6,000lbs Soft & Hard Lead: Printing Business Sale Nov 20, 2021 in Topeka, KS

[thegreatdane]

Public Service Announcement! There is a business liquidation on EstateSales.net with ~6,000 lbs of hard and soft lead alloy in downtown Topeka, KS on Saturday, November 20th, 2021.

I couldn't imagine a better opportunity for boolit casters.

I am in no way affiliated with this sale - only wish I could attend - helping to spread the word. Link below.

https://www.estatesales.net/KS/Topeka/66607/3108825

@mods, hope I posted in the right place; feel free to move as needed.

[armoredman]

WAY too far away....dammit...

[Petander]

Hot dang I would drive a couple of days for that.

[megasupermagnum]

It would have to be cheap to be worth it. Maybe if you had a 1 ton truck, or a nice heavy duty trailer, and I have neither. A U haul, plus gas would have to be $600-$800.

[JRLesan]

Forty miles from me and I have a truck that'll haul but not much interest. Do you suppose the 'hard' lead is lino? Can anyone identify from pics? Advise...

[GhostHawk]

This was the one that caught my eye.

https://picturescdn.estatesales.net/3108825/112296193/1-t.jpg

[JimB..]

looks like lino ingots and ingots that are used to refresh the alloy, for some reason I think “empire”.

the whole thing looks like someone owned a building and collected stuff over many years. Would love to get into some of the tools.

[Parson]

The long one on the far left should be a 21 pound ingot of linotype, but no way of knowing for sure in a picture. That opinion is based on my experience with buying from print shops about 30 years ago. Is the rest Lino? Nobody knows without testing

[Handloader109]

Dude, 40 miles? They show over 6,000 pounds of lead, and do say hard and soft. No press, guess they sold that off before auction. And there is a lot of lead in the cast letters. I'm 400 miles and no heavy truck..... Would be nice to be local.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

It would have to be cheap to be worth it. Maybe if you had a 1 ton truck, or a nice heavy duty trailer, and I have neither. A U haul, plus gas would have to be $600-$800.

Yes, it sure would have been nice if they mentioned a per lb price...as least a "target" price.

[Omega]

I will be driving through Topeka next wednesday, I wonder if they will still have some of that lead, I could only get a couple hundred pounds though as I'll be in a SUV, but still.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

I will be driving through Topeka next wednesday, I wonder if they will still have some of that lead, I could only get a couple hundred pounds though as I'll be in a SUV, but still.

Will you have the family with you? Spread it around the floor boards and there is no reason you couldn't haul 500-600 lbs or more depending on the model.

[thegreatdane]

Forty miles from me and I have a truck that'll haul but not much interest. Do you suppose the 'hard' lead is lino? Can anyone identify from pics? Advise...

I mean, I'm only guessing at this point, but I'd assume it has to be linotype. If anyone is interested in brokering a deal, the sale page may have contact info. Maybe interested parties could contact the seller directly.

[kevin c]

It’s a printing company so I think it’s a really good bet that the hard lead is type metal of some sort.

That picture GhostHawk posted is captioned “Plus Metal…”, so JimB is right: extra tin and antimony above the standard 4% and 12% in that batch.

Too bad it’s a 3500 mile round trip for me and that I don’t have a truck or trailer up to the job.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

A little lino goes a long way. You need tin and pure to make it into Lyman #2 and then more pure to cut it for softer alloy.

[lightman]

It would have been a nice haul for someone. I was at Deer Camp on that date but I didn't need it. But some of that "plus metal" would have been nice to have. Oh yeah, I have a truck and trailer that would haul it. It looks like 500 miles and 7 hours from me. It would have made a nice overnight road trip for me and the Wife.