The attached pictures show a antique coal stove (Andes Range and Furnace Company) that could also use town gas.
It seemed in good condition except the bricks in the fire box needed some TLC. Is a stove like this valuable? It was sold at auction and I’m wondering if I should have bought it.
Value of this combo coal stove and gas stove?
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pine grove coal user
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freetown fred
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Apparently ya didn't want it bad enough. It's worth whatever he/she was willin to pay for it. I wouldn't have gone higher then $500.00.
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Sunny Boy
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Depends.
Andes was one of the top NYS stove manufactures.
But,.... with some "combo" stoves the oven only gets it's heat from the wood/coal firebox. So, if you want to bake anything you have to fire it up, or if you don't want a too-hot kitchen, then no baking during warm weather.
The more expensive versions of combo stoves had a gas oven, and sometimes also a gas broiler, on top.
Paul
Andes was one of the top NYS stove manufactures.
But,.... with some "combo" stoves the oven only gets it's heat from the wood/coal firebox. So, if you want to bake anything you have to fire it up, or if you don't want a too-hot kitchen, then no baking during warm weather.
The more expensive versions of combo stoves had a gas oven, and sometimes also a gas broiler, on top.
Paul
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pine grove coal user
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- Joined: Tue. Feb. 24, 2009 8:50 pm
- Location: Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: H. S. Tarm, model 202, 1980
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Reading 'bucket a day' stove in storage, waiting for attention
- Coal Size/Type: Pea, from Little Buck mine
- Other Heating: New Yorker oil burner which almost never runs, thanks to the Tarm!
I am sure this one did not have gas heat for the oven.
I would have bought it in a heartbeat if I had a place for it that the wife would have approved.
It went for $130.
I would have bought it in a heartbeat if I had a place for it that the wife would have approved.
It went for $130.
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Sunny Boy
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- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
Yup, not as desirable because that's not the best choice of an all-season range.
And that's why the much more expensive combo ranges either have a "gas side car" that includes an oven (like D.Lapan recently restored), or models like the Glenwood Gold Medal, that also have gas ovens above.
My in-laws have the Stewart version of the Glenwood Gold Medal and they use it all year, without overheating the kitchen in summer because of having to build a fire in it to bake.
Paul
And that's why the much more expensive combo ranges either have a "gas side car" that includes an oven (like D.Lapan recently restored), or models like the Glenwood Gold Medal, that also have gas ovens above.
My in-laws have the Stewart version of the Glenwood Gold Medal and they use it all year, without overheating the kitchen in summer because of having to build a fire in it to bake.
Paul