Real or fake Erie Griddle

[Tuan Nguyen]

The last time I posted a question like this, the site crashed the next day.  I hope that doesn't happen again :-)

Can anyone tell me if this is the real deal, or a fake?
thanks,

[Dwayne Henson]

Not a real Erie.

[Tuan Nguyen]

Thanks for the reply Dwayne.  Any idea if it's worth anything?

[Frank Burkhead]

Tuan, it's probably worth about what the majority of similar no-name griddles would be worth, though some here might see it being worth even less (if that's possible). The vast majority of collectors would set it back down if they saw it at a flea market, unless it was next to free and they had a home or use in mind for it. Being a fake does not lessen its ability to cook food. As is, I wouldn't pay more than a buck or so for it. If I went to the trouble to clean and season it, I'd ask maybe $20 for it and take $15, but given my personal moral code I'd have to strenuously point out that it was an old copy and not a real Erie piece. Some people don't mind cooking on a reproduction and some (a very very few) people actually DO collect fakes and reproductions.

[Roger Barfield]

It's not an Erie, but I believe this is a ghost mark of where an Erie piece was used to make a pattern. 

[Tuan Nguyen]

Thanks guys.  Saved me some money.

[Chris Stairs]

I know it's not an ERIE, but I might have grabbed it. I think it is from New Brunswick.

http://www.griswoldandwagner.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1222701048

Chris

[Harry Riva]

Just because it has a ghost with no makers name, unlike the Wapaks, Wagners, Tecumseh etc. with makers names on them, IMO doesn't necessarily make it a no name, but rather a name that may be able to be determined. In this case it looks to me that Chris has more than likely found who makes it and the number plate is almost as good as it having a name. It's not a fake in the sense the maker was putting their mark on it and using an ERIE as a pattern rather than trying to pass it off as an Erie. To me this is different from a hobby or back yard recast and has more value than those pieces. I would think the value would be more like $20 rather than $1. I know if I collected these pieces, and based on what Chris has uncovered, it would have been worth that to me.
Harry

[Mark Zizzi]

Thanks guys.  Saved me some money.

I can't imagine what price was on it, in that condition, even if it was a real Erie.  :o  Pitted and rusty..what did they want for it? If the cooking surface is a WHOLE  lot better than the bottom, I could see maybe $20, tops. 

[Herman Gagne]

I have a #8 with the "1786" above the handle, and a ghost 738 above that.
After reading Chris's post, it seems they had this number just about anywhere on the surface.

Herman

[Greg Stahl]

WAY OFF TOPIC

I looked at Herman's post and had to say, "Oh My".

Herman has been with us a Loooooong time and his profile proves it too.  See that  "I love YaBB 1G - SP1"?  We are currently on version YaBB 2.5.2 and there have been many updates between 1 G(old) S(ervice) P(ack)1. 

Thank You Herman for never changing your Profile, so that I could see how far WAGS has really come on this FORUM. [smiley=clap.gif]