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This just sold at auction.

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Hope an AFCA'er is the
new owner and restores
the starší paní to her
former glory.

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My opening bid of $25
(proxied down to $5)
did not hold.

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At auctions, being first
doesn't mean squat.

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A good welder could...

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cut that gaudy fish-tail
thingy off and make it
into a nice round base.

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Posted
38 minutes ago, Jim Kovar said:

A good welder could cut that gaudy fish-tail
thingy off and make it
into nice round base.

Ouch

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Posted

So, how many of these
fishy-tail based GE's are
known to exist?

Posted

I saw your post and Looking for this auction, but it's gone, you got good price congra !!

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it is rare, this is the only one I ever seen over those years

Posted
6 minutes ago, Richard Koung said:

I saw your post and Looking for this auction, but it's gone, you got good price congra !!

Me?, neither the seller
nor the buyer.

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AuctionZip sent me
an apology.

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Well,... "Sorry" ain't good
enough, AuctionZip.

Don't let it happen again!

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Jim

 

Thank you for posting this.  An incredibly rare opportunity that someone landed.  So does this make 5 known examples?

 

Mel

Posted
31 minutes ago, Mel Lagarde said:

So does this make 5 known examples?

Kim Frank would be the person to ask.

He is the AFCA's GE Pancake Survey tabulator.

Posted

I saw this but don’t know what it sold for. What was the winning bid?

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Thanks Patrick. That's an impressive amount of money!

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The buyers premium alone is out of my range!  Hopefully the new owner will show it off in all its glory in the near future.  Congrats to whoever got it.  

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If I'm not mistaken, Kim Frank has one...of course and I think our good friend, Ron Jeter sold one at Darryl Hudsons meet several years ago for$4500.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Very nice project that surfaced. Here's hoping the seller and/or buyer have enough collective wits to ensure the fan doesn't end up as fractured cast iron. I no longer buy online unless I can pick up. I've had rare cast iron pieces damaged by ignorant sellers who assured me of their supppsed experience and competence.

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Watched this one closely. Nice stump. Prior to this auction, ten were known in collections. Whoever won this one must have wanted it badly. Gavel price of $8600, then a hefty buyers premium. Maybe tax. Then factor in the cage, blade, struts, oilers, bearing cap, and some acorns. Probably north of 12K when done. Hopefully there's not a shiny black and brass restoration in it's future.

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