Sjcm Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Could be wrong but the 1st edition was only printed in very small numbers because unknown new author... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sjcm said: Could be wrong but the 1st edition was only printed in very small numbers because unknown new author... The first impression was in the few 1,000s and does go for over £10,000; signed copies for over £100,000. This is the fourth, by which time it had taken off - see the cover banner advertising its prizewinning status. A friend of mine attended the same Edinburgh church as Rowling. There was an announcement at the end of the service: "Joanne has had a book published and is signing copies, if you'd like to buy one." My friend, being uninterested in children's books, passed on the offer. Quite what his mother, an avid bibliophile with a collection including Jane Austen first editions, subsequently said to him would be interesting to know! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 43 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: The first impression was in the few 1,000s and does go for over £10,000; signed copies for over £100,000. This is the fourth, by which time it had taken off - see the cover banner advertising its prizewinning status. A friend of mine attended the same Edinburgh church as Rowling. There was an announcement at the end of the service: "Joanne has had a book published and is signing copies, if you'd like to buy one." My friend, being uninterested in children's books, passed on the offer. Quite what his mother, an avid bibliophile with a collection including Jane Austen first editions, subsequently said to him would be interesting to know! Ah right. One of those sort of true, sort of urban myths that appear in those " 10 priceless things you could find in a carboot sale" internet lists along with a penny black and missing Faberge eggs😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: The first impression was in the few 1,000s and does go for over £10,000; signed copies for over £100,000. In that case Ms Rowling could make money very easily just by signing her own books! But as she's already a billionaire, she probably couldn't be bothered. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 20, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Sjcm said: Ah right. One of those sort of true, sort of urban myths that appear in those " 10 priceless things you could find in a carboot sale" internet lists along with a penny black and missing Faberge eggs😉 It's true, I'm running out of space to store mine! Mike. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PeterStiles Posted November 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2023 Ha ha ha ha. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155899557119?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xZI5pwyaTWa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=v6cpl3kbqqi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Ha ha ha ha And there's more where that came from! 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, PeterStiles said: Ha ha ha ha. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155899557119?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=xZI5pwyaTWa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=v6cpl3kbqqi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Ha ha ha ha And there's more where that came from! Tuppence would be overpricing it! 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted November 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2023 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325893798113?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=V7ZQmSnyR9a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dltlllrnrym&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 😳 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, 5944 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325893798113?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=V7ZQmSnyR9a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dltlllrnrym&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 😳 If you actually wanted the chassis, it might be worth having a go. The body is fit for the bin! 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, 5944 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325893798113?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=V7ZQmSnyR9a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dltlllrnrym&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 😳 I used to play a game on the Xbox 360 called “Train Frontier Express”, they had a loco roughly based on the Deltics in the game and those puny bogies make it feel like it’s something straight out of that game. 4 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: It's true, I'm running out of space to store mine! Mike. Imagine if you found a Faberge Egg at a carboot, you brought it home - where your other half discovered it and used it to make an omlette!? 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: I used to play a game on the Xbox 360 called “Train Frontier Express”, they had a loco roughly based on the Deltics in the game and those puny bogies make it feel like it’s something straight out of that game. I seem to recall something called 'My Little Puny'?? