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are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/14/2005 7:37:51 PM    RazorsEdge   Posts: 238 Joined: 5/8/2005 Status: offline Found this in the river...was completly white....put it is some CLR and voila like new minus some erosion wear. Are bricks like this worth anything because they are so old? This one says Bloomfield, IN. but, i have found a few that say boston brick also. Thanks -Jon Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/14/2005 9:27:54 PM    wvbottlehead Posts: 220 Joined: 7/4/2003 From: WV Status: offline I'll pick one up here & there too. This one is an old Baltimore co. Don't know if their collectable or not but they don't make em that way anymore so why not........you could always build that bar-b-que........... Picture reduced in size - please see Help - Using the Forum ---> Uploading a Picture - Admin Attachment (1) < Message edited by Admin -- 5/21/2005 2:13:56 AM > (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 2

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/14/2005 10:14:03 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1470 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: offline Hi guys , Great bricks ! I believe most of them with the writting on them are paving bricks ( used to pave streets in the old days). Most are larger than your everyday house bricks you get now a days at the brick yard. They are valuable if you have several hundred of them. I have seen several firplace profiles done in these ...... they make a great looking fireplace. And there is a market for them if you get enough to do a profile. Brian _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most ! Always looking to buy or trade for Drake's Plantation Bitters and Drake's go-withs . And Tennessee Bottles and Jugs ! (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 3

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/14/2005 10:53:15 PM    RazorsEdge   Posts: 238 Joined: 5/8/2005 Status: offline Do they all have to be the same kind of brick? Or can they say diff. things...Also do they have to be the exact same size? And if by chance I saved enough, how many are we talking about, about how much would i get, and how would i go about selling them? thanks - jon (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 4

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/14/2005 11:33:15 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 4903 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline The calvert bricks are pretty common. People do collect marked bricks and some sell pretty good. You'd have to research each type to figure out if its collectible. (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 5

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/15/2005 7:06:05 AM    RazorsEdge   Posts: 238 Joined: 5/8/2005 Status: offline and where would I find information like that? what would i search for...There is no info on bloomfield, in......... (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 6

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/15/2005 3:56:09 PM    wvbottlehead Posts: 220 Joined: 7/4/2003 From: WV Status: offline if you could find enough you could sell them to a salvage co. but they usually want 1000's of them & they probably wouldn't give you enough for your troubles. Collectors are usually looking for the street bricks over a hundred years old. These ones we find usually aren't that old; I would just like to find enough at one time (and where I could get my truck to) for a home project. Best bet would be to run classifieds on them, if they want 'em they'll come.......... < Message edited by wvbottlehead -- 5/15/2005 3:55:14 PM > (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 7

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/15/2005 8:53:12 PM    RazorsEdge   Posts: 238 Joined: 5/8/2005 Status: offline well hell, its not like i go looking for em.....when i stumble on to them from now on i will take them, and eventually i bet i could build a freakin house (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 8

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/19/2005 10:27:48 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline I collect bricks, but know little about them. I have found bricks with names at old house sites that are being torn down and in the downtown areas when demolition is in progress. I found about 20 older clay bricks along one back alley in an old residential neighborhood...all were marked CHILHOWIE....(Chilhowie,VA.)...neat bricks, as some were distorted from usiong primitive molds. At an old farm house I found about 50 clay bricks with a pattern on one side...color variations were subtle but plainly seen. I made a walkway out of most of my bricks and used about 16 at the base of my porch/deck steps.... I need ta take a few pics and post 'em....heh. (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 9

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/19/2005 10:29:57 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline oh, I also quite often find them digging... (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 10

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 10:01:18 AM    wvbottlehead Posts: 220 Joined: 7/4/2003 From: WV Status: offline Whiskeyman they do make great walkways..............see some pics! (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 11

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 10:16:47 AM    digdug Posts: 609 Joined: 11/4/2004 From: Atlanta Status: offline I started a 'brick collection' a few years ago. I kept finding different styles of bricks from MINERVA BLOCK (Minerva, Ohio) These are the paver style bricks, not the house style. I started pulling them out of a creek and everyone laughed about me bringing them home. But, several people approached me wanting one. I gave them away at first, but soon started mounting a pen and pencil set on top. turning it into a desk set and charging for them. I am trying to collect enough for a patio area. I think it will only take me twenty years of collecting them to get enough to do the size I need! < Message edited by digdug -- 5/20/2005 10:17:25 AM > (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 12

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 8:07:10 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline You peeps are pic crazy, ain't ya?...LOL. Attachment (1) (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 13

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 8:07:47 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline more? Attachment (1) (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 14

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 8:08:24 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline more?... Attachment (1) (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 15

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 8:09:11 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline anudder one: Attachment (1) (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 16

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 8:09:54 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline my walkway needed cleaning...:( Attachment (1) (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 17

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 8:10:31 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline CHILHOWIE... Attachment (1) (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 18

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 8:11:45 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline should I? yeah.... Attachment (1) (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 19

RE: are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything? - 5/20/2005 8:14:09 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2015 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline I was told the pattern bricks (1st pic), were made by slaves... Attachment (1) (in reply to RazorsEdge) Post #: 20

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