Griswold hinging lid?

[Randy Perin]

Hi. I have this #3 Gris and wondering if this tab was for a hinged lid and where I might find the matching lid.
Thanks for your help all...and
MERRY CHRISTMAS

[Randy Perin]

Not sure why the pics are posting squashed, I've tried a few different size pics and this is how they show up

[Cheryl Watson]

Try the file sizes and dimensions in this thread:

http://www.griswoldandwagner.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1383802487

[C. Perry Rapier]

This lid here for the number three here, if I'm thinkin right, isn't that a hard one to come by and very pricey?  :-/

[Randy Perin]

That's what I'm hoping some of you veterans may have one, or know where to get one. Odd thing is, seems easier to get a #3 hammered with lid...expensive yes, but at least you can find them. Even googling this model very little comes up for the smooth complete set.
Any help or direction is appreciated

[C. Perry Rapier]

That's what I'm hoping some of you veterans may have one, or know where to get one. Odd thing is, seems easier to get a #3 hammered with lid...expensive yes, but at least you can find them. Even googling this model very little comes up for the smooth complete set.
Any help or direction is appreciated

A low dome smooth top number three lid would cost a lot of money. If its the one I am thinking of, a couple thousand at least, IF, you could find one. Unless you found it at a yard sale for a few bucks. Now THAT would be a nice find.  :o :o :o

[Randy Perin]

Wow. I'm thinking the hammered set at a couple of hundred is looking good. Why so much Perry? That model of skillet is easily had and relatively inexpensive. Maybe not many made or sets not kept together, I dunno. Aren't they from the 50-60 vintage. I can't even find a good pic of a complete set.
Thanks for your help Perry.
Cheers

[C. Perry Rapier]

Wow. I'm thinking the hammered set at a couple of hundred is looking good. Why so much Perry? That model of skillet is easily had and relatively inexpensive. Maybe not many made or sets not kept together, I dunno. Aren't they from the 50-60 vintage. I can't even find a good pic of a complete set.
Thanks for your help Perry.
Cheers

Hello Randy. I am right. That lid is very scarce. I have never even seen one of them before, NEVER. And thats saying something because I have seen a LOT of iron. And you say you can get the hammered set for two hundred dollars, at that price I will take a one ton pickup truck load. Thats cheap, you better jump all over that if you got a chance at it. And yes, scarcity drives price. And yes they are later made Griswold, from the 1940' and fiftys. The skillets are cheap in comparison to the lids, very cheap. In fact thats the way they all are, by that I mean all the lids are priced higher than the skillets they go on. Now if you get too many of them hammered sets at two hundred dollars be sure and save me back some. For that I'd probably just buy you a couple sets for a Christmas present.  :)

[Harry Riva]

In all the years I've done this stuff, I have seen one smooth top lid and that was on ebay years ago. It went for north of $2k and the current owner had it displayed at the other clubs convention. Perry, I'm pretty sure you saw it since one of your friends owns it. As for the hammered hinged sets, I'll take the second truck load at that price, especially if they are in black iron.
Harry

[C. Perry Rapier]

In all the years I've done this stuff, I have seen one smooth top lid and that was on ebay years ago. It went for north of $2k and the current owner had it displayed at the other clubs convention. Perry, I'm pretty sure you saw it since one of your friends owns it. As for the hammered hinged sets, I'll take the second truck load at that price, especially if they are in black iron.
Harry

Hello Harry. There ain't no use of us being piggish on these number three griswold hammered sets. So I'm willing to just share my one ton truckload with you.  :)

[Marge Knowles]

well, I certainly won't be piggish.   I am not asking to buy a truckload of hammered hinged #3.    I would be ok with merely buying ONE at stated price of couple hundred bucks.    how's that for gracious?

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!   thanks for all the help and information you have given me over the years!  :)

[Jeff Friend]

In fact thats the way they all are, by that I mean all the lids are priced higher than the skillets they go on.

Let me point out that what Perry is saying is a generalization.  A good one, I agree, but there are some exceptions.  The No. 5 block skillet with heat ring is worth a few buck more than a No. 5 high dome, smooth top cover.  On the hammered set, the No. 8 skillet cover (PN 2098) also goes with the DO (PN 2008) and deep skillet/chicken fryer (PN 2028).  I'd like one of the deep skillets for what the cover sells for.  Can you think of any other exceptions?

There are a few cases where the cover and skillet are in the same ballpark, depending on the market and how bad the bidders on eBay want something.  For example, I think it is not unreasonable to see a No. 10 slant Erie or a 10 block HR sell for more than either the high dome, smooth or the low, fully marked covers.  Then there is the low, smooth No. 12 cover and the slant Erie skillet.  Since these covers are pretty common, and with the high demand for clean, early skillets in the larger sizes, the prices are in the same ballpark.