I agree, the true claw foot tubs are almost always worth saving. I got one for my 1896 Victorian house, and it was free, but... Had to be removed from a second-story apartment in town, then brought here and taken up to my second-story bathroom. I was dreading the thought, so I called my local moving/hauling guys. They did the whole job for $100, and I'm grateful to this day for them. Not even a nick in the wall, floors or woodwork.

Another person in my area was not so fortunate. A contractor crew was bringing in a claw foot tub for her old house bathroom remodel. Coming up the stairway, they lost the tub and put it through the original stained glass window in the stairway landing My house also has an original stained glass window in the landing, and I would not even want to imagine that happening! So yes, these things can be downright dangerous to move.



Any other cast iron tub that is not a clawfoot or "slipper tub"... Bust 'er up. That's what happened to the one that was formerly in my bathroom. It was an American Standard "alcove" tub dated 1951. I hated to see it get smashed and junked, but I couldn't imagine anyone wanting it. I see tubs like it all the time when I go to my yard with steel. Not many clawfoots on the iron pile, though. A lot of old-house remodels happen here, and the demo salvage companies get $300-500 for good clawfoot tubs. The junkyard owners know this, so the good clawfoots they get are spared from destruction.