1940-1950 - O'keefe & Merritt stove where can I get an estimated value for a restored 1940-1950 vintage stove
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This is a lot like buying old cars and fixing them up; the price you get will rely on the people that want an old stove in your area. Will you expand the area by wider advertising, or auctioning or maybe e-bay?.
To continue the auto analogy, why is it that repair people refuse to put the newer ignitor systems in old stoves ? They would be more convenient, save money that now goes up the flue from pilot lights; and I believe the stoves would be safer.
Probably some interference from lawyers.......
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