25-09-2011, 08:57 PM
Me neither.
I have been once, a couple of years ago, and was amazed at how many auction lots there were. Many were 'estate sales' on behalf of the estates of deceased collectors. Many weren't highly desirable, but went for very low prices - sometimes for £2.00, so the sum of the parts if broken down would be worth far more than that - even a speaker, knobs a valve or transformer for example. Many were eminently restorable. I thought the auction was very brisk and professional, as was the removal of sales lots etc, and Jeremy PPPPenguin was kept busy on the Bring & Buy. All in all, quite an undertaking! It's a long way to go if it can't be combined with something else. We make a point of going to Golborne to support a northern event, and combine it with a couple of nights B&B and pre-Christmas visit to friends and relatives in Liverpool and Birkenhead. We called in at Harpy en route to Essex to my wife's sister. I only saw one lot I was interested in - a pre-war Little Maestro, but it was lot 400 or so, and we weren't prepared to wait until late afternoon to bid for it. As it was, I later found that it went for more than I'd have been willing to bid, so it was no loss.
David
I have been once, a couple of years ago, and was amazed at how many auction lots there were. Many were 'estate sales' on behalf of the estates of deceased collectors. Many weren't highly desirable, but went for very low prices - sometimes for £2.00, so the sum of the parts if broken down would be worth far more than that - even a speaker, knobs a valve or transformer for example. Many were eminently restorable. I thought the auction was very brisk and professional, as was the removal of sales lots etc, and Jeremy PPPPenguin was kept busy on the Bring & Buy. All in all, quite an undertaking! It's a long way to go if it can't be combined with something else. We make a point of going to Golborne to support a northern event, and combine it with a couple of nights B&B and pre-Christmas visit to friends and relatives in Liverpool and Birkenhead. We called in at Harpy en route to Essex to my wife's sister. I only saw one lot I was interested in - a pre-war Little Maestro, but it was lot 400 or so, and we weren't prepared to wait until late afternoon to bid for it. As it was, I later found that it went for more than I'd have been willing to bid, so it was no loss.
David
