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From my basic understanding. The brick market is mostly entertained by collectors willing to share or exchange bricks.
ReplyDeleteThe value of the bricks is more personal to the discoverer. This might be a good time to save some of those bricks and start your own collection by joining this and many other communities.
If you do not have a collector's website to go to.
Sure, people may want to buy your bricks but you will need to leave it open to the market. Perhaps E-bay will give you an idea of the value when you place it there and see how the bids go.
Another place is Craig's List
Before removing a building or road, you might contact a historic preservation society that may want to document or rebuild the structure. This might bring value to you as you can enjoy the structure or knowledge of the complete value of the structure in a historic sense rather than at a brick at a time.
I am starting my brick collection and copying historic information of the manufacturer and owners. The brick in a box along with it's historic value makes a good conversation piece and brings more meaning to our culture.
The brick value $1 the historic value "priceless".
Enjoy your discovery
A friend gave us bricks they dug up in there yard while planting flowers. They have ole brick stampted on them and appear very old. These were found in Hattiesburg, MS. Thanks
ReplyDeleteMy great great grandfather, Jacob N. Miller, owned several brickworks in Pittsburgh, PA, during the late 1800s. He later passed his business to sons Jacob and George (my great grandfather, who was named for his father's business partner, George Porter). I was wondering if anyone had any information on his brickworks? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteJoe Miller
Just posted this blog on incorporating heritage bricks in our garden patio. So glad I took the time to research the provenance and history of each of the named bricks we have. But how did so many bricks made in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and even Vancouver Island make it to Vancouver?
ReplyDeletehttp://househistorian.blogspot.com/2011/06/roses-and-bricks-building-history-into.html
My wife and I just moved into a house in middle of march and noticed a brick on the front of the house about a month later the 4th row from ground. It has an engraving of 2 women holding eachother crying and says "llanto", which i've looked up and it means weeping, crying>> other bricks on house are stamped with "mexico" I don't know what to think about it, because about 3 days after we saw it, my wife hung herself. Could this house be cursed?
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ReplyDeleteThey are razing the old Brick Mansions at Pilgrim State right now. Just scored a bunch of old brick. Well, old to me, not you guys. Here's the link w/pics.
http://sickitten.com/2011/06/27/unlimited-free-brick-for-your-outdoor-oven.aspx
Love this site. Addicting!
Hi Kitten,
ReplyDeleteI've put a clickable link to your site:
HERE
so others can see your pics.
That is sad they couldn't restore all those old brick buildings. The brands we found at Pilgrim are in a pic on the home page of BrickCollecting.com
I have a light beigh brick with two textures from brazil clay company and i need 200 sqft more can any ome tell me how i can find them or have them made?
ReplyDeleteI found A Brick Says ARC STANDARD
ReplyDeleteAny Idea what the history might be?
rftraveler@hotmail.com Post BRICK in memo box.
Thank you
near campbell ny i found 2(two) bricks, 1(one) with, -crescent-, the other with, benezet . any info would be nice
ReplyDeleteCan we use fire bricks that are marked WALSH XX in making a out door pizza oven or is there asbestos in these bricks
ReplyDeleteI have a old brick stamped: Overland-Inglis Brimingham Alabama. What is the history of this brick? Thanks
ReplyDeleteHere's a challenge for a brick sleuth.... I've just removed the asphalt from my driveway in Kingston, Ontario, and underneath was a layer of old stamped fire brick. I've got seven different stamped bricks. Since none of them have any mortar or paint on them, and since there were at least a few dozen of even the more rare types, I can only assume that they were all acquired new and at the same time. The bricks are stamped "Hearth & Bosh Woodland", "Aetna A", "La Prarie Pat'd 1933", "Carbofrax", "A.P. Green KX-99", "Alamo", and "Norton 1128 Made in USA" (which has "Crystolon Patent 2118798" on the other side). Can anyone overlay the dates of these bricks and deduce the age range of these bricks and this driveway? (P.S. After using a bunch of the bricks for landscaping, I have lots extra, so if anyone wants any for their collection, and you happen to be near Kingston, I'd be happy to donate some!)
ReplyDeleteOld bricks found under a main street in a southeastern Michigan town have the following letters that are readable (quote marks are mine):
ReplyDeleteFirst Line: "-p-elway"
Second Line: what looks to be "large" and then "O"
Third Line: "Block"
Any ideas about the manufacturer?
I am looking to purchase a brick "Morrissey"
ReplyDeletefrom Morrissey & co Haverstraw ny looking for just one or a couple.
Email: 1971scout4sale@gmail.com
Thank You.
Thanks for the website. I have 3 JD bricks I'm trying to ID. Graves Brick Brands has LA, NJ, & NY as possibles. Andy has J D John Derbyshire A Haverstraw listed but no photo. Could I get his email to send my pix for a positive ID? My email is entpha@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
John Langston IBCA 1145
I have one brick stamped SEGUIN, and a couple of CRISP & SECO W/S letter stamped backwards.
