value of old shell metal barrel

[stage20]

picked this up with the intentions to keep it for a trash can for the shop. ive had a few friends tell me i need to sell it, but id like to put an honest value on it. would really like to know what its worth so i dont get ripped, or look like an idiot selling it with a high price.

its as solid as ive ever seen one. no pits, no holes, no heavy rust. one circle patch on the side, but its all surface.

14" x 27"

 

[olytdi]

Why don't you keep it for a trash can as intended?

 

[wasfuzz]

value - whatever someone will pay for it!

 

[stage20]

Why don't you keep it for a trash can as intended?

$$$

 

[dadsEH]

No lid....not worth jack shite.

 

[BobsurUncle]

Keep it and have a cool trash can. If you sell it someone else would have a cool trash can. Oil/grease drums are pretty common.

 

[M35A2]

My dad had a HUGE collection of Shell product items that I got after he passed. He had a log book of what he had paid for every item and it totaled a LOT! Every item was purchased pre-internet at swap meets, antique stores etc. I never have any intention of selling any but out of curiosity started looking up some key items and was shocked.....how low the value was. The internet/eBay has killed a lot of the value of items like this. You used to have to hunt for these things and you paid dearly for it vs today's way of just looking on ebay and clicking buy it now. Like others have said, it's worth whatever somebody is willing to pay.

Here is a very small sample of his collection I have set up in the shop. I love the old oil bottles.

 

[Ancient Iron]

picked this up with the intentions to keep it for a trash can for the shop. ive had a few friends tell me i need to sell it, but id like to put an honest value on it. would really like to know what its worth so i dont get ripped, or look like an idiot selling it with a high price.

its as solid as ive ever seen one. no pits, no holes, no heavy rust. one circle patch on the side, but its all surface.

14" x 27"

You could use it to hold speedy dry-oil dry .Much better than using the bag it comes in

 

[NYBODYMAN]

If I was closer to you I'd buy it. I'm looking for a drum to use as a trash can.

 

[crab]

probably 20 bucks.

 

[Marcm157]

A quick search shows several for sale on eBay for between $100 - $150. If that's all you could get for it, like others have said, I'd keep it...

 

[58Yeoman]

My dad had a HUGE collection of Shell product items that I got after he passed. He had a log book of what he had paid for every item and it totaled a LOT! Every item was purchased pre-internet at swap meets, antique stores etc. I never have any intention of selling any but out of curiosity started looking up some key items and was shocked.....how low the value was. The internet/eBay has killed a lot of the value of items like this. You used to have to hunt for these things and you paid dearly for it vs today's way of just looking on ebay and clicking buy it now. Like others have said, it's worth whatever somebody is willing to pay.

Here is a very small sample of his collection I have set up in the shop. I love the old oil bottles.

^^^I paid $5 for two Mobil cans, which are fairly new and in excellent condition. What M35A2 said is true, not only with petroleum collectibles, but others as well. ^^^

 

[VocaTexas]

When I worked for a Texaco jobber (back in the '80s and '90s) we got a $20 deposit on 55 gallon drums. Not sure what one is worth today.

 

[Tarnished]

Stage, What others say is true, "what ever someone will pay". Location has a lot to do with value. Around my part of Ohio, these used drums are currently going for around $75 to $125 for clean ones in nice shape. (usually without lids) Some brands (Shell is one) command premium $$, but new ones from the oil change places can be had for as little as $25. They make great trash cans.

 

[Gizzy]

I have a old Penzoil can like the previous post in my garage I bought locally for $35.I'm in NW Ohio.

 

[brownbagg]

five dollars as a burn barrel

 

[ebfabman]

About $40 or so. Unless you find someone who really wants it. Then maybe a little more.

 

[73RR]

I have a couple of Penzoil cans, use them for scrap metal.....
Yours are worth only as much as someone is willing to pay.

 

[PECVD2]

If I was in the market I would buy now at $35 and might go as high as $50.

 

[Bronson]

I have one of those as a trash can in the shop. I got free, from a buddy.

 

[Brad54]

I see them at my swap meet all the time for $20-$100.
The $20 ones go home with someone else, the $100 ones usually go back home with the seller.

I've got a Kendall can for trash, and a green Texaco can for scrap steel from fabrication projects. Don't remember what I paid for the Kendall (but if I bought it, it was cheap!), and the Texaco can came from the scrap metal recycler when the guy was dumping it off his trailer.

My recommendation would be to keep it, and enjoy it yourself. They DO look cool in the shop/garage.

-Brad