July 25th, 2010 | 
Author: OUTSTANDING WESTERN BARBED WIRE SALESMAN’S SAMPLE CANE
Auction: 2007, Historic Americana, June 6 & 7
Price Realized: $2,760.00
ca 1880′s-90′s, with shaft of cane made from single stand of real barbed wire, with top 9″ having interwoven wire without the barbs and top with attached stamped brass tag reading J.D. Seeberger/Agent For/HAISH’S/Barb Fence Wire/Des Moines, all with fine old patina, 34.5″ high.
EXC.
(EST $800-$1200)
Price Realized: $2,760.00
Price includes buyer’s premium.
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Also helps increase the value of your mud hut.
Put a loop of barbed wire between courses to prevent slippage.
via Earthbag Benches: The Perfect Starter Project « Earthbag Building Blog.
This is a very easy way to make some convincing rusted looking barbed wire to enhance your props or costume and the best part is that it’s safe and inexpensive.
This prop does not involve the use of a papier mache (gasp!) but it does make a nice enhancement to your papier mache props.
The Faux Barbed Wire is made from twine, craft foam and black latex paint.
One of its other fine uses!
…the two made a run to the location to discover West clinging to a five-wire barbed wire fence just downstream from the bridge.
Some fence out in the middle of the desert, feels like nowhere but I know I’m somewhere on Flickr – Photo Sharing!.
But you’re on your own getting there.
Gilbert has also issued a challenge to anyone who can come up with the oldest piece of barbed wire, again offering accommodation as a prize.
Gilbert’s barbed wire collection – yes, there are some serious barbed wire collectors out there – includes what he believes is the oldest piece of Australian wire, dating back to 1868.
via Entertainment Innovative Commonwealth Hotel – Weekly Times Now.
Sorry, no bonus points for pointing out inaccuracies.
SAN DIMAS – Most people pass barbed wire fences without a second glance. Some might look twice and give a thought to how painful it would be to come into contact with it, but likely nothing further.
“The Devil’s Wire” was given its due Saturday and Sunday at the San Dimas Senior Citizen Center.
Collectors had carefully mounted pieces that were around 12 inches long in display cases with their year of production and style type printed alongside each item.
The steel barrier invented and patented more than a century ago played a pivotal role in the western states, said Mark A. Nelson, president of the California Barbed Wire Collectors Association.
“We call it the wire that won the West,” Nelson said as he stood among the various collections of barbed wire.
There was very little wood to make fences in many western areas in 1867, Nelson said.
“It was almost all desert,” he said. “There was a need for something to keep cattle out of cultivated areas.”
Joseph Glidden invented several types of barbed wire and held several patents.
Nelson acted as support for the weekend show. He also has been collecting for 10 years and has amassed 500 pieces, he said.
The various tools used to install barbed wire were also displayed by collectors.
The seemingly simple yet functional barriers can be found in about 1,000 different designs.
Lynn Cheal of St. George, Utah, attended with his collection of Star Barbed Wire. The pieces in the Star collection are all rare and therefore expensive. Some can fetch up to $300 from willing collectors.
Star barbed wire has star-shaped metal as the barbs.
Cheal has 200 different types of wire pieces in his other collection.
He attends one or two shows a year, mostly to “talk to old friends,” he said.
The Western Regional Antique Barbed Wire Show will run Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the San Dimas Senior Center, 201 E. Bonita Ave.
via ‘The Devils Wire’ draws collectors in San Dimas – Whittier Daily News.
2010 Riverside Ave.
P.O. Box 461
Paso Robles, CA 93447
www.pasoroblespioneermuseum.org/tour03.htm
One long wall is filled with 898 different kinds of barbed wire collected over the years by the late Swift Jewell. Different manufacturers and eras of wire show its development through the
years.