ReplyDeleteHi, I found two very old bricks by Lemon Creek on Staten Island, New York. One has no lettering, but my neighbor who is 82 years old said it's very old. And on the other one it reads D & (some other initial that is hard to read since it's missing brick in that area. I would like to know who were their makers & I'd like to donate them to you.
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Darlene
Happy New Year Brick Lovers! I found some common red building bricks in Boston today marked "P & P" raised in a frog in the most common manner. Anyone with a Graves list able to tell me what the possible manufacturers are based on that? Fred? I'd appreciate it. I've not seen these before. Also, I found a bunch of pretty decent ones. They do look old. The dye is slightly off center and the letters are smaller than was customary for most companies, at least more recently. If you wanna trade for one let me know.
ReplyDeleteIn the 70's an Old boss of mine (who was a art collector) gave me a 12x10x21/2 white brick. The front and back are smooth (like marble. It is stamped or tatoo on both sides:
ReplyDelete1)"Brand Logo" J Zinsmeister & Sons Louisville, Ky: I research J Zinsmeister's co. started in 1872 and was in the Green Coffee Trade
2 Picture of the J Zinsmeister & Sons Building
3)Picture of the Enterprise Dairy Cremery Supply Co.
4)Stamps of Brand Logo "Good Quality ULM Brewing & Malting Co. Minnesota's Breweries. My research showed the brewery closed in 1894.
Thank you.... evans1587@yahoo.com
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ReplyDeleteI just collected my FIRST BRICK! Can anyone tell me about it? It is orange, with SAVAGE stamped along its lower edge (the S and the E are larger than the other letters), and what appears to be the word LEE in an oval above the SAVAGE. I would so enjoy knowing its provenance!
ReplyDeletePlease reply to 1791wasagoodyear@gmail.com. Thank you.
I found a neat paper under the last brick the bricklayer laid yesterday while remodeling a building its dated 1913 hydraulic press brick company
ReplyDeleteThis sample from St louis Mo.
offices and exhibit rooms central national bank building every color make shape and size largest manf. of face bricks in the world 22 plants then gives green emeral brick color and order number pretty neat find wish i could upload a pic of it for you all
I own two buildings built using Harris Paver Brick made in Zanesville, Ohio. I am in need of this brick to do restoration on the buildings. Any help locating this brick would be appreciated. Thanks
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Hello all, I found a brick in the creek in Bennington VT, the brick says TROJAN.
DeleteI also found one that says Bennbco last summer in the same creek, Any information or the age of the bricks or where they where made? thanks,VT digger
I have found BRECON stamped bricks. Does anyone have any information about these bricks. I live in Mason Ohio (north of Cincinnati)
ReplyDeleteI have a couple bricks here in Connecticut. They have no frog and have a "heart' and a "star" on them. I see there is a Star brick co. in the Hudson valley. Any idea about the "heart"?
ReplyDeleteI found a brick in the Wallomsac river in Bennington VT today it's a refractory brick 9 inches long and says: QR GLASS
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any information on where it was made and how old it is?
hello, I just found a brick on the beach in Maine stamped "Lockhaven",could this be from Conn?
ReplyDeletethanks...great site!
I was taking down a chimney in Cape Cod and I found a few bricks that stood out.
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Tuttle
Sanford
and a few with and Anchor stamped into them
(unfortunately no West Barnstable Brick Co.)
I wasn't sure If these were valuable at all and if they were where I might be able to sell them.
Thanks,
Andy
I have a Malvern Hill July 1, 1862 brick with a cannon on it.Anyone have any info on these?
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One of our youth groups found an odl structure along the railroad tracks that is laden with old bricks. Through our research, we were able to determine that it is an old brick works dating back to the mid - late 1800's. Some of the bricks are imprinted with the words "H. W. Special 9th St." Many of the others contain a strange symbol that we have not been able to interpret. I am unable to attach the photo of the symbol here. If you are able to provie any insight, please e-mail to TCollins@academyprograms.org and I will reply with a photo of the mysterious symbol.
ReplyDeleteThanks
Terry
I have two New England Brick Company bricks - one with NEBCo and the other with nebco. No periods between the letters. Any thoughts on whether these were same brickworks but different time, or from different brickworks owned by NEB Company? Both found in Maynard, MA, so guessing they came from Cambridge.
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ReplyDeleteFound a brick stamped Elk Steel while hiking Elk County, Pennsylvania yesterday; any idea who produced this brick and whe?. The Shawmut Clay Pipe and Brick Manufacturing Company where a local company that produced significant volues in this are, thought it might be one of their products.
Thanks very much for your help,
Bob Imhof
Ridgway, PA
I found a brick marked "PENNA CLAY CO." near Trafford, Pennsylvania. Can anyone tell me where it was made? It also seems to be bigger than the average brick. Thanks, Susan.
