antique bird cage on EBAY

sean · Post by **sean** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:49 pm

how is this for an old cage:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Hartz-Mount ... 2|294%3A50

Post by **Sally** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:43 am

I wonder if that was a transport cage? Maybe when you bought a bird, you got one of those cages to take it home in. Probably didn't have those little cardboard bird boxes back in the 30's.

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:03 am

I thought maybe it was used as a "show cage" to display birds for judging in a show way back then kind of like we have now but nowadays the show cages are enclosed on 3 sides. Pretty disgusting looking all covered in rust and he's got 11 bids on it!!

B CAMP · Post by **B CAMP** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:41 am

He has bids because its old from the 1930,that was probably one of the first cages, seems like I have seen the cages that the miners took the canary's into the mine's maybe thats what its for [no I don't remember that before my time]

Rayray · Post by **Rayray** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:04 pm

its for sure an old canarie cage , my grandma and mom had one like that , it was only used for a male canarie for its singing and not for breeding , here they regulary offer them on ebay or other websites to bid on , prices starting for a simple one 2,50 and for a real old and in good shape around 100

Ray

L in Ontario · Post by **L in Ontario** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:57 pm

Do canaries not need room to move/fly like finches or was it just 'old school'?

perrysbirds · Post by **perrysbirds** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:03 am

It is indeed a show cage for canaries!
They have come a long way!
Here is a picture of a few of my show cages and these are now maybe 8 or 10 yrs old.Also there are different types of show cages for different types of canaries.