300 Pound Hay-Budden Blacksmith Anvil 1914 Great Condition

Description

Up for auction is a 300 pound Hay-Budden anvil, serial number:  210440.  If you're familiar with this make and Richard Postman's monumental work,
Anvil's In America
, then you know he and other's considered them to be the "Rolls Royce" of all anvils made.  This anvil is marked 304 pounds, but my digital scale weighs it in at 300.5 - no need to quibble, though.  This will make a great shop anvil.  It has a clear ring and great rebound!  According to Postman's research, this serial number places the manufacture of this anvil in 1914.  Further, the whole top of the anvil was forged from one piece of open hearth tool-steel then welded to a base of wrought iron - a much improved process over welding just a tool-steel plate to the top for the face.  The markings on said base are a combination of forging marks and past smiths using it as a "test" site.  As the second picture reveals, the whole name is somewhat obscured from wear and perhaps a shallow stamping in the factory; for it should read in full:  "Hay Budden Manufacturing Co., Brooklyn, NY."
Overall length is just under 34."  The face measures 5.25" x 20" and the horn is 13.75" long.  It stands 13.5" high.  The hardie hole is 1.25" square and the pritchel hole is 11/16" in diameter.  The base is approximately 13.25" x 12."
I regret that this is Local Pickup Only, for I do not have the facilities to palletize and band this for shipping.  (Believe me, I have searched a lot and made many calls, only to be turned down repeatedly.)  If you wish to see it in person before the auction ends, please contact me for directions and to arrange a time.
Canonsburg is located on I-79 SW of Pittsburgh, PA and not far from I-79's junctions with I-70 and I-76.
I have this listed for sale with the local Blacksmith's Association, too, for the same asking price.  Therefore, I am reserving unto myself the right to end this auction early, up until 24 hours before the auction ends.  I don't play "Lucy with the football" games, that's just cruel.  So, if you bid on it, please rest assured that I will not end it on you in that last 24 hour period.   I plan to have other blacksmith tools listed, so please check my other listings in due time.  Thank you.
June 23rd Update In Response to Some Questions:  Yes, I have an engine hoist that can easily lift this anvil and can use the same to load it into the Buyer's vehicle.  Yes, there is a slight sway to the face-plate from use.  Please see the last photo just posted.  I have placed a 24" level on it with a piece of light brown cardboard behind for contrast.  A thin brown line of cardboard shows between the bottom of the level and the top of the face.  I can easily slide a quarter under the level, centered above the waist; however, in placing a dime on top of the quarter and trying to slide the combination under the level they will not go.  As an aside:  years ago my father had his 160 pound Hay-Budden anvil reprofiled by a machinist since it was heavily swayed.  The machinist burned a couple of tools, ended up doing a great job for it is billiard-table level, but said, "Never again!  Next time, take it to somebody with a rotary broach."  Thankfully, the face plate was not stripped off in the process, for it is an older model with an applied face plate and it still has good rebound and ring, with no dead spots.  So, if you want this or any other anvil reconditioned, please take all of this into consideration.