It may be a couple years before they are restored and installed.

Swoon...I know you will do wonders with those beauties. Congrats!

Awww daddy ...congratulations on the twins!

That's what I would have done. Good Job!

Congratulations!

Score! Congratulations.

They are lovely, glad you have them!

Those are so cool!! Congrats!!

Congratulations! They're lovely.

That's great! I'm so glad you went that route. They are too cool.

Well I swanny! Can’t wait to see them when you’re done with them.

Awesome!

Congrats on your new acquisitions!

That's exciting news, though I'm daunted by the thought that I'll be refreshing this page for the next two years so I don't miss anything.

Excellent choice! It seemed unlikely that the center grill on the 42" would get enough use to justify the space it uses, especially in a smaller kitchen. Congrat!

Congratulations to you and your dreams. I'm waiting for natural gas to be available in my street because the LP hookup really sucks in terms of BTU's. Thinking about an induction burner. Off to Amazon...Hello,Santa. I hate waiting 25 minutes to boil water.

Very nice! I like the smaller size for your application!

I'm green.

YAY!!

I went back and forth and back and forth about buying something that will sit for a few years. However, I think sometimes you just have to get something when you see it.

This pair showed up around the ninth hour when I was deciding about what to do with regard to a 42" version with grill that was for sale. The size of the cooktop (which would leave flexible room for a 2-zone induction possibly) and the idea that these were in use and fully functioning until quite recently was important. But I still waited until after the eleventh hour and made the decision at the last minute.

I have had the experience multiple times where something disappears right around the time I am ordering it: a bathtub the company had made for years, a towel heater configuration that the company introduced to the US 40 odd years ago, a faucet design around since the 1970s, a light fixture I had used in one bathroom and wanted to use again, the grey color of my cast iron fixtures that was introduced 25 years ago and replaced one introduced 50 years ago.

I got one of the last grey cast iron tubs and it sat inside my front door for two years.

I was just afraid that if I passed on this particular pair that when the time was right I would not be able to find something comparable. This is the first small cooktop I have seen for sale in years (although I may have missed a few), while the larger top with the grill/griddle always seems to be a presence on ebay.

The kitchen renovation will have to take place at some point, it's not really a question of esthetic preferences, it's matter of dysfunction and cabinet and appliance failure at some point. The worst case scenario is that if it is completely outside the scope of the budget to restore these, I could resell them and lose the money I spent on shipping.

So cool! Can’t wait to see them in situ.

How great! Is Stove Lady restoring?

I forgot about your shopping curse. You definitely made the right decision. I hope they work out for your new kitchen.

Congratulations!

Yes it should be Stove Lady.

Congratulations! I'm so very happy for you! Clearly, these make your heart sing, and I hope you are able to restore them when you get to that point.

"The kitchen renovation will have to take place at some point..." Things take time... and some things are worth the extra time. I spent 2 years (granted, I was doing other things) on my DIY fireplace mantle, but it was well worth the wait and work. I'm sure this will be the same for you : - )

They look fabulous right now. Can't wait to see what happens with them in your new space.

What a coup. Will be beautiful when restored and in your new place. Can hardly wait to see it all.

Those look lovely...May I ask, are they the ones from the ebay auction that I linked to on your other post?

They are. Actually, I was already communicating with the seller of these by that point because they were listed as "Pick Up Only", as they usually are, and I was emailing back and forth between them, some shippers and the restoration place trying to get the information all together before making any decisions. I bid on them less than 1/2 hour before the end of the auction. There are two full-size copper ranges still listed and I had contacted both of those sellers as well. One was willing to work with an outside shipper, one never responded.

I’m so pleased you got them. Will wait patiently now to see them re-born.

I absolutely think you made the right call in snagging them now. A matched, working set? Stick 'em in the living room, open the oven and put some candles and flowers in them. Call 'em sculpture if you will! LOL! If anyone questions, treat them like they're boorish dullards (I had to think hard on that phrase, and still didn't get it right. Someone who knows nuttin' 'bout nuttin' 'bout chic décor.) Be snottily superior about, "Of course I have appliances in the living room. (insert an unsaid, "doesn't everyone?") Can't you see their gorgeous copper patina?"

Anyway, you're hearing this from the woman who snags EVERYTHING when I see it, because I, too, have missed too much. Snagged so much I now turn around and sell some of it on CL as I discover things I like better! :) So my word doesn't carry much water...

But these are totally and absolutely cool. Great job.

I had one of the last Kohler Ice Grey cast iron tubs available delivered during a blizzard ( with a snow plow waiting behind the truck). He got it onto the sidewalk and we said we'd pay him to help get it inside. When he moved the truck for the snowplow we figured he would split but he came back. We got it right inside the front door off to the side where the waterlogged pallet collapsed. So there it sat for over a year. So think these will be better. At least not on a rotten pallet. The cat loved it. We played whack a mole with her in it.

I'd like to see your house. Your taste (from what I've gleaned on Houzz) is exquisite.

My taste such as it is, is theoretical. I have three nice not quite completed bathrooms, one fairly complete bedroom and the rest of the house is an esthetic wreck. And my budget for such is about tapped out.

Coolest. Thing. Ever. 100% the right decision. So glad they went to a good home!

ETA: I agree. Exquisite taste.

How does one restore these? Are they actual copper that needs polishing and sealing? Is it paint, or porcelain? I can't wait two years to see the outcome, so please get moving now to keep me happy!

There are "levels" of restoration, the simplest one being a cleaning and servicing of a range or cooktop and ovens that are installed in a house and have been since new.

The highest level of restoration is like the "frame off" restoration of a classic car to turn it into a show car.

The entire think is dissassembled, and everything is cleaned and re-chromed or replated in copper if necessary. These are genuine copper plating on steel, not copper tone or anything like that.

These were originally a matte copper finish with a coating but a lot of people used cleansers that removed the top coat.

There is a Model C copper range for sale at $13,000 by someone whose restoration plans changed.

Nice. We had a frame-off restoration done on a red O'Keefe & Merritt, but I was curious if yours was "real" copper. Very cool! Apparently the porcelains with red in them (including, of course, red) can't be redone in the U.S. because they contain cadmium, so I'm glad ours was in relatively good shape for being 70+ years old. I wonder how the copper finish stays the right color without tarnishing.

This is apparently the proper restored finish: This is the $13.5K one

Ironically, now that I have my set, another one pops up for sale immediately, but I actually like my cooktop, with the copper knobs and wagon wheel pilot vent a bit better than this one. They didn't change substantially, but there seems to be slight variation within models. The original copper finish looks pretty good on this one, though. They originally had a top coat but apparently people used cleansers that removed it.

I have seen several restored to this level of shine but this isn't really "authentic"

And then of course, some people customize:

Is is bad of me to say that I love that bottom customized one?

I wonder how hard it would be to keep clean though.

Anyway, hope you post on each development of the twins in the future.

I think if you can chrome and brass plate anything, this is not a bad choice. I just don't know what kind of kitchen that goes into. I certainly couldn't use it (or the ultra-shiny copper one, either) but I wonder if it's one of those sorts of things like chroming engine parts on cars that were never meant to be chromed--you just do it because you can.

Congrats on your purchase. Can’t wait to see what you do with it in place.

Really interesting that the copper finish is matte! I think you made the right choice given your shopping luck!!

All the copper models are amazing.

Interesting that the original top coat was able to be removed with a cleanser. Like Ajax/Comet?

I don't know what people did but as opposed to some stainless 60 year old appliances that look brand new, the copper units seem to range from mottled at best to looking like they are in a serial killers kitchen at worst. I am a bit concerned about durability of finish but time will tell.