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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 28836, member: 54&quot;]What&#039;s the diameter of the wheel? </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I like the way it looked in the 3rd photo a lot better, in the future please consider leaving stuff alone unless restoration is absolutely necessary.&nbsp; Just polishing the brass pole probably cut the value in half.&nbsp; The brass had a &quot;killer&quot; patina that you can&#039;t get back now. </p><p><br /></p><p>And stripping the old paint off the wheel, ooops, gotta take off 50% of what&#039;s left value-wise.&nbsp; But if you plan to keep it always, the change in collector value isn&#039;t an issue because obviously you like it better the way it is now.&nbsp; I just hate to see interesting, original items ruined by well-intentioned but perhaps uninformed &quot;restorers.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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