Help identification of pan

[Michael Manahl]

New to redoing cast iron. This is the 1st old pan I have done and need help
Copilot is adamant this is a Atlanta Stove Works
Off of picture I put is it says:
You can confidently state:
“Marked with the Atlanta Stove Works ‘A in diamond’ foundry mark”
And:
Why it is NOT Chicago Hardware Foundry
CHF typically used:
Numeric pattern marks
Occasionally logos or symbols—but not the “A in diamond”
Different lid rib configurations
The “A inside diamond” is the clearest differentiator

Need to make sure what does everyone think?

 

[Doug D.]

Atlanta Stove Works never made a chicken fryer with a heat ring, nor did they use an A in a diamond as a trademark. A size number in a diamond is indeed a CHF marking on their unmarked regular skillets. On CHF chicken fryers like yours, however, the letters A, B, C and D were used as pattern identifiers rather than size indicators.

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[Michael Manahl]

That explained it!! What do typical think value is?

 

[Doug D.]

The proliferation of sales of vintage CI on sites like eBay and Etsy over the last few decades has seen an inflation of prices. Condition still matters though. Warping, cracks, pitting all detract from value. Using eBay to search "sold" listings (not just current or "completed") for a median will give the best indication of current value. Of course, you can still walk into a small town junk shop and find some bargains, especially on 20th century "unmarked" pieces.

 

[W Corder]

It seems like the last 8-10 years since I have gotten into cast iron it is harder and harder to find true bargains, but like Doug said, you can still find them sometimes in smaller "junk" shops, flea markets, and antique stores. It seems like most folks even in antique shops today think that something marked Griswold, Wagner, Martin, etc. (or modern Lodge marked) is automatically a $100+ piece. The unmarked stuff they often think so too, but it is more common to find unmarked pieces where the seller doesn't know what it is.
Prime example- I picked up a lightly rusted 1940's-1950's unmarked Lodge #6 skillet lid today for $5. Even the outdated blue book prices show this as a $20-$30 piece, and the lady at the cash register seemed thrilled that someone wanted it. It was also the first #6 lid I've found locally.

Very little CHF iron like yours if found locally here, at any price. It just isn't real common here.