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What do you think of this for $1600

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The term restored means more than cleaning it. It should mean brought back to original condition. The nickle parts have been coated with stove polish or paint. Very expensive to re-nickle. I don't think it is a bargain if you want it like original but probably worth the price.

Properly restored this stove is worth somewhere in the 4 to 5 thousand dollar range. The ad says wood or coal, but; that is very inaccurate information. Let me assure you this stove was designed for ANTHRACITE COAL ONLY as a fuel. This stove came complete with a large magazine and could go for days on one loading of coal. The magazine had to be torn out to be able to fit wood in it. This is a fairly common base burner so you can probably get a magazine for it. The stove also originally was covered in Nickel Plating.
These stoves are as efficient as they are beautiful, but; again they WERE NOT MEANT TO BURN WOOD AT ALL. BURNING WOOD IN THAT BEAUTIFUL STOVE IS A TRAVESTY !!! If you want a good project and have a stellar stove in the end which will put out enough heat to warm a large hotel lobby this is a great stove. The asking price is fair for it, because; it is not fully restored and it is missing its magazine. If you want it back to original and complete then you are going to have to spend some money and do some work on it.

Here is a picture of a Peninsular Base Burner with the nickel properly done.

Yes , It dose need work but how do you know it's missing it's mag?

grumpy wrote:Yes , It dose need work but how do you know it's missing it's mag?

Well, from the picture the seller put up of the stove. There is a pile of fire wood next to it. I don't see how they could fit the firewood in there with the magazine in it. I could be wrong and the seller could have the magazine stuck in the garage or something. You should contact them to find out more information about the stove. For the price it seems to be a good investment. But the more information you have about it the more comfortable you will be about it if you choose to buy it.

I know one thing for sure. Somebody needs to rescue this poor stove from the terrible fate of having wood forced down its genteel throat.

Good observation, I noticed that too.. I'll see if I hear from him..

What an absolutely beautiful stove. I'd make a spot for that in my house if I ran across one of them.

Let us know if you buy this stove or find another one. The more people that obtain, restore and use these superior stoves, the more informed people will become about them in general. Hopefully more of these stoves will be saved from rusting in basements, garages and sold for scrap. I think we have done a lot over the past couple of years here to build a small yet growing knowledge base about Base burners, Oak Stoves,etc, and how to restore and use them. I remember when I first came to this Forum, there was virtually no information or knowledge about these stoves. Slowly we are creating a well rounded body of info here. In my opinion the more the merrier.

Well I missed out, it sold...

grumpy wrote:Well I missed out, it sold...

Don't give up! Keep looking. Another one will come along. You just have to ready to jump when the opportunity presents itself. How far are you willing to travel to get one? If you want we can keep an eye out for you. It seems that New York and New England have base burners for sale quite a bit. I have seen a lot of them on craigslist the past several months.
A perfect example of this was a Glenwood Base Heater No 8 for sale right up the road from me last summer. It went for a $1,000 bucks.