Looking at recent prices on Station Road Steam, (and he is expensive) and other similar sellers, I reckon that the owner of the showman's is being greedy. I still reckon that the 2" Burrell, should be worth around £5k. However, I also think that the ploughing engine should be worth the same. According to my estimates, someone got a bargain there. alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.alanstepney.info Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Mason" <roger.g3tdm@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 4:05 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Auction Hi, Well I've just got back from the auction where there were three model traction engines for sale. I thought you might like to know how the bidding went: The 3" Fowler's Showman's reached GBP10,000, but did not reach the reserve, which I am reliably informed was GBP11,500 The 2" Burrell "Thetford Town" reached GBP 4,700, but did not reach the reserve - don't know what the reserve was set at. The 2" Fowler Ploughing Engine reached GBP 3,500, and was sold. So I am not sure what to read into this - are the owners being too greedy - was it the wrong auction (there was a good crowd and they were mainly steam/restoration types) - is it the wrong time of the year (would a springtime sale be better)? I didn't wait for the full-sized ones to be sold - that was several hours away and it was rather cold standing around in the yard and open barns. I will try and find out though what they did fetch. There was an awful lot of plain old "Junk" at the sale, but amazingly most of it sold. There was a rather nice little J & S cylindrical grinder that went for GBP 60. All the things I was vaguely interested in were in the category of "would be nice to have, but not essential" so they all went for much more than I felt I could justify! So apart for some diesel in the car, a pastie and a coffee (to keep warm) it did not cost me anything!! Cheers, Roger Mason, in St. Agnes. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.