The key to finding door knobs that fit your budget is to be patient and shop around.  There are millions of these floating around vintage and antique shops all around the country/world, as well as online.  If you buy the first ones that you see, odds are that you aren’t going to find the best ones for your home and you’ll probably pay too much for them.  Saving money is important when shopping for these because there are a lot of doors in your home, and changing out all of them could potentially be a very large expense.

Vintage glass door knobs are easily found in antique shops.  They collect them because they look cool, and will assign a price based on that “coolness”.  There isn’t a price guide for antique door knobs, so you can find them in every price range imaginable.  Heading out to different shops will give you an idea of what’s out there and easily found.  If you aren’t seeing what you want, turn to the internet.

There are stores on the web that specialize in going to antique stores and finding these door knobs for you.  eBay is also popular, but you’ll rarely find any sort of shipping deals on eBay.  Vintage glass door knobs are much heavier than they look (especially brass door knobs), so shipping costs can be extraordinary when you’re buying an entire home’s worth of knobs.  The trick is to shop around until you find the one that’s offering free shipping (it’s common).  This will save you at least a hundred bucks!

Some of the offsets on vintage door knobs are different than what current homes have.  This is rare, and the older the door knob is, the more likely it is that it won’t fit.  Professional online stores will have these dimensions listed for you so that you can measure your doors ahead of time.

Vintage glass door knobs can be very affordable when you take the time to shop around.  I don’t know many easier ways to make a huge improvement in a home than by adding the class that comes with crystal door knobs.

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When I’m looking for vintage hinges or door knobs or anything old, for that matter, I’ll start at my local antique stores.  I honestly don’t have much luck finding them at these stores, but what I do is talk to the ladies that work there to see if they have any leads that can help me out.  Nine times out of ten they can point me to an estate sale or a salvage sale that will have exactly what I’m looking for.  Not only do I get what I need, I get it cheap.  Double win!

On the odd chance I can’t find vintage door knobs that way I’ll cruise to my local salvage yard to see what they have.  It’s a dirty and difficult job to look through all the crap that they have, but if you do find what a vintage knob you can get it for nearly free.

If all else fails, I’ll turn to the internet.  eBay has tons of vintage door knobs from all periods, and there are stores set up that do the hunting for you.  You’re going to pay much more this way, but if that’s what it takes to get the perfect vintage door knob, that’s what it takes!

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