erewen- We're only getting 2 cents a pound for light steel here but I'd think a 15 ft. tree would be more than 30 lbs. I'm thinking there's probably 8-10 lbs. of insulated wire on that thing if the ratio is about the same as my 6 footers. Will probably have a small garage sale (try to move all my ceramic molds I got for free around Christmas time) on Friday of the "all-city" rummage in a couple of weks. If it didn't sell there, maybe we'd rip it open during 4th of July with a pound or two of tannerite and then scrap it...