Mick G
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SteveTheTyke
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23 Sep 2017 03:07 PM |
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I think thats what you call 'Hung, Drawn and Quartered'. But to be fair Mick, it is the larger version, which don't turn up as often, and if it was in better condition would certainly attract some followers. |
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trixon telstar
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23 Sep 2017 11:52 PM |
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Nectar Tea made 380 Tykey, so you were " right on the money " as they say. |
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Mick G
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24 Sep 2017 05:38 AM |
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Wow, seller should be pleased with that. Certainty higher than I'd have expected |
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Kennett
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24 Sep 2017 06:13 PM |
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I may be corrected on this , but allowing for my rapidly fading memory (age related).... I believe large quantity was found in the1990s and were selling for around £30 each.. I know I bought one only a few years later for £35 and sold it on for £45 .They just had the screw hole chips.... It seems they would have been a good investment ...assuming my memory is not playing tricks with me |
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Kennett
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24 Sep 2017 06:15 PM |
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I am refering to the Nectar Tea sign |
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sign-seeker
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24 Sep 2017 06:29 PM |
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There were indeed a great number found; apparently bricked up in an old railway arch. Many hundreds, in varying conditions. I suspect it might have been in the 1980s or possibly earlier, as I bought mine from Dodo on Westbourne Grove around 1981 or '82, for £13, and I would have thought that's where it came from. There are stories of dealers buying them out of the back of a van, by the dozen!!! |
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hinkslamps
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24 Sep 2017 06:47 PM |
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I remember buying a near mint one in Alfie's antique market on Edgware Road in 1986 for £5. |
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Kennett
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24 Sep 2017 06:54 PM |
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Yes I most likely bought mine a few years later when prices had edged up I did not know the history of discovery. ..interesting |
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sign-seeker
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24 Sep 2017 10:46 PM |
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Gosh! Sounds like I overpaid for mine! |
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Craig001
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24 Sep 2017 10:51 PM |
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Mint enamel sign for £5.......wow!! |
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hinkslamps
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24 Sep 2017 11:45 PM |
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Yes I remember there were a few there - £5 each. I wish I'd bought all of them now. |
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Advertising Antiques Ltd
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26 Sep 2017 10:30 AM |
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Chris Gordon told me there was 3 - 5000 and they were £1 each. He filled his estate car with them and the boot flipped open on the motorway spilling a hundred or so over the road. These scratched ones can occasionally be seen doing the rounds!! Cheers Al |
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SteveTheTyke
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26 Sep 2017 10:51 AM |
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Incredible - if only YouTube had been around then !! |
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hasbeen
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26 Sep 2017 11:41 AM |
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Al's right with the quantity...it was the late 70s....I was buying them at 2 quid a pop from people that must have been buying them cheaper...can remember that some were tied I think in batches of 10 with old string....would always plough through them looking for the colour variations which were still the same price...remember too speaking to a London trader who apparently turned down the whole lot when they first turned up.
Think we discussed the colour variations here in the past...there were definitely 4 versions...the normal white and the rarer green,blue and pinkish tint. |
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