They didn’t ask me a a; but people will pay a reasonable / realistic price for something that they wish to acquire.

From previous dealings with V-Force cockpit sellers: 2003 – Valiant; 2013 – Victor; 2014 – Victor; they all expect a far higher price than most buyers are prepared to pay. I have figures (offer & valuation) for each of those possible ‘deals’ but I am not willing to post them on a public forum.

From communications that I have seen and the auction information online, this latest batch of cockpits is no different; my favourite recent description of them was “Museum ready!” 

Hi there BH – I base my comments on a communication with the seller last autumn and previous experience with prices requested on a different Valiant cockpit (17 plus years ago) and a different Victor cockpit (8 years ago). 

Again good luck to him if they sell!

Hope to see you soon at Newark!!

To be honest I believe the reason they have not sold is the high valuation expectation of the seller, which right from day one last summer have IMHO been rather inflated!

Pleased to have helped to provide some confirmation – over the years Newark organised a variety of similar open cockpit events. Until Covid this moved onto a more regular basis with a team of volunteer cockpit openers forming part of the museum’s mainstream offer. You can glean a few more details in here. 
http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/NAM_open_cockpits

Picking up on another thread and perhaps someone who participated in that visit before Christmas I was in contact with JDK who pointed me in the direction to help save the Warbirds Worldwide Archive material.
http://www.newarkairmuseum.org/Warbirds_Worldwide_Archive

I would suggest that they were taken at Newark Air Museum – the first looks to be in the Argosy Procedures Trainer and the second in Vulcan XM594.

The person in the second photo seems to be wearing a badge that has a museum logo on it – perhaps given out to allow cockpit access to the exhibits!