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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: moopy716 on July 08, 2013, 08:19:31 PM
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Hi everyone. I have an antique stove and I'm curious about its value. I cannot find any information online about it. It has the following information on it: Richmond Stove Co. Norwich, CT. Pat'd May 31, 1870 to June 16, 1874. Richmond's Triumph Range. On the top, there is a number 7 on it as well. It is in good condition with a little surface rust. It's been in our barn for years and we're looking to get rid of it. If anyone knows anything about antique stoves/ranges...please share. I can post a picture if that's needed. Thanks!
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Yes please,, we always need pics !! Kind of difficult to tell style/condition without them !!
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OK...I'll get photos tomorrow when it's light outside. Thanks!
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Excellent !! Thanks !!
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Here are a few photos of the stove. Hopefully they work. I had to shrink down the size of the photo so it'd work.
I can zoom into any written information on it as needed, but everything I mentioned that is written on the stove is in the original post. Thanks.
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That is really a nice old stove! You're right...there isn't much information to be found easily. I would suggest sending a note along with photos to the Norwich Historical Society. I'm sure they could provide additional data as to when the company was in operation.
Here's a slightly different model:
(http://www.sheaff-ephemera.com/_Media/trophyrange150.jpg)
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that,s a really nice looking stove...over on this side of the pond...we,d call that an AGA....does it have a back boiler..i.e. for heating hot water...over here i could see that fetching..upwards of £750...or $1115.48....
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HEY, that is a beauty.
And you won't need to know any history on it to sell it.
A coat of "Stove Black" and a rubbing with a soft cloth and it will "shine" like a new one.
(http://images.lowes.com/product/converted/062159/062159006500lg.jpg)
http://www.lowes.com/pd_195595-85334-KK0059_429485 (http://www.lowes.com/pd_195595-85334-KK0059_429485)
Yours has a shelf on the right side instead of a 'hot-water" tank, which is fine because its not needed now days unless the stove will be used in a camp, etc.
ps: if you are located in the northeast US ....it should sell quickly at $1,200 to $1,500+
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The Triumph Range was apparently celebrated for it's " Duplex Grate and Double Quick Damper " !!
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I am located in the northeast US (Rhode Island) and I am interested in selling it. What is the best way to sell an antique like this stove? I'm not interested in shipping it...seems like too much work. Who would want to purchase something like this? Where should I begin?
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if you are not interested in shipping it....all you are doing is limiting your sales market....after all shipping costs are the responsablity of the buyer...
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. Good point. If there were an interested buyer- who would arrange and pay for shipping - I'd ship the stove. Shipping would probably be very expensive though! Is this the forum to ask about how to sell the antique stove? I don't know who'd want such an item....
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I would try Craigslist for local pick up and its free !! I have had good luck with it !! Only down side you can only list in one geographical area at a time, but you can change it anytime,, just have to re-do the ad with each area !!
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. Good point. If there were an interested buyer- who would arrange and pay for shipping - I'd ship the stove. Shipping would probably be very expensive though! Is this the forum to ask about how to sell the antique stove? I don't know who'd want such an item....
I live in Scotland....a few years ago i sold an item to a guy who lived in CA...it was a high value item...and a heavy one..it weighed 90+kg..i ..shipping to him via FedEx cost at that time approx £230..or $350..which he was happy to pay....
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I don't know who'd want such an item....
Most anyone with a "country kitchen".
Those are great for cooking, ..... heating ..... or a decorator item, .... etc.
And if electric power goes off ..... you are still warm and eating hot food.
That stove can easily be taken apart or dismantled for moving it or shipping it ...... with the oven/firebox being the biggest item that shouldn't be taken apart.
Originally, such stoves were ordered out of a (Sear's) catalog, shipped to the homeowner in a crate(s) and the homeowner assembled it.
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Somebody will like that stove enough that they will make the necessary arrangements to get it delivered. Advertise it, stating that the buyer is responsible for: “Pick up, crating and shipping costs”.
I sold a number of big heavy items to a dealer from Alaska over the years. The dealer would have a local moving company pick up the piece(s) at my shop and have them do the packing, crating and make the shipping arrangements. All I had to do was hold the door open for them.
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Thanks again for the information everyone. The only selling options that I know of are eBay and Craigslist. Is there anywhere else that I should list the item to find interested parties? If someone does want the item shipped, I would definitely find a shipping company that would disassemble and pack it up for me...because I wouldn't know where to begin! Again...I appreciate everyone's feedback. What a great forum I found :)
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Those are the two best known but check at homesteading sites, Mother Earth News and preservationist sites !! Anywhere they have a "back to nature and off the grid" outlook !!
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An ad in a local paper or if you have weekly "buy/sell" trader's guide publication in your area ...... or even one in Mass, Vermont, NH or NY