Hello All,
New to the forum, as of 30 minutes ago I had no idea people were this psyched about ole collecting cast iron. It all started about 10 years ago when i bought a set of Lodge because I was tired of the non stick crap they sell at Walmart. A short while later somebody gave me 4-5 cast iron pans. No big deal cleaned them up and seasoned them and took a look at the logo on the bottom of two of them. Griswold...had no idea who or what it was. So looked up the name and saw people said they were good pans. Started using it on the stove and put the Lodge away because of how smooth and non stick the surface was. That was that, never thought twice about it..then MIL texted me tonight and asked if she should buy some cast iron on sale at sears. I told her that the Lodge was a decent brand, then I vaguely remembered doing the research on the cast iron years ago. Couldn't remember exactly what the name of the cast iron was that I read was good. So went to the stove and flipped the egg pan over and scraped off the crud and kinda remembered the name griswold. So next step was to head over to the internet to do a little more research and then read that some Griswolds were worth up to $650.. Surely I couldn't be that lucky to actually have pans worth that much. I'm pretty sure I don't, my luck is never that good. But I am having trouble figuring out exactly what my pans could be worth. Not that I'm interested in selling...the things just work to well. But I am curious as I see similar pans from anywhere from $19.00-$220. With the main difference being that some have an A stamped on them where as mine doesn't. Anyone know what the difference is between these two? the 702 and the 702A
Yes I know the bottom is pretty charred and I probably should take better care of it.
FYI
I did tell the MIL to not buy the cast iron and scour the second hand shops looking for the good stuff.
New to the forum, as of 30 minutes ago I had no idea people were this psyched about ole collecting cast iron. It all started about 10 years ago when i bought a set of Lodge because I was tired of the non stick crap they sell at Walmart. A short while later somebody gave me 4-5 cast iron pans. No big deal cleaned them up and seasoned them and took a look at the logo on the bottom of two of them. Griswold...had no idea who or what it was. So looked up the name and saw people said they were good pans. Started using it on the stove and put the Lodge away because of how smooth and non stick the surface was. That was that, never thought twice about it..then MIL texted me tonight and asked if she should buy some cast iron on sale at sears. I told her that the Lodge was a decent brand, then I vaguely remembered doing the research on the cast iron years ago. Couldn't remember exactly what the name of the cast iron was that I read was good. So went to the stove and flipped the egg pan over and scraped off the crud and kinda remembered the name griswold. So next step was to head over to the internet to do a little more research and then read that some Griswolds were worth up to $650.. Surely I couldn't be that lucky to actually have pans worth that much. I'm pretty sure I don't, my luck is never that good. But I am having trouble figuring out exactly what my pans could be worth. Not that I'm interested in selling...the things just work to well. But I am curious as I see similar pans from anywhere from $19.00-$220. With the main difference being that some have an A stamped on them where as mine doesn't. Anyone know what the difference is between these two? the 702 and the 702A
Yes I know the bottom is pretty charred and I probably should take better care of it.
FYI
I did tell the MIL to not buy the cast iron and scour the second hand shops looking for the good stuff.
The 4s seem to be missing from people's collections, and the lack is much felt!