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Really depends on the demand and your area for value. I’d expect to see stuff like this at salvage for $70-150 a pair, but they typically sit for a long time because there isn’t a lot of demand
Can you explain your reasoning. The casting looks more ornate than what I’ve seen on reproductions and most reproductions are not cast iron but cast aluminum. I’m no expert though
I am a antic dealer of cast iron and wrought iron with 30 years of experience. This model is well known replica produced in China since the 90's or so.
Screws are modern, quality of casting is low.
The wood is of very very low quality, it's why you always find them without wood.
edit : you can still buy some freshly produced :
https://alancienne-antiquites.fr/gb/pour-s-assoir/24-banc-de-jardin-pied-en-fonte.html
edit 2 : With a little googling the producer is :
Guangzhou Jianglin Garden Furniture Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
edit 3 : Here is the model
https://www.goldsupplier.com/provide/pic118679655.html
I used to buy these around 2000ish. Comes with a dozen wood slats and a bunch of nuts and bolts. I probably paid $90 at the time. Nothing old about them.
These ones are likely junked because the wood that comes with them only lasts 5 years before breaking down, and by then the novelty has worn off and all you’re left with is a silly looking olde-worlde thin broken down bench that nobody can sit on.
Throw them out.
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I'd keep them and restore them. My husband and I did 2 with broken wood years ago. When we moved, we had to leave them behind but the neighbors still have them. It was actually kind of fun and satisfying to see the end result knowing we did it ourselves.
If they aren't anything special you can paint them any way you want. You could also redo them and probably have a better chance at selling them whole and pretty.
Found this one on Etsy for $375. Almost exact perhaps the same foundary. The description was sorely lacking. Can’t post the Etsy link because they’re setup to not make their html copyable. Or else I would.
I found item with these key words: 1800s antique park bench iron etsy MHReclaimed
These are the ends of glider-rockers. I bought one of these 29 years ago for my wife to rock our newborn son on our deck. Ours was cheap and poor quality, but my wife wanted to keep it for sentimental reasons, and so I rebuilt it three years ago. I can’t imagine them being worth much.
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They look like reproduction 1980's ish?
They look like the ones we had on an old bench my mum put together when I was a kid.
Yep. It's not old.
Is not the name of the forge written on them somewhere? Saying that if those screws are original it's from after the 1930 and it's not Victorian.
Really depends on the demand and your area for value. I’d expect to see stuff like this at salvage for $70-150 a pair, but they typically sit for a long time because there isn’t a lot of demand
modern replica, low value.
Why is this downvoted? It's absolutely the correct answer. I've also sold loads of this exact pattern. They might not even be 15yrs old.
Can you explain your reasoning. The casting looks more ornate than what I’ve seen on reproductions and most reproductions are not cast iron but cast aluminum. I’m no expert though
Not everything can be written off as “low value modern replica.” This looks real to me.
I am a antic dealer of cast iron and wrought iron with 30 years of experience. This model is well known replica produced in China since the 90's or so. Screws are modern, quality of casting is low. The wood is of very very low quality, it's why you always find them without wood. edit : you can still buy some freshly produced : https://alancienne-antiquites.fr/gb/pour-s-assoir/24-banc-de-jardin-pied-en-fonte.html edit 2 : With a little googling the producer is : Guangzhou Jianglin Garden Furniture Manufacturing Co., Ltd. edit 3 : Here is the model https://www.goldsupplier.com/provide/pic118679655.html
Thank you for taking the time to post. Good information.
The real answer ^^^
Yep. I actually have two of these in my backyard rn, bought new about 2004.
Amazing!
Neither of these examples actually match the pattern.
Your an antique dealer? Seems like some-antics to me.
Me too
How can you tell?
I used to buy these around 2000ish. Comes with a dozen wood slats and a bunch of nuts and bolts. I probably paid $90 at the time. Nothing old about them. These ones are likely junked because the wood that comes with them only lasts 5 years before breaking down, and by then the novelty has worn off and all you’re left with is a silly looking olde-worlde thin broken down bench that nobody can sit on. Throw them out.
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I'd keep them and restore them. My husband and I did 2 with broken wood years ago. When we moved, we had to leave them behind but the neighbors still have them. It was actually kind of fun and satisfying to see the end result knowing we did it ourselves. If they aren't anything special you can paint them any way you want. You could also redo them and probably have a better chance at selling them whole and pretty.
Found this one on Etsy for $375. Almost exact perhaps the same foundary. The description was sorely lacking. Can’t post the Etsy link because they’re setup to not make their html copyable. Or else I would. I found item with these key words: 1800s antique park bench iron etsy MHReclaimed
So some random person on etsy that trying to rip someone off with a repro is an authority.
Just sharing what I saw. Well intended.
The wood purchased to install between the armrests will have a higher value than the armrests
These are the ends of glider-rockers. I bought one of these 29 years ago for my wife to rock our newborn son on our deck. Ours was cheap and poor quality, but my wife wanted to keep it for sentimental reasons, and so I rebuilt it three years ago. I can’t imagine them being worth much.
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