Auction of Fort Paull museum exhibits

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Hanno

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31450

In case members wanted something else.

regards
Darrell

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Darrell Zinck

Hi Hanno

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31450

In case members wanted something else.

regards
Darrell

Thanks Darrell, threads now merged.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Heads-up on a South African Reconnaissance Car Mk IV for sale. Interestingly, this is the rarer Mk IV version built with Marmon-Herrington All Wheel Drive components, rather than the later Mk IVF which used F60L CMP driveline components.

Hammer Price for this vehicle was 7,000 GBP, not a bad deal I think.

"Marmon Herrington MKIV Armoured Car, this vehicle is a restoration project, it has an engine and running gear, This lot does appear to be deactivated but has no certificate"

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Also sold were two 25-pdr field guns.

One was built by GMH Australia (at least the carriage was):

"Howitzer 25lbs British Field Gun Mk.I (Bidding/Purchasing Restrictions Apply) This lot does appear to be deactivated but has no certificate
Hammer Price: 6,000 GBP"

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Source: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...1-ac0600cb3d78

Second one is British-built:

"Avery 25lb Mk.1 Field Gun 1940 Reg: CA388 (whilst this lot looks like it has been deactivated we have no paperwork or certificate) (Bidding/Purchasing Restrictions Apply)
Hammer Price: 8,000 GBP"

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Source: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...6-ac0600cc3034

[Hanno Spoelstra]

And then there were many manuals sold off in lots of ten (roughly from lot 685 and onwards).

Many MCP, CMP and British vehicle (related) manuals, which sadly all suffer from getting mouldy to a certain extent (like many other artefacts in the auction):

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[rnixartillery]

The Marmon was in extremely poor condition All tin work would need remanufacturing, very little of anything good inside .
The Australian 25 pdr was also very poor with salt air ingress and went for way over what I thought it was worth as well as being incomplete.
The Avery 25 pdr was complete and in good order ,a simple restoration.
Generally everything in the sale was in very poor condition due to its coastal location and poor preservation.


Rob...................rnixartillery.

[Mike Cecil]

I wonder why anyone would have wanted to import an Australian 25-pdr into the UK sometime after the late 1950s or early 1960s?

Sounds like 'coals to Newcastle'.

Mike

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by rnixartillery

The Marmon was in extremely poor condition All tin work would need remanufacturing, very little of anything good inside .
The Australian 25 pdr was also very poor with salt air ingress and went for way over what I thought it was worth as well as being incomplete.
The Avery 25 pdr was complete and in good order ,a simple restoration.
Generally everything in the sale was in very poor condition due to its coastal location and poor preservation.

Rob, thanks for adjusting the expectations
Shows that one should visually inspect an item before proceeding to buy.