Detroit Stove Works 1911 "Magic Jewel" Beginner Questions

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Hi!

I recently inherited a ~110-year-old Detroit Jewel stove from my great-grandfather, and it's in a semi-rough state. I would love to clean it up and sell it, but I have no clue where to start. There's a significant amount of rust on almost all of the pieces, and there's at least one part I know is missing. I'd love to sell it once it's in a better state, but I don't know how much it would go for online either. There doesn't seem to be a ton of resources online about such an old stove, so I figured I'd ask here. Please let me know if there's a better thread to post these questions!

Any bit of advice would be appreciated.

 

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It's missing the interior burn assembly which may have rusted out over the years. It looks like a fairly fancy coal stove and may have high value to the right buyer if fully restored. Your best bet would be to start contacting antique stove restorers for parts and restoration options. There are some links in this posting:

Antique stove restoration

Here are some links to places for antique stove restoration: Stove Hospital RI - (broken link removed) Good Time Stove MA - https://goodtimestove.com/ Second Chance stoves - https://secondchanceantiquestove.com/ Erickson's Antique Stoves MA - http://www.ericksonsantiquestoves.com/index.html...

www.hearth.com

Here's a bit of history on the company:

Detroit Stove Works | Detroit Historical Society

With an abundance of iron ore in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan became a leader of iron-made products in the nineteenth century including cast iron stoves, wheels for railroad cars, ships, and marine engines. The “big three” stove manufacturers that made Michigan the stove manufacturing capital...

detroithistorical.org

 

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You are in luck. I found the sales catalog. This looks like it may be the "Magic Jewel" model base burner on page 132.



Here is some info on their base burners. It looks like they had a unique convection system built in.

Jewel stoves, ranges, and furnaces : Detroit Stove Works : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

236 p. : 27 cm

archive.org