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1895 Eaton Railway 15Gauge Carriage PartsThis auction is for a job lot of items believed to be fromthe original Eaton Hall 15 gauge railway line built by Sir Arthur Heywood anddescribed in the book Sir Arthur Heywood & The 15 Gauge Railway by MarkSmithers.
The lot consists of the metal fixures from the front andrear of a 15 gauge railway carriage from the 1895 Eaton Railway including thewrap-around metal bidings, 4 buffers and 2 couplings.
Mark Smithers book records that the original railway stock wassold off in 1947 to Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway and page 121 of thebook shows either the exact carriage that these fittings came from or oneidentical. The items comprising this lot were acquired by my late Father-in-Lawa number of years ago and formed part of a small collection of 15 gaugerailway items that he built up and planned to do something interesting withbut unfortunately never got around to before his death. The collection has satin a number of sheds (and most recently in my garden) for quite a few years butthey are now going up for sale.
Please look at the pictures closely as they form a good partof the description. As you will see the items have not been rubbed down orcleaned up in any way and everythingretains the patina of what looks like many years of use! It is not visible inthe pictures but one corner of one of the buffers has been cracked so that oneof the mounting holes is incomplete. However one of the other lots for sale isa collection of similar buffers if you needed a complete set of undamaged ones(see other items for sale)
There is no buy-it-now and no reserve and the auction willrun to the end. The starting price is the minimum Id be prepared to take for thislot based on its age and rarity so please dont bother making me an offer. Cashon collection preferred.
Now the boring butimportant stuff. To all you serious sensible Ebayers, Im afraid this isbecause there are an increasing number of timewasters and thieves who make itimpossible to take people at face value anymore.If youve got less than 10 positive feedback, please contactme first before bidding or I will unfortunately have to cancel your bid and youbid to buy not to haggle afterwards so if youre in any doubt about what yourebuying, please arrange to come and see it first! I cant emphasise that too much, if its too far to traveland youve got a concern about anything then please message me to see if I cansend you a picture or more details that clarifies it for you. Please dontcomplain afterwards about something you didnt take the opportunity to come andlook at first!Also, please note thatcollection only means exactly that so please dont ask if Ill deliver it orarrange a courier to do so and I am certainly not prepared to arrange to ship itoverseas in return for some amazing money transfer scheme! If you win theauction Im happy to hold it for a week or so while you arrange collectioneither by yourself or a courier but it will need to be either paid for cash oncollection or the cash needs to have cleared in my bank account before it willbe released. Other than that, good luck bidding!
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Category: Collectables:Transportation Collectables:Railwayana:Hardware Railwayana:Other Hardware Railwayana
Location: Chester