Very Cool Griswold Pan #12

[Wulfdog]

I wish I could afford the final bid on this pan 6 days from now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6143484263&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1

[Harry Riva]

A lot of these large slant Erie's and the Slant EPU's have the GRISWOLD"S ERIE ghost markings. IMO the ghost markings do not add any premium to the pan unless someone goes off the deep end thinking these are rare pieces. This seller slaps a pretty high price and a reserve on anything remotely good and as you can see this pan is going without a reserve. Look closely on all these large slant pans and you will find a lot of ghost marks.
Harry

[Wulfdog]

They must have used the same same mold pan to make the new molds each time.  I guess this would be due to the smaller amount of 12's being produced?

[Steve_Stephens]

I think they used an old pattern, filled in the GRISWOLD'S ERIE and other marks they wanted to obliterate, carved in the new markings and started making molds.  In time the softer (than the pattern) material used to fill in the old marks would wear some from the sand repeatedly being packed against the pattern  allowing the ghosts to appear.

Steve

[Greg Stahl]

man I was confused on this auction until I read the ad.  I thought the GRISWOLD's ERIE skillet was up for sale.

[Wulfdog]

Yep it was confusing.  I had to re-read it to figure it out also.  Steve that makes sense about the fill wearing down after repeated use.  I guess to the foundry people it didn't matter that much as they knew they were producing a high quality pan regardless of the ghost marks.
John