Antique Wood Burning Stove Rare turn of the century box stove!

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The "Ranger" Box Stove is a typical antique box stove. Some of the older box stoves have scissor legs, or only three legs. Box stoves are some of the earliest stoves made, and they do not require a grate, but the ashes on the bottom insulate the bottom plate of the stove and keep it from cracking due to heat. They are always used with wood. Box stoves are still manufactured today. However, the antique ones have a much higher quality of iron and tend to last much much longer than the modern ones which tend to use sheet metal, screws, pop rivets rather than solid cast iron. The "Ranger" manufactured by Southern Co-operative Foundry co. of Rome Ga. is one such box stove that will and has stood the test of time. Slightly more ornamented box stoves of the era are valued from aroung $750 to upwards of $2000 when fully restored. I have only located one such fully restored Ranger after having searched off and on for over 2 years. It is valued and currently for sale at $500 and I am doubtful it will fetch this amount. A modern such box stove sells new for around $450 with a sacrifice in quality of manufacture. I watched one that was not restored (which also had damage to the iron in the form of a huge crack) set online for sale for over a year at $200 and finally was sold for $100. It was extremely rusted out and I really didn't see why someone bought it unless it was to be used simply to heat a garage or man house or such. Restoration seemed unlikely and not worth the effort. THIS STOVE HOWEVER IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND EVEN WITHOUT RESTORATION WILL PERFORM JUST FINE. Please keep in mind however I am selling this box stove for its decorative purposes only as well as its historical and antique properties. It is not certified by the EPA for use and I highly recommend that you do not use it for anything other than its decorative purpose. Wood stoves are dangerous and if used improperly can result in great injury or death. Furthermore it is illegal to use an uncertified wood stove in this free country. YOU ARE AGREEING NOT TO USE THIS STOVE FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN ITS ANTIQUE AND DECORATIVE PROPERTIES. I estimate that it will take about 3 to 5 hours of restoration time to get this stove restored. Restoration pretty much only boils down to removing the surface rust and staining it with stove paint. So for about $100 of your labor and less than ten dollars in stain and you will own a piece of history that has an antique value of around $500 currently. Antiques are a rather safe investment and if at the very least you put in a total of $200 and use it for 20 years then sell it for $200 you'll beat inflation for a gain of about $172. I think you can restore it and set on it for 5 years and ask $500 and be willing to take $400 and double your money all the while you get to enjoy a piece of history as well as test your hand at a possible new hobby restoring antique stoves. Whatever you do you will likely be warm while doing it and happy you bid on this auction because I will be happy to get it off my porch because I am moving in the next couple of months and I dont really need to haul this heavy Iron Stove with me. I would like to and I would like to rig it up in my garage, however I have a wife and she has bugged me one last time about what I am going to do with this stove. I am going to majically turn it into beer money. Just kidding. Good luck bidding... I WOULD PREFER IF THE WINNING BIDDER WILL CHOOSE UPS GROUND FOR SHIPPING. I HAVE PRICED IT IF I SEND THE ITEM TO CALIFORNIA AT 93.93 I ADDED $5 FOR THE COST OF THE BOX AND PACKAGING I WILL BE USING. YOU CAN REUSE THE BOX IF YOU WISH. ALSO IF YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH YOU CAN PICK THE ITEM UP YOURSELF IF YOU WISH. YOU WILL STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT PAYMENT FIRST BECAUSE I AM NOT WAITING ON SOMEONE WHO HASN'T PAID. Plus for safety purpose your payment identifies you. NO I WILL NOT ALLOW "SOMEONE ELSE TO PICK THE ITEM UP SUCH AS MOVERS OR ANYONE ELSE" It does not matter nor do I care if you are the exiled king of Nigeria. Payment can be made by paypal ONLY and only then will I have y... read more

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