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Post by allikat on Jul 24, 2015 15:25:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 17:03:03 GMT
Weeping openly because I LOVE stuff like this and even the thought of it going to the dump....  It looks like you've got the old collars, perhaps some hames and most of the harnesses and reins and possibly the traces as well. I'm betting pretty heavily that it's all for horses although way back it was not uncommon for a small gentleman farmer to use it for oxen as well as horses. But for the most part the horse stuff is what has survived. I doubt it would ever be used as working parts again although I can't tell how good a shape the leather is in. If the harnesses are in fairly decent shape...maybe? The collars don't hold much value $ wise as far as someone using it. The value in these pieces lies more in someone just wanting it to hang on their wall. Although some of the older ones can command some good money. If the collar and hames is in good shape alot of people put mirrors in them. That old saw has value and it's hard to see some of it being sideways. I WISH I was closer. I would come take it all off your mil hands and hang it on my walls and look at it adoringly every day. I know I'm not the only person who feels that way. |
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Post by allikat on Jul 24, 2015 17:53:41 GMT
I talked to a friend of mine who does antiques and he said essentially the same thing as you. He said that they look to be complete sets of working horse gear from about 1920 give or take. He said that they sell for about 10 to 20 dollars as decorator pieces and he wasn't interested in them as he has 2 in his shop for $10 and he hasn't had any interest. He also talked to a local stable owner/collector and received the same basic information, so his suggestion is to donate them to a local Agricultural museum here in town. I am going to talk to MIL and DH and see what their thoughts are, I am definitely going to keep them out of the dump and get them to someone who will appreciate them.
I will have DH get better picture of saw next week when he is over there. Thanks for the help and sad you are not local to me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 15:09:02 GMT
I am so glad to hear you are going to try to find it a home. I know I'm the odd duck in loving all this old stuff but once it's gone it's gone. And it may sound odd but thank you for caring enough to keep this wonderful part of a past out of the landfill.
As an aside but kind of in the same vein...the one thing I really wanted more than anything was when we were looking for our home in the country was a barn. I LOVE old barns. LOVE THEM. Sadly more and more of them are being torn down. Our house/land did not come with a barn...sigh...it did come with three ginourmous pole sheds which when we get to them will be painted barn red. It's the closest I am going to come to a barn.
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Post by allikat on Jul 25, 2015 17:59:21 GMT
You would love DH's granddad's farm house then, it was auctioned a few years ago when grandad passed and the new owners have refurbished the 1900's house and barn. They turned the barn into a beautiful apartment but kept the old barn feel inside and out. I wish I had pictures but sadly I have none.
I will make sure that I find a good home for the horse equipment, sometimes it isn't the dollar value but the history that is important. Like you said once it is gone it is gone.
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Post by SA on Jul 25, 2015 20:03:54 GMT
I would sell it as up cycled country chic home decor!
Good luck!
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