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Sjcm said: Ah right. One of those sort of true, sort of urban myths that appear in those " 10 priceless things you could find in a carboot sale" internet lists along with a penny black and missing Faberge eggs😉 I think the best I did on a car boot was an old , but unused Miller motorcycle headlamp switch at £5. Identified when I got home as being original equipment for a Vincent Black Shadow / Rapide and made £95 in eBay bids. No Fabergé eggs though... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364588996104?hash=item54e3329608:g:HKIAAOSwMGVlW2EC&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8N%2FgkGhooXMSjZXHaWNnxkUt%2BIIsqRaYyvggHdM6D76rkcg%2FsWyrBAsAUI8GmHua4M7uFUy2Hrrjzv9FaEoe82A4aB%2FeVAAR4l1YPU8kIWLHe6%2Fvb43eljlzmThyyXHiSkF5CBedgFwr3gyewx1gEFEpzrYQfbwzfrneMupecYPjr337IEGbF36dBnwgOWaCIUE1weF3SVZHV9eEz8eCGeAD31h5sBRThAcR7Z31WpdmXyvffsDlVZamZZ9GKCNmQsVsZka%2Fg07tXAJlElkkbODdUPCqQehBx4M38ScnHVRg22wxK6DEKuIfJHQLgYVenA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8Tr1eD9Yg I wonder what malady afflicts poor Ivor?? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Is it eBay madness to give yourself a seller name that doesn’t exactly match your self proclaimed status? John’s Hornby/Bachmann Bargains is the name, but I don’t see any “bargains” in his listings at all! HOURS OF FUN! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 (edited) Oh gosh… Hornby SENTINEL But not as we know it… The “madness” is (currently) in the state of the paint finish. However, I predict some bidding madness before too long - after all, it has a face! Steve S UPDATE It has a stablemate! Edited November 21, 2023 by SteveyDee68 Second auction item added 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted November 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2023 36 minutes ago, SteveyDee68 said: Oh gosh… Hornby SENTINEL But not as we know it… The “madness” is (currently) in the state of the paint finish. However, I predict some bidding madness before too long - after all, it has a face! Steve S UPDATE It has a stablemate! "Runs great" - and yet still got caught and tortured. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted November 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2023 (edited) 57 minutes ago, SteveyDee68 said: Oh gosh… Hornby SENTINEL But not as we know it… The “madness” is (currently) in the state of the paint finish. However, I predict some bidding madness before too long - after all, it has a face! Steve S UPDATE It has a stablemate! Is that what is meant by custom repaint??? (And of course as it is listed under the Thomas and Friends title it is no doubt being sold under licence)!!! Edited November 21, 2023 by rab 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Whenever I see these knock-offs I always get the urge to form a charity and campaign for harsher sentences for doting granddads or banning the international trade in Thomas faces 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Thomas repaints are the topic today? Well here’s one I found earlier, April of this year in fact. One of my friends bought it for 5h1ts n gigs, but ended up handing the devil on to me! Will grab pics of it once I’m done at college if anyone wants to see some better photos of it… 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2023 3 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: Oh gosh… Hornby SENTINEL But not as we know it… The “madness” is (currently) in the state of the paint finish. However, I predict some bidding madness before too long - after all, it has a face! Steve S UPDATE It has a stablemate! Looking at the bids so far it might be worth buying them at a knock down price, removing the Thomas bits and repainting in the livery of your choice. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 15 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Looking at the bids so far it might be worth buying them at a knock down price, removing the Thomas bits and repainting in the livery of your choice. But … these are THOMAS THE TANK related … surely the prices will end up in the £££s if not the ££££s?! 🤣 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Looking at that seller’s other offerings, I am suspecting that he may have used nail varnish to paint his locos …using the brush that attached to the cap. I also suspect that the nail varnish may have been acquired second or third hand, given the general lumpiness of the paint finish. That or he has found an old mascara brush and thought that would do just as well for the job! HOURS OF FUN! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Looking at the bids so far it might be worth buying them at a knock down price, removing the Thomas bits and repainting in the livery of your choice. Or for not very much more £ you could pick up an example where you needn’t have to strip off a layer of gunk first… (though this doesn’t really fit into the “madness” thread, more the “bargain” thread if purchased at the starting price) Sentinel Edited November 22, 2023 by SteveyDee68 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 10 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: Oh gosh… Hornby SENTINEL But not as we know it… The “madness” is (currently) in the state of the paint finish. However, I predict some bidding madness before too long - after all, it has a face! Steve S UPDATE It has a stablemate! One could use 3D printing to manufacture REALLY hideous, seriously ugly - dare I say nightmareish faces, to attach to locos?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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