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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 199262, member: 37"]When you want to buy one, they are expensive. When you want to sell them, they are not worth much..... Like any of this type of thing, they are desirable to the right buyer. Finding that right buyer can sometimes be hard. The person asking good money for theirs may have to sit on it for quite awhile longer. </p><p><br /></p><p>These sell best through salvage companies where decorators, contractors, and the like know to seek them out. Consequently, selling to the salvage company is the way to move them quickly. A salvage company would not pay more than 50% of their asking price, if that. 25-35% is probably more likely. </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, the ones with the porcelain spigots are the most desirable. Yours does not have that. More desirable yet are the ones with the more modern handles. Like this.....</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Mcbc6ed2b94027cd96991c4718b6846ddo0&pid=15.1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 199262, member: 37"]When you want to buy one, they are expensive. When you want to sell them, they are not worth much..... Like any of this type of thing, they are desirable to the right buyer. Finding that right buyer can sometimes be hard. The person asking good money for theirs may have to sit on it for quite awhile longer. These sell best through salvage companies where decorators, contractors, and the like know to seek them out. Consequently, selling to the salvage company is the way to move them quickly. A salvage company would not pay more than 50% of their asking price, if that. 25-35% is probably more likely. BTW, the ones with the porcelain spigots are the most desirable. Yours does not have that. More desirable yet are the ones with the more modern handles. Like this..... [IMG]http://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Mcbc6ed2b94027cd96991c4718b6846ddo0&pid=15.1[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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