrought Iron Anvil

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Right now, I've been all stock removal (with few qualms I might say), but I've recently been on the lookout for equipment to start forging. I built myself a charcoal forge out of an old soapstone sink, but right now I still lack a legitimate anvil (as the top of an old table saw I'm using isn't exactly great).

In my search for an anvil I stumbled across something I've never heard of before: a wrought iron anvil. Now, intuition tells me that a wrought iron anvil would be not much more useful than a cast iron one, but perhaps I am wrong. Its a 150 pounder, which is quite a bit larger than I was looking at, but if I'm wrong and wrought iron does make a good anvil, then a dollar a pound is something I wouldn't pass up.
 
Both a photo and more information would help with an answer.

Who said it is wrought iron? (Sellers often know nothing about things like anvils.)
What is the manufacturer's name?
Is it Wrought Iron or wrought steel?
Any other details?

Many anvils were made from wrought iron and had steel faces welded to them. These are superb anvils.
 
It is a bit of a misnomer, the "solid wrought" stamp usually means the body of the anvil is solid wrouht. I have a Trenton that has this stamp, and have seen numerous Peter Wright's with it, all of which had tool steel faces welded on top.
 
My old Trenton appears to be wrought iron up to the waist and steel from there up. Its still my favorite toy!
 
Wilkinson made a fine anvil. Like many others this one had a wrought iron body and a steel face.
 
that would b a good deal at $150 but notice it says reserve not met on there so it may start at 150 or he may have a higher reserve set...
 
I'm guessing that the seller wants about twice what his starting bid is...maybe more..
 
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