American Restorations.

Vangellis · Post by **Vangellis** » Tue. Nov. 29, 2011 8:07 pm

I just flipped on the history channel and one of tonight's restorations is going to be a Round Oak stove.
Not sure but there may be a re-run at History.com

Kevin

samhill · Post by **samhill** » Tue. Nov. 29, 2011 8:45 pm

They were beauties, a thing of the past but they were wood burners only as far as I know. I have an old Round Oak 20 that's in real bad shape that I hope to get around to working on someday, it is very similar to the one in the show except a little larger & definitely for wood only.

stovehospital · Post by **stovehospital** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 6:40 am

That was the single worst restoration I have ever seen. They ripped the customer off for $5000 and did not get the stove ready to use. A total resto on that stove including getting it ready to light and nickel trim should have run around $1500-$2000. Thye have the nerve to call it "Reality TV" The only reality is that they did not know what they were doing.

samhill · Post by **samhill** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 7:53 am

The reality part of it is most of those shows are from Vegas, what ever the market will bear. Keep quiet & keep your profit margin reasonable, the word will get out & you will get more business. The same holds true with the Pickers show, now everyone with a rusted pile of junk thinks they have a one of a kind treasure. It's good for some businesses & hurts others when I was still doing Estate Sales & Auctions I was always asked what something was worth, I would tell them what ever someone was willing to pay. Some of the stuff they show is nothing but dumpster fill to me.

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 8:28 am

stovehospital wrote:That was the single worst restoration I have ever seen. They ripped the customer off for $5000 and did not get the stove ready to use. A total resto on that stove including getting it ready to light and nickel trim should have run around $1500-$2000. Thye have the nerve to call it "Reality TV" The only reality is that they did not know what they were doing.

I saw that episode and thought of you Emery! Figured you'd get a good chuckle out of that. Sheesh, even the customer blinked when he quoted that price!

jpete · Post by **jpete** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 8:30 am

samhill wrote:Some of the stuff they show is nothing but dumpster fill to me.

And SOMEBODY will dive in that dumpster right after you and proudly tell the story for the rest of his life!

It's amazing the stuff I've sold thinking I should have pitched it and the stuff I can't sell that I KNOW is worth a lot of money.

samhill · Post by **samhill** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 9:14 am

All depends on what you consider a lot of money now doesn't it, if you take into consideration that you have to haul it, store it, haul it again to where ever you are gonna display & hopefully sell it all that kind of eats up any possible profit, & to boot the owner would then be asking if they get the money for it. Believe me not too much of value went into dumpsters, if I could find a scrap man they even got the metal, & 99 times out of 100 it would be an older person willing to do the work.

jpete · Post by **jpete** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 10:04 am

samhill wrote:All depends on what you consider a lot of money now doesn't it, .

To the person that throws it in the dumpster, it isn't worth a dime.

To the person that retrieves it, it's priceless!

samhill · Post by **samhill** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 10:16 am

Don't take my word for it Jpete I'm sure that you are much more knowledgeable about antiques & collectibles than I, I just did it for so long because I liked the exercise & throwing money away. A rusted piece of junk that would disappear if hit by a sandblaster is sure to be worth hundreds. Rent yourself a storage bin & start filling, soon you'll be a millionaire. And the stuff I pitched was worth a dime since I was getting paid for pitching it.

jpete · Post by **jpete** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 6:42 pm

Jiminy Crickets Sam, it's impossible to even joke around with you. Never mind. You're right you're the expert at everything and I don't know anything about anything.

samhill · Post by **samhill** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 7:13 pm

I never read anything humorous from you before Jpete, didn't know you were capable of it sorry about that. I'll leave it at that.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 7:16 pm

AAAAAH, you two are still agreeing to disagree

samhill · Post by **samhill** » Wed. Nov. 30, 2011 7:19 pm

I'll agree with that.

morganfj · Post by **morganfj** » Thu. Jun. 05, 2014 1:44 pm

Sorry I'm late... just watched this horror story..... Been dealing with cast iron stoves for years..
This WAS NOT a restoration!
I agree completely this was the worst restoration ever for a stove $8400???
Take apart the stove (All of 8 stove bolts)... granted the nickel was re-plated (About $100- $250 according to where you take the ONE PIECE). Then what did they do..... they PAINTED this antique which the client wanted to reuse.... Restoration of stove is very easy... clean iron.. sand out rust... use "Stove Black" or "Stove Polish"... it's not like paining a car, which this creep insinuated... Whole job of cleaning and polish is about 2 hours for his stove....
Now, really should not be surprised. I have watched this program for years... I love seeing what is brought in, but mainly like rolling my eyes at how much this guy cheats his customers
Hey, I have cast Iron skillets, anyone have any paint???