[modeleng] Re: Auction
- From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:39:08 +0100
Hi All,
This dealer used to be a Car Dealer but he gave up selling cars to sell
steam engines.Nuf said.
Regards
Clif----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Beaman" <davebeaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 7:40 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Auction
>> I have bought and sold with UK steam, Alfreton, Derbyshire. He only
deals
> with quality stuff in his shop or on the website. Any other gear, he puts
on
> E-bay, just to sell it mainly. He is a decent trader and, for once,
honest.
> I have recomended a few friends to buy locos/ stationary engines etc from
> him, all have been decent prices for quality gear and the guys have gone
> away happy. The art of being a good trader.
>
> Dave.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 5:54 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Auction
>
>
> 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.
>
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