A Tantalizing Bath
Cody sent me this today. A copper tub with a wood edge.
And the date? Perfect.
For years now this is EXACTLY what I have sought for the original second-floor bathroom. Such tubs though are normally priced at around $9,000. So, yea, that is sooooo never gonna happen.
This tub though? $2,900. A steal, frankly. But $2,900 more than I can afford right now.
Sigh.
Time to start buying lottery tickets.
Thanks, Cody!
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This is so sad. The tub is amazing and perfect for Cross House. I wish the price were more doable.
However, very nice of Colby to send you the image.
It’s beautiful! If anyone could be up for the challenge of keeping the copper perfectly polished and the wood surround free of water damage it’s you. I hope you find this steal again at a moment when you can afford to “splash out.” Well spotted, Cody!
I have a vintage heavy copper jam pot I use for making…..jam. I use Barkeepers Friend to polish it before cleaning and using it for jam.
I can imagine what that copper tub weighs. But an enameled cast iron tub would weigh more.
That is such a steal. I question you’ll even come across such a perfect tub at such a reasonable price.
But if there are no funds, it doesn’t matter if it’s $2,900 or $9,000.
It is a lovely tub, though. And I’ll bet it’s not only comfortable but also keeps the water nice and hot while you are in it. I prefer baths to showers and the key selling point when I bought my house was when I saw the bathtub.
Don’t buy lottery tickets. I read in an article that scratchers have much better odds. Don’t buy the cheap ones as everyone does and the pay outs are small. The odds are better if you buy in the $5 and up range and you buy a string of them at the same time. Like $100 worth of $5 you are more likely to have a winner in those 20 tickets than buying them one at a time. If your state has the info, you also look for games where there are still a lot of prizes left, like sticking to the new games than the ones that have already paid out almost all of their prizes. The guy that wrote the article did the math and the research and I’ve read this in more than one independent source.
But you know as bad as the odds are for the Powerball, someone eventually does win.
Im sure your remarks about lottery tickets are well meant, but lotteries are a guaranteed financial loss over any period of time. Lotteries are basically an innumeracy tax. If Ross really wants to find the money for this there are many better ways. While still on the subject of lotteries, after researching the laws involved in Kansas, he could hold a fund raising lottery with prizes such as guest stays, historically themed dinner parties, and much more.
A really basic fundraiser is to do something with the various money beg sites.
A grant from an agency (government or NGO) that supports historic sites.
Work with the vendor to find a way to meet their non-monetary goals related to the sale. Ex. The vendor is interested in historic homes and will concede time to pay to help this tub go to a good location. I don’t know anything about the vendor so this is just a guess at a possible scenario.
Ross is very creative, I’m sure he can come up with many more ideas for ways to get this tub into its new home.
Aside to Ross- ask the people at Blue Bear for ideas. There are a lot of creative people there too.
Don’t forget that there IS a big ol’ green “gofundme” link on every page of this site!
Oh, absolutely they are.
I’m just saying that the Powerball and such are such long shots as to be a total waste of even a dollar.
While the scratchers have better odds, they are also long shots. Just less so, according to the math.
Some people do like to take a chance every once in a while just for fun. No different than going out to dinner or to a movie if that is what you enjoy. The $100 example was what that author of the article I read used as an example to make the math easier to understand as it can be divided by the common scratcher amounts; $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20.
There is a big Powerball coming up and Ross mentioned the lottery which I why I basically said scratchers were a better choice. Not a good choice for making money but a better choice if you’re going to gamble.
Of course the best way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
Ross has sought out grants and has set up a GoFundMe which is a much smarter way to go.
Not familiar with the Kansas laws but those private lotteries with stays at the Cross House, tours and dinners sound like a real possibility if he wants to handle the paperwork involved. There is always paperwork.
He could also jump through all of the paperwork to come up with a way to be a 503c charity, which would not only open up more grants (I suspect) but also donations and fund raising opportunities. Only if he is willing to keep up with the mountains of paperwork.
For the tub, maybe work a deal with the owner to pay in installments.
Hey Ross! If you decide to pull the trigger on that tub, we can probably get you some information on the company that made it. Beth works in Warren, Ohio and the historical society may have some info on the foundry!
Ha! The Day Ward Company was part of the “Bathtub Suits” — an investigation by the government into price fixing by the “Bathtub Trust.” Through shady deals they controlled 85 percent of the enameled ironware bath fittings market accounting for an annual output of $10,000,000. Sixteen fifirms and 32 individuals were indicted on criminal charges.
Found in the August 29 and December 12, 1910, “Industrial World” publication via Google books
Some things never change, do they?
Very cool! Hope you pull this tib installation off.
Some things never change, do they?