New Castings on an Antique Iron Bed
Here is a photo of an antique iron bed we converted from it’s original antique double size, to todays modern king size.
Antique Iron Beds vs Reproductions
It’s very easy to tell the popularity and collectability of an item by the number of reproduction of that item you see in the market place.
Grapes of Wrath Bed
For all of you wine connoisseurs and vineyard owners…….here’s one of the more unique and collectible antique iron beds I”ve come across.
The Best Simmons Bed Ever Made
Few iron beds have the bells and whistles this one does. Made by the E. Simmons Co., that today makes a top line of mattresses. Iron beds of that time were in strong competition with the more expensive brass bed market.
Baton Rouge Foundries and the Iron Bed
As you may have learned form some of my earlier blogs, Pittsburgh was the center of steel production in tis country back in the 1800’s.
“Faces Behind The Iron Beds”
I often wonder what type of person bent the tubing, poured the iron into the molds and laid their hands on what I’ve made a business out of the better part of my life
Casting Detail……..”Finishes help…….”
So why were these old beauties referred to as cast iron beds?
American Made Beds vs British and European Made
When I first got into the business of buying and selling antique iron beds, over 30 years ago, I use to bring container loads of iron beds over from England.
Iron Butterfly Rock Icon or Iron Bed
In the late 60’s and early 70’s a rock group burst on the scene with a song titled “In A Gadda Da Vida” which stayed on the charts for 140 weeks and in the Top Ten for 81. It became a rock and roll classic and would the beginning of a career that would eventually…
Gothic Iron Beds
Over the past thirty years I have actually come across three iron beds that have, what I consider to be, very Gothic overtones.