Re: Chapman Amwell, £20....
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:30 pm
Hi all - a postscript:
I bought a rod a few weeks ago from an auction in Bury St Edmunds. In fact, I bought a dozen rods in 4 lots (all unexceptional, but my kind of 'value' purchase). Anyway, this one rod, in a lot by itself, was described as 'The Orwell'. No-one else bid for it and, as I already had a few to pick up, I paid £10 for it.
Just got it out of the attic for a closer look and realised that the handwritten name on the rod did not look like 'Orwell', more like 'Omwell', and with 'NL' written after it. Dutch, I thought? I could find nothing on the web. I looked again at the name again and thought it could be a lower case 'a' but written large as a capital.
So here I am, from never having heard of this rod to thinking 'Wow!', what a find. These rods seem to hide in dusty corners . . . It is in a poor state, so I will refurb.
Photos are too big to attach - I'll sort that out and post them later.
I bought a rod a few weeks ago from an auction in Bury St Edmunds. In fact, I bought a dozen rods in 4 lots (all unexceptional, but my kind of 'value' purchase). Anyway, this one rod, in a lot by itself, was described as 'The Orwell'. No-one else bid for it and, as I already had a few to pick up, I paid £10 for it.
Just got it out of the attic for a closer look and realised that the handwritten name on the rod did not look like 'Orwell', more like 'Omwell', and with 'NL' written after it. Dutch, I thought? I could find nothing on the web. I looked again at the name again and thought it could be a lower case 'a' but written large as a capital.
So here I am, from never having heard of this rod to thinking 'Wow!', what a find. These rods seem to hide in dusty corners . . . It is in a poor state, so I will refurb.
Photos are too big to attach - I'll sort that out and post them later.