Thanks for the comments guys, it was a good deal but I could have had them both for $20 but after the seller told me to make an offer by saying "any amount, like coins or dollars" I said I'll take one to which his young son of about 10 yrs old commented "you should buy them both, never get another chance like this"

I replied "how about $20 for both" and the seller said "OK, deal". I handed him the money and then gave the boy a $5 saying "Here kid, this is for you, you are going to make a great salesman some day, keep it up.
Lifer, they are labled "Control Damper and I suspect they would have been used to control inside ventilation to close off certain areas when not needed. I am going to install one in the end of the building at the exhaust fan and one in the ceiling to vent the work area so I can close it when I don't need the ventilation and am heating the space.
David, I wondered what they cost new, I had priced homeowner grade ones at $150 but never liked the quality offered for the price.
Bruce, I seem to be lucky a lot, esp. with my wife Sandy who has stayed with me for over 40 yrs and put up with my odd collecting hobbies, just look at my webshots site and see the strange stuff I have accumulated.
http://community.webshots.com/user/scdavidson?start=42