A safe

[Craasher]

This safe is about 2000 lbs of cast iron with no concrete in it but its from the 1890's. I removed this one from my grandfathers house when he passed away. It was his safe at the brick company and my great grandfather bought it in 1908 when he started the brick company. This one was in the basement at the back of the house and I removed it with a skid steer with forklift forks through the basement man door.

[G_P]

This safe is about 2000 lbs of cast iron with no concrete in it but its from the 1890's. I removed this one from my grandfathers house when he passed away. It was his safe at the brick company and my great grandfather bought it in 1908 when he started the brick company. This one was in the basement at the back of the house and I removed it with a skid steer with forklift forks through the basement man door.

Did you scrap that safe? I would think that a 100+ year old safe would be worth more than the couple hundred in scrap value to an antique dealer or collector.

My grandmother had a smaller version of a safe like that. When she died my cousin who is HUGE into antique cars/machinery/tools wanted it and after we hauled it out of the house to the driveway we took a break before loading it on his trailer. A ton of people stopped by asking if they could have it for scrap and a few wanted to buy it off of him to put in their houses.
He kept it for sentimental value and is still using it today.