New Posts For Thread: car boot sale findshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-findsanyone on here found anything worth a few quid , i go most weekends and have found some cracking stuff paintings ,old toys, enamel signs etc . put up yer finds !back from this mornings bootsale , a big carboot about 600 cars /vans but not a lot worth buying today mostly tat , eventually found some old bronze roman coins in individual clear wallets with details of age ....1 .is dated from ad 253-268 of romanhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557878975#557878975back from this mornings bootsale , a big carboot about 600 cars /vans but not a lot worth buying today mostly tat , eventually found some old bronze roman coins in individual clear wallets with details of age ....1 .is dated from ad 253-268 of romanSun, 01 Sep 2019 04:43:31 -0500just seen your question about the clock blackbarn ,the face or dial is approx 12 inches round and the wood frame around it mqakes the width of the clock 16 inches,no you cant see the pendulum you have to open a little hatch at the bottom of the clochttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557866605#557866605just seen your question about the clock blackbarn ,the face or dial is approx 12 inches round and the wood frame around it mqakes the width of the clock 16 inches,no you cant see the pendulum you have to open a little hatch at the bottom of the clocFri, 30 Aug 2019 12:21:30 -0500of course i had no way of knowing if what the seller of the dalek was saying was true but it looked the bizz and a ton would have been a snip imohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557866521#557866521of course i had no way of knowing if what the seller of the dalek was saying was true but it looked the bizz and a ton would have been a snip imoFri, 30 Aug 2019 12:13:03 -0500thanks blackbarn good advice which i wouldnt have known ,i will do that , just some advice for anyone thinking of going to carboots i liken them to a treasure hunt and most who sell at carboots dont have much idea of the value of what they are sellihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557866489#557866489thanks blackbarn good advice which i wouldnt have known ,i will do that , just some advice for anyone thinking of going to carboots i liken them to a treasure hunt and most who sell at carboots dont have much idea of the value of what they are selliFri, 30 Aug 2019 12:11:00 -0500Foyles - Re your railway clock, unfortunately it is much easier to say what the problem is not than what the problem is. The mainspring could be broken, or just seized. Either way a decent clockmaker should be able to quote you a service or repair quhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557866345#557866345Foyles - Re your railway clock, unfortunately it is much easier to say what the problem is not than what the problem is. The mainspring could be broken, or just seized. Either way a decent clockmaker should be able to quote you a service or repair quFri, 30 Aug 2019 11:59:53 -0500Foyles - Re Ebay for values, you are looking in the wrong place!! You have discovered that what people are asking on Ebay is often unrealistic/inflated. So, just put in the Ebay search section "Dinky" and "Boxed" (if relevant) and the name/make of thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557866287#557866287Foyles - Re Ebay for values, you are looking in the wrong place!! You have discovered that what people are asking on Ebay is often unrealistic/inflated. So, just put in the Ebay search section "Dinky" and "Boxed" (if relevant) and the name/make of thFri, 30 Aug 2019 11:53:29 -0500A few months ago I went to a suburban Sunday markets. It was close to finish time and a lot of the sellers were packing up. I was peering into a bucket of spanners and sockets when the seller came up to me and said,'Do you want them?'. I said maybe.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557864981#557864981A few months ago I went to a suburban Sunday markets. It was close to finish time and a lot of the sellers were packing up. I was peering into a bucket of spanners and sockets when the seller came up to me and said,'Do you want them?'. I said maybe.Fri, 30 Aug 2019 08:34:38 -0500akabula ....how much you think the dinkys are worth foyle ? ....have looked on ebay and the ones on there for sale are over ambitious on what they want for them around £75-£100 pound each for near mint cond . also had some mint cond dinkys and corghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557864499#557864499akabula ....how much you think the dinkys are worth foyle ? ....have looked on ebay and the ones on there for sale are over ambitious on what they want for them around £75-£100 pound each for near mint cond . also had some mint cond dinkys and corgFri, 30 Aug 2019 06:57:44 -0500it helps blackburn ! didnt know that ! is there some kind of release button or something ? i have been flicking the pendulum bar (without the pendulum ) and the clock is ticking but the bar stops after a while and i have to repeat the process . triedhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557864481#557864481it helps blackburn ! didnt know that ! is there some kind of release button or something ? i have been flicking the pendulum bar (without the pendulum ) and the clock is ticking but the bar stops after a while and i have to repeat the process . triedFri, 30 Aug 2019 06:53:20 -0500bought a jimi hendrix oil painting a while ago ( put it on another thread ) not signed but the woman who i bought it off said that she was at the isle of wight festival which went on for a few days and a hippy type bloke was doing oil paintings /porhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31567393/car-boot-sale-finds?post_id=557864451#557864451bought a jimi hendrix oil painting a while ago ( put it on another thread ) not signed but the woman who i bought it off said that she was at the isle of wight festival which went on for a few days and a hippy type bloke was doing oil paintings /porFri, 30 Aug 2019 06:46:47 -0500