'Halifax Column' at Auction.

No comment sir, except to say I was not physically there and and am now the wrong side of 35!

:D:D:D

Lot 1209 CANOPY FRAME BELIEVED FROM P47 THUNDERBOLT

Didnt look like a P47 canopy to me, i would have said Hawker Typhoon?

Peter. Although I was there and watched the whole thing I have no idea who the lucky bidder was ? he was a youngish man early 30’s maybe (but at my age almost everyone looks young !) :diablo:

Keith.

Could that be a Mr.Elliott Smock???

All i know is it wasn’t me. I left a speculative bid just in case it went cheap… but i didn’t even get close :o.

Oh well.. will just have to get er indoors something else for Christmas :p.

Peter. Although I was there and watched the whole thing I have no idea who the lucky bidder was ? he was a youngish man early 30’s maybe (but at my age almost everyone looks young !) :diablo:

Keith.

Anyone know who got it?

Well I paid less for my control column, but at the time (2003)I thought it was a steep price, it still is the most expensive part I bought for the cockpit project. But as I thought there wouldn’t be a second chance (figures) I did it and never had any regrets about it.

Cees

Thanks for posting, very interesting:)

Thanks for this keith, lot 1068 seemed a good price especially with the clock included.

Some of the aviation results from today ….

Lot 1060 BOX OF ASSORTED INSTRUMENTS FROM A PROCTER AIRCRAFT
est £20-30 actual £40 +

Lot 1061 PROPELLOR FROM A 1942 TIGER MOTH, TIP DAMAGED
est £200-300 actual £170 +

Lot 1062 PROPELLOR FROM A PIPER CUB AIRCRAFT
est £180-220 actual £140 +

Lot 1063 AMERICAN MAE WEST BUOYANCY JACKET
est £30-50 actual £35 +

Lot 1064 KAPOK INNER FLYING SUIT
est £30-50 actual £50 +

Lot 1065 CONTROL JOYSTICK FROM A PROCTER WAR TIME TRAINING AIRCRAFT, CONTROL JOYSICK MAGISTER TRAINING AIRCRAFT
est £30-50 actual £95 +

Lot 1066 DALTON NAVIGATIONAL COMPUTER. MK III, PILOTS KNEEPAD AND NOTEPAD CIRC, 1955, PILOTS KNEEPAD NOTEPAD WOODEN WARTIME AND 1945 NAVIGATOR MAP
est £40-50 actual £35 +

Lot 1067 LEATHER PILOTS WAR TIME FLYING HELMET
est £30-50 actual £65 +

Lot 1068 WING TIP NAVIGATION LIGHT OFF A PROCTER AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT CLOCK PROBABLY FROM VALIANT BOMBER 1954 AND ALTIMETER FROM VINTAGE AIRCRAFT
est £80-100 actual £140 +

Lot 1069 PERSONAL SURVIVAL PACK, WARTIME GAS MASK AND ATTACHMENT AND ARMY FOLDING SEAT, POST WAR
no est actual £20 +

Lot 1070 FUSECASE FROM A B24 LIBERATOR BOMBER, EARLY WORLD WAR ONE BRITISH NO. 2 (MK 1) HAND GRENADE
est £150-200 actual £50 +

Lot 1090 A.M. TYPE P8 AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION COMPASS NO. 94315H IN WOODEN TRANSPORT BOX
est £40-60 actual £50 +

Lot 1091 A.M. TYPE P10 AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION COMPASS NO. 17290 B IN WOODEN TRANSPORT BOX
est £40-60 actual £30 +

Lot 1159 WORLD WAR II LANCASTER PILOT’S LOG BOOK BELONGING TO SERGEANT PILOT N. GUEST OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE CONTAINS ENTRIES FOR THE FOOD DROPS OVER HOLLAND IN 1945. LARGE QUANTITY PAPERWORK LOOSELY INSERTED PLUS A PHOTO ALBUM AND SERVICE CAP
est £800-1000 actual £720 +

Lot 1203 HALIFAX CONTROL COLUMN
est £250-350 actual £1300 +

Lot 1204 TYPHOON THROTTLE/MIXER/SUPERCHARGE UNIT
est £100-120 actual £720 +

Lot 1205 REFLECTOR GUN SIGHT (CALIBRATED WITH NAMED GERMAN AIRCRAFT TYPES)
est £200-250 actual £180 +

Lot 1206 INTERPLANE STRUT – TIGER MOTH, WWII 1942 AND TIGER MOTH RUDDER PEDALS, AND TIGER MOTH CRASH PAD
est £40-60 actual £15 +

Lot 1207 SIDE COWLING PANEL – 1941 MILES MAGISTER AIRCRAFT
est £30-50 actual £30 +

Lot 1208 TIGER MOTH MAGNETO – GYPSY MAJOR
est £30-50 actual £30 +

Lot 1209 CANOPY FRAME BELIEVED FROM P47 THUNDERBOLT
est £40-60 actual £110 +

Lot 1211 TIGER MOTH JOY STICK
est £30-50 actual £65 +

Keith 🙂

Still cheap IMHO!

…and £720 for the Typhoon throttle box! 😮

So, was £1300 + commission a ‘give away’ for this?

Frustrating – had a busy day today with kids stuff, and couldnt get away to look.

Still, its not as if I NEED any more stuff.

Bruce

Runway06. The auction is not untill tomorrow 4th Dec.
I had a quick look around at the viewing today …. made a few comments for myself on some of the aviation related items, although I must stress I know nothing about this subject, only what I have learned from you wise people following a few years reading almost everything on this, and other, forum.
Only two items stood out for me ….. The Halifax Column …. looked straight and genuine ??? (how would I know) 🙂

And Lot 1159. WW11 Canadian pilots log book + paperwork + photo albumn + cap …. this is expensive ? but would make a very good study.

Also Lot 1068. nav light from a proctor etc etc ….. only because the light fitting has some readable numbers stamped on it ??? ( sad )

I will be there tomorrow, weather etc allowing, if things are at ‘give away’ prices I may be tempted ?????

Keith.

How many dollars $$$ did it sell for? anyone know?

Figures, spending years making one complete using parts from various sources and now a complete one just turns op.

Wouldn’t be surprised if the value goes up a long way from that.

Happy bidding:cool:

Cees

Not sure if I’ll get there today, but will see how we go!

Bruce

Guide prices

Yes the guide price is cheap – if you look, so are most of them in the catalogue – my first job was in an auction room and compiling the catalogues was one of my duties. This was standard auction house practise to drum up interest and get bidders to attend the auction – wouldn’t have thought it was quite so important now these things are on the net as well – But it certainly seems to still work! :diablo:

Thats CHEAP………..be suprised if it does not fetch a lot more…Cees?