From our friend's house that was built in Chicago in 1904, these are quite beautiful pieces and I can only imagine the sparkle once they're cleaned up! Whether you repurpose it and mount it onto a plaque so people can hang their coat (that's what I WAS going to do!) or replace one of those missing in your older home, I know there's a use. Remember it's very old and does not have all the parts. What you see here is exactly what you're getting/I'll pick one for you. I washed and dried the knob and will leave the scraping, sanding, and repainting of the metal parts to you as you'll want to match your decor. Shipping for this heavy knob is $7.75 insured so good luck and have fun bidding. **A promise I make that is true since my beginning on eBay back in 1999~ I do not hold items. Once you see the tracking number, the item is taken out of the house to be shipped as I'm first and foremost, excited for you to get your item and secondly, I'm not into clutter. SO, please be patient with our delivery systems as they are overwhelmed and I can certainly speak for our local PO. They're operating on a skeleton crew and UPS also drops everything there for the USPS people to deliver! Thank you for your understanding of this and the fact that I have no control of your item once it leaves my very capable hands. Thank you for perusing our site and God bless~we'll most certainly leave feedback once we receive yours which lets us know your item arrived~ Also, combining shipping doesn't mean you get 2 or 3 items shipped for the price of one as a few have thought lately. It means I will pack everything together and save you money as in this example; one item is $4.15 to ship. Say you want 3 items, it will be less than tripling the price to be $12.45 but they can not all go for $4.15. (o: