Re: Value of Cary safe

In Reply to: Value of Cary safe posted by Catharine Davis, Cloverdale Ca. on January 03, 2007 at 12:27:49:

Hello Catharine -- Antiques and antique values are no more than distantly related to commercial valuations. Assuming it's functional, it has value as a working antique. Start high -- you can always come down. Some antique safes can be worth a lot more than a comparable new safe with rating tags and insurors' blessings. In the case of antiques of any kind, values are dependent on different factors, one being who is doing the buying. I'm not particularly interested in owning a mint Model A Ford, but how would I sound if I went around advising the world at large that one of those has no value simply because I don't want one? Perhaps better to say it has no value to me. Nobody can argue with that statement. Incidentally I notice you're in Cloverdale, CA. If you haven't already, take yourself downtown some day and have a look at the historic antique safe on display in the lobby of the WestAmerica Bank (formerly Bank of Cloverdale). In its day that safe cost more to own than some homes did. Ken Dunckel