£5000 – & that’s not even up to the reserve! 😮 NOT going to start on the rights or wrongs of selling crash site items & no doubt it was recovered pre 1986 :rolleyes: – Amazed its still on ebay though with the brownings – contravenes every rule in their book – Don’t suppose the potential fees on it if it achieves the money has anything to do with that at all? :rolleyes:
On a point of interest what would you do with it – great museum exhibit as others have said – but that price will still buy quite a lot for a small museum – most appropriate place is as Peter said – back in the fuselage section it came from – but only if then placed on display – can’t see the RAF museum splashing out the cash though 🙁
No – it will probably end up like it appears to be now – wrapped in a tarpaulin & hidden away in a private collection. Also would you restore it & remove the evidence of its past? – Looks like somework has been done already? The brownings look very straight & in much better condition than the rest – surely they are not original – & no doubt they have all been professionally deactivated & come with certificates? 😮
A lot of these thoughts crossed my mind as well and as there is no mention of certificates to go with the guns…caveat emptor!:eek:
As to restoration that is always a moot point, if it was to be reunited with the RAFM tail section then leave as is unless someone wants to restore the whole ish, then you’re back into the whole RAFM Halifax saga, one persons exhibit is another ones restoration project. If we got the tail turret all we’d have to do is fill the gap in the middle:diablo:
Update: turret now removed from sale
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