old gate

[carpenter1]

had this old gate for a while, whats it worth.

its to good to scrap.

 

any offers here?

[carpenter1]

oh sizes they are

1770mm in height, 1280mm in width (OA with hinges and latch) approx

[onyx landscaping/fencing]

sad to say people just don't like them anymore (round our way anyway)

[carpenter1]

just a shame to scrap it

[s.varty]

Impossible to put a price on that, look on ebay ,see what gates like that are fetching, put it in an auction if theres one near you, I would imagine a quality gate like that would fetch good money

[onyx landscaping/fencing]

I know fella some of the things we scrap are a real shame but cant keep everything around for ever! anything any good goes on ebay once at scrap price if it don't sell then its scraped

[33bk]

I sold one in eBay a month ago for £35 all beer money

 

 

 

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[hedgesparrow]

is it got welded joints or are they forged tonque and groove if latter with a shot blast and clean it will fetch good money poss £ 3 to 5 hundred if its welded maybe worth £40 if good one sell to a guy like the salvage hunter.

[carpenter1]

here are some more pics do you think its old,

it is very heavy

[agg221]

It's a bit odd.

 

The scroll ends look hand forged, but the joints look arc welded. This is slightly strange as cold bending the scrolls is quick and easy (and cheap) whereas hand forging is not. However then to blob on a bit of weld and not even bother to grind it off neatly is somewhat surprising. My best guess would be that it is 1960s/70s - much earlier and arc welding gear would not be common. Much later and I would expect to see really dull cold bent work. It may be welded because it's mild steel and old smiths who were used to fire welding wrought iron just couldn't get to grips with the difference in welding practice for mild steel.

 

Alec

 

edit: could you take a close-up of the blob bits - about halfway down, joining the curves to the uprights.