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General Category => Sales & Auctions => Topic started by: Bob Purton on February 05, 2009, 08:28:52 pm

Title: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Bob Purton on February 05, 2009, 08:28:52 pm: Something for hardcore nutters! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Harding-invalid-carriage-1961-micro-car-classic-car_W0QQitemZ330305641427QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item330305641427&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A7%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Jawmedead on February 05, 2009, 09:06:41 pm: This has been in the thread ---- One for the ICR stuart --- two days ago. Listed as buy it now for Â£5000 and they declined an offer of Â£4500!!!! :o It's been re-listed on ebay.
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Bob Purton on February 05, 2009, 10:10:58 pm: I didnt know Rob. Just stumbled across it tonight and thought I had beter tell someone. Its a brave man who turns down 4.5k for this, rare it may be but so are two headed ducks!
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Stuart Cyphus on February 05, 2009, 10:14:01 pm: Invalid carriges are on the ascent, for good or for bad, that much is clear by some of the events of the past year.

I know both owner & car well, (The Harding in question is one of only six known Bodied Harding's) but I'm going to say absulutly nothing at all about the asking price, except to say I sold my Petrol version, 715 TLG, to the East Anglian Transport Museum in September 2006 for just Â£300 !!! :'(

192 BAJ was formerly within the Combe Martin Motorcycle collection and is now possibly the best example out there. It came to the second Resergance Gathering in Wales last April, and is mentioned a few times in recent Register Pages within RCN.

Just don't let Artura get it is all I ask.....
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Bob Purton on February 05, 2009, 10:31:05 pm: Who's Artura?
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Jawmedead on February 05, 2009, 10:56:41 pm: Isn't he the German/Asian chappy that bought a load of the Bubblecar Museum lots?
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Stuart Cyphus on February 05, 2009, 11:05:28 pm: The very same, & I strongly belive its him who offered Â£4.800 & bidding it up at this very moment.... :-\
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Jawmedead on February 06, 2009, 02:13:58 pm: Quote from: Bob Purton on February 05, 2009, 10:10:58 pm
two headed ducks!

I wonder if they 'quack' in unison or against each other? ;D
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Bob Purton on February 06, 2009, 04:19:07 pm: I thought afterwards that others may not understand the analogy, its something we say in the antiques trade when someone is trying to sell you something and goes on about how rare it is. Its easier to say "So are two headed ducks" than to explain that rarety doesnt always translate to high value. In other words two headed ducks are very rare but people ar'nt queing around the block to buy them.

I,m sure they do quack in unison!
Title: Re: Harding monstrousity for sale
Post by: Jawmedead on February 06, 2009, 04:37:00 pm: And there was me thinking you used the term ..... Rocking Horse Poo. ;D

I've found one, a double duck!

(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z28/robbie-dee-photos/crypto-pix1.jpg)