Just notice someone is selling a couple of vintage safes in Haymarket Sydney, wonder if anyone actually collect these things. http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/mobilep1...DefaultDomain_15&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
Old safes look pretty cool. There were some available at a second hand store near me that I considered. Don't know what I would do with it though. Too big and obvious to use to store valuables and my floors couldn't handle the weight.
Since when did House MD turn into Sherlock...????? :lol: :lol: Are you watching everyone move in the forum...??? I am with you this one :lol: :lol:
I had a small collection going with an old employer. We had clients who'd just give them to us, but nobody really throws them out unless they really, really need to. It's usually easier to get them serviced by a locksmith (with vault experience, not some guy who changes your front door lock when you loose your keys) and keep using them. Once you get past about 500kg, it's easier to get architects/designers to work around the safe rather than try to shift it. There are actually collectible safes like the Mosler Cannonball and Victorian era brothel safes, but there's also a lot of safes that were just made a long time ago and only have utility value. If you can get them serviced and do a nice, decorative paint job on them they won't look like a horrible old hunk of metal you have to stare at all day in the office, but that's about it.
If this was in my area i would spend money on trying to buy it. Stuff the fact it would be a magnet for thieves. If the thieves are in my house they are not going to last long , safe or no safe. I like these big ass mothers. Plenty of room to put all our goodies and i get sick of having to go through our safes to find things i am looking for. With this big mother like this i could easy see where everything is. And worst case scenario i could jump in it with some tins of baked beans to ride out SHTF
