For those who might be looking for a starter anvil, Walmart (yeah. Walmart) has the Vevor 110 lb cast steel anvil on sale for $99 and free shipping. Normally they’d sell for twice this price.
Heavy enough for heavy hammering and light enough (just barely) to be luggable to take to Open Forge day/Hammer-ins.
These anvils have gotten generally good ”value for money” reviews in the various Blacksmithing forums. They are cheap: they may have some minor casting defects and the Pritchell hole is in an odd place, but are much better quality/rebound than the Harbor Freight cast iron anvil (similar to their new Doyle cast steel anvil) and this is a great price.