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Nick
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Most likely, they're looking for the next sucker. 
I've pointed that stuff out to antique shops before and their response is, "Don't buy it then." |
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| Mister Occlusion wrote: | Is this a question of ignorance on the part of someone who is supposed to have some professional expertise, or is it a case of a person with a loose moral compass who is looking for the next sucker? I mean, it's not like it's difficult to read the label and stick 2 words into google.
Should see if the guy does appraisals for insurance. I wonder how much my pre-war Jensen 85 could be worth..  |
I bought a catalogue over the phone from a book shop from Melbourne a few months back that was advertised as 1950s.
Bought it and quickly discovered it was early 70s, there was no excuse for that mistake as in the 50s in OZ we used £ and after 1966 $ so its pretty obvious that when an Australian catalogue has $ in the price list it was made after 1966. 
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flywheel61
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Both enines are quite interesting.
It would take a lot of dedication to run the Paradise, a different concept in fuel sorurces. I wonder if the "illuminating" gas was similar to the gas they used in the old sreet lights,. which I thought was methane.
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| flywheel61 wrote: | Both enines are quite interesting.
It would take a lot of dedication to run the Paradise, a different concept in fuel sorurces. I wonder if the "illuminating" gas was similar to the gas they used in the old sreet lights,. which I thought was methane.
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Illuminating gas was exactly what they used in the street lights more than 100 years ago. It was also called town gas and likely city gas.
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The Paradox engine has found a new home !!!
Gil
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tmuir
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| redryder wrote: | The Paradox engine has found a new home !!!
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Wow, you did well on that, thats a nice tidy profit to put into something else.
I guess the buyer recognised it for what it was and jumped on it.
I hope he gets it running as its an interesting engine.
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bessytractor
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wow I really want a paradox!
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I love snooping around in antique stores, second hand stores etc.... you never know what could be there...
Good fro you asking too.... I found a Jensen 5 in its box etc... at my local Train Hobby Shop - just because I mentioned that was where my interests were...
It was a riveted boiler but all the same--
Well done-interesting finds!!!!
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Nick
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| mogogear wrote: | I love snooping around in antique stores, second hand stores etc.... you never know what could be there...
Good fro you asking too.... I found a Jensen 5 in its box etc... at my local Train Hobby Shop - just because I mentioned that was where my interests were...
It was a riveted boiler but all the same--
Well done-interesting finds!!!! |
Did you buy it? |
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I have just listed another Schoenner Steam Engine. This one is a 122/12 . No reserve. 9.99 start price. I got this at a show last summer along with 3 other engines.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130209265439
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Nick
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I'm going to check out a few antique shops today, let's see if I'm as lucky as Gil.
Wish me Luck! |
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igy569
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Hmmm... sounds like an idea. I did stumble on a 70s Wilesco d10 in a shop. He had thing marked at 400 dollars.  I told him that you can still buy this engine new for under 200, and this one, missing its burner, and stack, rust on the base, broken whistle, and dented boiler. I don't know if it would even turn, as he would not let me touch it! Said it was over 100 years old, and very rare.
Now to cap this off, I stopped by there, just because I am like a cold, and won't go away. 
This guy had just gotten under my skin.. so I stopped over on Wed. afternoon, with my yesteryear toys catalogs, and showed him the listing for the new one.
He said he would take a hammer to it before he would sell it to me!!! 
I love new englanders. No sense of humor.
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tmuir
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Yes it's amazing how many antique shop owners think because it is steam it must be old.
I bought myself a Maxwell Hemmens (Not sure if I spelt that right) 1970s dribbler a few months ago. The seller in the shop took it quiet well actually when I knocked 80 odd years off it's age.
I even got a small discount on the price, couldn't get too much of a discount as his price was actually not too bad to start with.
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