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I have several bricks from a fireplace in an old, rural, Texas house (maybe built in late 1800's to early 1900s'). They are red with "Bier" printed in them. I was wondering about any information/history on that brick.
ReplyDeleteHow do we post a picture of a brick that we have questions about?
ReplyDeleteHi Nate,
DeleteYou can send photos to:
brickcollecting(at)gmail.com (replace the (at) with @)
Thanks for visiting the website!
WHILE HIKING DEEP IN THE WOODS IN WV. FOUND OLD BRICKS ONE WITH RESIST FROG LOGO. ANY CLUE TO WHAT OR WHERE THIS ONE MIGHT BE FROM. THANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteI've been digging up my garden, and found a brick stamped "SPONZO.". Do you have any information on that brand? I've dug up Don B., Merwin and Nassau bricks as well. I'm not a collector, but I find this site really interesting. Thanks!
ReplyDeletebrookeeesue@hotmail.com 4/21/2012
ReplyDeleteMy dad is a brick layer and I have accumulated tons of Purington Paver street brick and would like to know what they are worth and to sell them. That is my e-mail address on top if anyone has an answer for me, or is interested in them.
reading your blog I learned about the H W Crown and Alamo bricks on some family land however, there are two other labels that I can't seem to locate information on. Perhaps you can help. The first is "L F & WKS LOUISVILE" (it may be "LF 8 WKS LOUISVILLE" but I believe my initial assemment is correct). The second label is simply "VARNON". Additionally, I have a photo of a H W Crown brick that has extra information on it, maybe you can tell me about. Best I can make out is "27'2 Xx & X5". I took a picture of it because of what I perceived as a rare occurence of this type of labeling.
ReplyDeleteAnon, I think the LF & WKS should read L F B WKS or Louisville Fire brick Works ( firm was located in Kentuicky). I'm not sure but if you can detect a slight curature in that H-W CROWN brick, those numbers may refer to the diameter of the circle that those bricks may have been designed to produce when laid end to end - as if one may build a chimney or other cylinderical structure. F.
DeleteHAS ANYONE GOT ANY INFORMATITION ON A BRICK WITH THE WORD RESIST STAMPED INTO IT. THE AREA I FOUND IN IS DEEP IN THE WOODS AND HAS LOTS OF OLD BRICK FROM THE MID 1800S TO AROUND 1964. THANK YOU. COMMANDERBK46@HOTMAIL.COM
ReplyDeleteGood Morning:
ReplyDeleteWhile exploring on old building site just outside of Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania I discovered a pile of bricks stamped "DAGUS". There was a brick factory in Daguscahonda,PA about 2 miles from the site of this discovery but no one that lives in Daguscahonda has ever seen a "Dagus" brick; do you have any idea where these bricks were produced and when? This area of Pennsylvania had/has a significant number of excellent clay deposits and brick factories and there is another town in the area called Dagus Mines, could these bricks have been produced there and they simply left the Mines off due to the length.
Thanks for any information you can provide on this most recent find,
Bob Imhof
Ridgway Heritage Council President
Ridgway, PA 15853
While hiking this past weekend I discovered a pile of bricks near an old stone foundation on a ridge above Ridgway, Elk County, Pennsylvania. The bricks are stamped "DAGUS". Does anyone have information on where and when these bricks may have been produced? There were three brick plants within ten miles of this discovery, Ridgway, Daguscahonda and St. Marys, PA but no one in Daguscahonda has any knowledge of these bricks being produced at the plant in their community. I can provide a photo of the bricks if there is a way to attach the photo to a message on this site; your advice would be greatly appreciated.
ReplyDeleteBob Imhof
Ridgway Heritage Council
Ridgway, PA 15853
I live on the property that made "Goldrick" bricks and was just on the Saugerties historic home tour. There was a 90 year old woman at our house all day who worked down the road at Rose bricks and had so much great information about the brick life back then! I also found out Yankee Stadium was builkt with Goldrick Bricks! Here is my blog about it all...
ReplyDeletehttp://timhurleyrealtorspace.blogspot.com/2012/05/life-in-my-historic-home.html
I removed and reinstalled a brick driveway containing aproximately 2500 bricks.In the collection i found 1` marked with a star and the letter B.Im curious to the background of this brick.I have been doing resoration work for 30plus yrs in historic towns like Salem Mass,Charlestown Mass,Cambridge ect this is the first brick of this kind.
ReplyDeleteI recently visited Fort Jefferson, 70 miles west of Key West, and I found an interesting brick while snorkeling. The letters "H S" appear to be present? I don't know much about bricks but I am very interested. I know that the bricks originally came from the Pensacola, FL area up until the Civil War. At that time, since this was a Union Fort, the bricks were shipped from Maine (I believe). Thanks for your help! Also, your site is very informative and extremely interesting!!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Ryan
Is there any way to clean bricks, without damaging them, that have been sitting in salt water for years? There is a white coating covering most of the brick. Thanks again and take care!