From Deseret News archives:
Beauty lurks under layers of paint
Victorian glory restored to safe found in Capitol
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"It's a novelty," James said. "It would be very valuable. ... It's like an old Rolls-Royce. However, like many antiques, if it went for sale, it would depend on how much someone would pay for it."
The combination dial and locks on the safe still work. It probably remained in the Capitol from its opening in 1916 because no one wanted to move the heavy safe again.
The Capitol Preservation Board will pick up the safe from Holladay and return it to the Capitol.
"It came out nice, better than we hoped," James said.
"It was quite a project, but we had a lot of fun doing it," Wheat added.
Wheat and James also restored six wall safes in the Capitol as part of the building's restoration project.
E-mail: lynn@desnews.com
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Good One! And so true. LOL
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