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Deacon

🙁mm):Greetings everyone,

Just started to collect a few vintage keys. A set of three from eBay which are from an abandoned home in Rhode Island and the keys “look” real and quite old. The other I bought from Etsy and is from Poland. Being American and of Polish background myself, this was a good find. The issue is verifying the authenticity of vintage keys. Especially bought overseas Any suggestions?

kwoswalt99

Yes, post some pictures of them here.

Deacon

kwoswalt99 wrote
Yes, post some pictures of them here.

Here are the pictures. Thanks!

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kwoswalt99

The ones in the first pic look all genuine to me. The second pic I can’t say, because it’s too hard to see.
Maybe someone else will show up and give a second opinion.
And since I forgot earlier, Hello, and welcome!🙂-:

Deacon

kwoswalt99 wrote
The ones in the first pic look all genuine to me. The second pic I can’t say, because it’s too hard to see.
Maybe someone else will show up and give a second opinion.
And since I forgot earlier, Hello, and welcome!🙂-:

Thank you for your expertise and welcoming!

I love things like this that have a sense of history or haunting.

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Gerry

hello,

your pictures are to small for details.

would you please post bigger ones maybe
i am able to tell you some more.

best regards

Deacon

Thank you for your assistance

I found this awesome site after my purchase, so the pictures are small. I included one very similar since the pictures have been removed.
I don’t know if it is because I’m getting older (I’m 58), but the whole ideas behind older keys and their history fascinates me. I still have the skeleton key we used for our side door in Chicago. I tell people its the key to my chateau in France. I’m sure that has been changed to a modern day lock.

Dean Nickel

In the picture of 4 the left key is the best chance of being the oldest as it is a warded lock key. The rest are within I would say the last 150 years and more likely 90 years or less. The key that is in the last photo I can’t give much info outside the lock is simple in its working. Three keys of the 4 on right are lever lock keys. But I can’t say for sure I am right without the lock they fit.

Deacon

Thank you for sharing that with me. We’re you trying to say the three keys may be 90 years or less and the older key 150 years old? Since I am just starting, what is a warded key? i have a feeling this older one opened more than just one door.