Did you see 'em?

Nobby · Post by **Nobby** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 2:26 pm

Two London tapered quill floats, one with an unusual cork body just finished on eBay.

They fetched £290!

I am not the winner.

Here they are:

Gobio Gobio · Post by **Gobio Gobio** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 2:32 pm

Blast, I wish I had seen them, I would bid more than that.
I am after this sort of float, I trawl the bay for floats but missed these....

Lea Dweller · Post by **Lea Dweller** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:59 pm

Was it me that said that the vintage/traditional tackle market was declining?

Actually, unusual items will still fetch good money, but I am happy with the selection of 'London Tapered Quills' that I have from our own Santiago!

Fredline · Post by **Fredline** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 4:00 pm

I got outbid at £222, it was all I could justify. They are probably worth double that amount. Find me another set like that?

LuckyLuca · Post by **LuckyLuca** » Fri Apr 19, 2019 4:10 pm

Amazing. They could/should be museum pieces!

Cork bodied tapered quill, over to you Trevor. The bar has been raised I'm afraid

Nobby · Post by **Nobby** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:04 am

I suspect the cork bodied one is a three-piece float with a cork sleeve over the middle section. I'm told the last one that came up for sale fetched £180, so you might take the view that the buyer did OK getting two for £290.

I think one of our members here got one about three years ago...so that's just 4 I know of that have come up....that makes them commoner than an original Craftversa....... ;-)

AllRounder · Post by **AllRounder** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:32 pm

I would have loved to have added those to the display cabinet. I watched them from the start at eight pounds thinking they might fetch perhaps £120!
Glad to see the market is still alive and kicking though.
Congrats to the new owner.

Santiago · Post by **Santiago** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 5:17 pm

Wow! What a fantastic looking pair of London Patent quills. And what a price. Looks like I 'll have to put my prices up for my replicas, and they'll still be cheap!

Gobio Gobio · Post by **Gobio Gobio** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:37 pm

Wish I had seem them from the start, if I had know they were there I would have done anything to get them.

Paul F · Post by **Paul F** » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:13 pm

I bid so far then dropped out, they were special floats.
It seems the seller did not know how scarce they were!

luckily I have 2 original tapered quills (in the middle)

or a couple of huge Nottingham sliders circa 1880/90!

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