Fully marked Victor No#6

[Mark Ritter]

I have also found a Victor No#6 that is fully marked and in used but very good shape. I have a set of these, 7, 8, 9, and would like to make a complete set. I know how expensive the number 5 is and will have to save for that one but my question is the No#6 in the book says that it is worth two hundred dollars. Is this a accurate price and just how rare are they? In todays market would that be high or low?

[Will Person]

I have sold them for $75-200 on Ebay.   How rare?   Well,  to compleat my set I bought mine off of Ebay for $150.00    Then I found 3 more locally and sold them all on Ebay.   $75.00 for a pitted #6 to $200.00 BIN on a very nice one.   I have had only 1 #5 Victor and that started my set.   I had to get a #6,7,8,9 to compleat the set.  Good luck with the #5 Victor.   Hope you have as good of luck as I did.   Mine cost me $5.00


Will Person Jr. 8-)

[carpenter]

Will, how lucky can one guy get? Wish that was all I had to give for mine.

[Will Person]

Will, how lucky can one guy get? Wish that was all I had to give for mine.

I had to stand on frozen packed  snow outside in 20 degree weather for about 4 hours for them to get to the table where the Victor 5 was.   She is not perfect,  just a little bit of pitting.   It was a "high bidder choice on table"   I was the first one to bid and get my pick.   I though the electric saws would have jacked up the price more,  but it didn't.   I have had some good luck at auctions,  like the Griswold cast iron colonial tea kettle patern number 245,  blue book pg. 79;   and a #14 gem pan variation #2,  blue book pg. 110   You don't want to know what I paid for them.   It will make you :'(

Here is a bad picture of my 5.

Will we see you Joe at the Choo Choo?   Hope to see you there.   I think Mark said he won't be going???


Will Person Jr. 8-)

[Mark Ritter]

Your right Will, I had hoped to make it to the convention this year but sometimes the best plans go sour. I am really disappointed and I had planned on going but what do you do? Maybe next year if things get better around here. I would really like like to set down and talk to everyone and try to understand this affliction with cast iron that I seem to have. My wife would like to talk to the other wifes to see how they cope with it and that could be bad. But honestly we cook almost all of our meals on or in cast iron and I really do love this stuff. I like bringing back neglected pieces to new or near new condition and like you I have been very lucky in my hunts. But last week on my way to work there was a sale and I bypassed it because I would be coming back that way that afternoon. When I stopped, I asked if he had any cast iron pans and he told me he had sold all of them(30) to be exact, for sixty dollars. He also told me before that a man stopped in and payed him eighty dollars for a small pan that he had. He said that he would be more than happy to sell me more but they were gone. I looked and there was eight left and I picked up five of them.(2) Iron Mountain No#8,(2)Wagners No#3, and a Vollrath No#3. I asked him how much and he said he would take ten dollars for them. He said it was his lucky day and only wished he had more of them to sell. I wished I could of seen the other ones. Sometimes thats the way it goes.

[Will Person]

Mark,  I am disappointed that you can't make it. :(   But I know how life goes.   Your Blacklock that you sold me is ready to be packed for the ride home.   My significant other (Jenny on this board) my not be the best one for your wife to talk to,  I think she has ironitis worse than me.  Oh,  she paid for the Victor #5 so it is actually hers.   I forgot that. :-?   You have found some nice pieces over in Michigan.   I may have to take a vacation out there.   Got a friend in Paw-Paw.   May have to get out there some time.

Will Person Jr. 8-)

[Ed Allspaugh]

I gave $6 for the Victor #5 I had. Guy had it at a small flea market and it was all cruded up, couldn't even read it, but at the right angle you could see several markings on it. Cleaned it up an ebayed it $335.55. It had a very slight downward bow that I put in the description. Didn't want to upset anyone by not mentioning it. I was happy for a $6 investment.

[babyface]

Ed: It appears that cast iron is an area ripe for bargain buying since many antique and collectible dealers just dont know enough about it. Most know that if a pan has the Griswold "cross & circle" underneath, it has some value. There are times you'll see a smooth bottom, large logo #3, for example, priced at $25.00; along with a rare ERIE #5 or #6 priced for maybe $8.00-$10.00. Also built up crud is one of the best aspects of this hobby. Many dealers simply do not take the time to carefully check out the writing under the pan if its filled up with hardened gunk. Many either dont know the procedure to clean it up, or wont take the time to do it; and their loss is your gain. Anyway the bargain finds are the most interesting and rewarding challenges for me, regarding this hobby. So far I,ve found several Griswold slant/E, slant/EPU, & block EPU #10s; a Griswold slant/EPU #4; Erie #5, #6, & #11...the list can go on. Usually this only happens when you're not looking for any particular number and are ready to strike when the opportunity presents itself. Thanks for bringing up one of the most interesting challenges this hobby affords. Best regards to all.

[Ellis Morehead]

Have to chime in and verify what Donald has posted.  Several weeks ago I found a very cruded up skillet.  Could just see partial markings, $7.   It cleaned up great, and turned out to be a McClary #9, Canadian I believe.  Fits in well with our electic colection.  The sales person asked me if I knew what the best way to clean cast iron was, and before I could answer, he said "throw it on a fire".  He seemed rather perplexed that he could not interest me in the over priced Griswold items in the store.

Cheers, Ellis

[Will Person]

Ellis,  yes that McClary's #9 is Canadian.   I love that stuff.   Sounds like my collection is like yours.   A little bit of everything. :D


Will Person Jr. 8-)

[Steve_Stephens]

I have a nice Victor 6 for sale for $125 so I'd say the book price is high these days.   Even Victor 5's are coming down in price on ebay.  When I got my first and only 5 Victor I didn't even believe one was made until I saw it.  I was even surprised when I found my other 6 as I didn't know it was made either.  My first piece of iron cookware was my mother's No.8 Victor so I had a special iinterest in Victors.  Such was the state of information on iron cookware 25-35 years ago.  Nothing written and very few collectors who knew other collectors.

Steve