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<p>[QUOTE="Siggi Palma, post: 1216972, member: 18255"]For some time now I have been looking for a antique safe to keep some of my rarer items. </p><p><br /></p><p>I dont like the new ones with their beebs and bloobs and pictured a small antique one. But my search here in Iceland had come up with nothing. The antique stores said that very few came to their stores and if they did they had a list of people that wanted them. So I had given up and was compenplating on buying one from the US and ship it to Iceland. </p><p><br /></p><p>But yesterday I was buying some cardboard boxes and in that store on the second floor was a old safe that stood on a wood box in a corner. I fell in love with it and said to the person how much I liked it and that it was something I had been looking for for a long time. </p><p><br /></p><p>I´m a firm beliver in Karma and more the often I have had things come to me that I have been looking for. And low and behold I was told that I could make them a offer. It´s a Danish safe made most likely from 1900-1930´s " My guess " </p><p><br /></p><p>I´m not sure about the box it if came with it but the wood is old and the paint job was done at the same time. The paint job needs some help and i´m thinking about getting it done in black as the green is not original. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have searched the maker Jar Nielsen & co copenhagen but with no luck. </p><p><br /></p><p>So once again Karma gives me a little surprise when I least expect it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Siggi </p><p><br /></p><p>PS Taken on my Iphone today - Edit new pictures - Was not easy getting this up to a second floor hehe <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PSS After we moved it I opend the doors and some old kingdom coins fell out from the 20´s. So I´m 100% sure this was ment to be mine. And dont worry Gudni nothing special just some normal circulation <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PSS I got it for a really good price, Wayyyyyyy lower then the ones I have seen online and what I could expect from buying at a antique store </p><p>Here it is </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/safe1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/safe2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/safe3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/safe4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Siggi Palma, post: 1216972, member: 18255"]For some time now I have been looking for a antique safe to keep some of my rarer items. I dont like the new ones with their beebs and bloobs and pictured a small antique one. But my search here in Iceland had come up with nothing. The antique stores said that very few came to their stores and if they did they had a list of people that wanted them. So I had given up and was compenplating on buying one from the US and ship it to Iceland. But yesterday I was buying some cardboard boxes and in that store on the second floor was a old safe that stood on a wood box in a corner. I fell in love with it and said to the person how much I liked it and that it was something I had been looking for for a long time. I´m a firm beliver in Karma and more the often I have had things come to me that I have been looking for. And low and behold I was told that I could make them a offer. It´s a Danish safe made most likely from 1900-1930´s " My guess " I´m not sure about the box it if came with it but the wood is old and the paint job was done at the same time. The paint job needs some help and i´m thinking about getting it done in black as the green is not original. I have searched the maker Jar Nielsen & co copenhagen but with no luck. So once again Karma gives me a little surprise when I least expect it :) Siggi PS Taken on my Iphone today - Edit new pictures - Was not easy getting this up to a second floor hehe :) PSS After we moved it I opend the doors and some old kingdom coins fell out from the 20´s. So I´m 100% sure this was ment to be mine. And dont worry Gudni nothing special just some normal circulation :) PSS I got it for a really good price, Wayyyyyyy lower then the ones I have seen online and what I could expect from buying at a antique store Here it is [IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/safe1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/safe2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/safe3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/siggipalma/safe4.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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