..... but it weighs a ton to move!
That's another drawback to these machines. The old one's like this have all the different wheels set-up so you have a selection of wheels going all at once to jump between. The new machines are much much smaller with 1/2 or 1/4 the shaft space, and if you need/want more shaft space you would just get another machine. The transport of these old ones is prohibitive as in my experience, most leatherworkers are not metal-workers and don't have a lot of desire to work with heavy equipment unless it's necessary, but there's a fair amount of farmers and ranchers that do leatherwork in the side who have the means and knowledge to transport old iron.
If you are looking for a home for it, there are some leatherworker forums online that you might be able to post a classified on and find someone willing to move it and restore it. Don't expect to get rich, but hopefully you can find someone who can use it. My families business IS leatherworking machines, and I'd hate to admit that we scrapped the last 3 or 4 similar old iron buffing machines, simply because we couldn't justify the lost-cost of fixing them up and selling them to the limited market of guys who are willing to put the money and labor into moving such a large machine (large compared to what it does and what's available new).
They are out there though. There's not near as much as there once was, but there's still boot and shoe shops doing repairs and guys who do custom work. I remember we had one about twice the size of yours made by "American" come through our shop 15 or so years ago that went to a boot-maker who's shop was in between his kitchen and his living room, so he wanted neat restored old iron. He also had a needle and awl sewing machine that he had us restore and polish and Nickle plate 90% of the parts. Was very expensive to do but looked super sharp in the end.
IF you can't find someone who can save it, I'm with animal12 that the shafts and bearings can be repurposed, particularly to guys trying to power old line shaft driven machines (what I'm doing with the parts from the ones we scrapped). The legs tend to be kinda special and not easy to turn into things like tables, but where there's a welder there's a way!
Also, on the floor to the right there looks to be a hand crank press? Looks very much like an old German one we sold awhile back that was a special molding press for boot and shoe work. It's a bit easier to ship so that I think you could find a buyer for. If it's the one I'm thinking of it has matting curved rollers and they are not very common at all and are worth saving. Can't say what it's worth as like most things it depends of condition and if you can find the right buyer, but I think the one we had went for $800 or $1000? It was used but functional. If it's going to need some work, price goes down, way way down if it's missing parts as they'll have to be made custom.
