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Sat Dec 31 2011 06:46 PM
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I picked this up at a local auction. Just wondering about the value. It has a brass case so I need to remove the paint
Last edited by oilmanpat; Sat Dec 31 2011 06:47 PM.
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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I am always looking for anything Texaco or Oklahoma oil and gas company's, also I am a newbie at seeking globes.
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I'll guess $175-$225 Never seen a Wolf's Head before! Looks a little fadded but very nice score!
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From other thermos on sale with Ebay, I'd place the value closer to $500 depending on condition of the case and functionality!
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In my opinion these thermometers are very under appreciated in the hobby. Your Thermo has a paper face and brass case. Some of them had convex glass cover. Some had a flat glass. Very few survived in good condition, as you could imagine that if this thermometer was left outdoors for 1 rainy day, the paper face would of certainly get wet. If sunlight shined down on it for a couple months it faded out. I'm not a wolfs head expert, but would date your Thermo pre 1920. THe bad news is that if you decided to sell you may get lucky and find a wolfs head collector who would pay more for it due to shock value, unfortunately a chipped up porcelain prestone would probally bring more money. I doubt this would fetch more than $150 on eBay, I would like to be wrong! This is the second wolfs head I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing!
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How big is that thermo ? I like it !
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see me at Mason Dixon Gas, Spring Carlisle M114-115, and Hershey C4E-35.
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There is green paint on the outer glass around the edge and that part of the face is fine. Looks bad in pure. I'll have to repost when I get to cleaning it up.
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I bought this one a couple months ago and it advertises the KUNZ oil company. It has some molding on the paper from getting wet but I like it anyway! I went on Ebay looking for comparables to determine value and found some that were of the same manufacturer for $400 to $650. Now these that I found were pretty nice but it gave someone else'e opinion of value!
Heres one that they claim is from 1918 and they want $650 for it! Its not really in the best shape either! Ebay--400200866214
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 Uploaded with ImageShack.us This is a similiar thermometer--7".Inside bottom reads "MADE BY THERMETALIC MFG. CO.549 FULTON ST. CHICAGO It is faded but works.I scraped a bit of paint off,it appears to be steel,sort of shiny.Some one has written on the back-"TO PERCY BLAIR 1927. Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL
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