sarahavfc Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Nope, unfortunately not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moore Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 My first reaction was " How much...?"....then I remembered how much Midland Swindlers charge for theirs. That will be a solid can too, Tony's painting has always been exemplary. A tired pair of doors by Ron Hough went for just over £20...where's the justice?? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timleech Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 My first reaction was " How much...?"....then I remembered how much Midland Swindlers charge for theirs. That will be a solid can too, Tony's painting has always been exemplary. A tired pair of doors by Ron Hough went for just over £20...where's the justice?? Dave He's given up painting now, so prices for his work should be going up 'er indoors complains that he never puts stamens on his roses Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 No you're not getting mixed up. This is the one and same boat. I've been irritated by their sign on a couple of occasions now. Next time I see this boat I'm inclined to moor up close behind and run my engine overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timleech Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 'er indoors complains that he never puts stamens on his roses Tim The above is not strictly true. Just looked at another of his cans, a small apparenty random selection of the roses has stamens Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave moore Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks Tim. I've got a couple of wooden trays he painted years ago, probably 50s, and there are stamens dashed in to some of the roses. The work was rather more flamboyant and detailed than in later days, I suspect it pared down over time. I don't think Ron's health is too good these days, but I've no recent information. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timleech Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks Tim. I've got a couple of wooden trays he painted years ago, probably 50s, and there are stamens dashed in to some of the roses. The work was rather more flamboyant and detailed than in later days, I suspect it pared down over time. I don't think Ron's health is too good these days, but I've no recent information. Cheers Dave Just to be clear, it was AJ's roses I was talking about, rather than Ron Hough's. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwheel Posted March 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 What about this one? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111623821535?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 From eBay: Not sure if this is a water can or used for another thing. Possibly painted by Alf Best. Paintwork on edging is scuffed here and there. Been used for show for many years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwheel Posted March 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 From eBay: Not sure if this is a water can or used for another thing. Possibly painted by Alf Best. Paintwork on edging is scuffed here and there. Been used for show for many years now. Indeed, I wondered if anyone else thought the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 Is Alf Best known to have painted? I've not heard that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timleech Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 No idea about the painter, looks fairly ordinary to me, but it's an oil jug. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 No idea about the painter, looks fairly ordinary to me, but it's an oil jug. Tim I think a surprisingly large number of boaters or former boaters took up painting in the late sixties and onwards through at least the 70s to supply the growing demands of souvenir shops, and the like. They had not necessarily been doing it in large amounts previously but found a useful way of making some additional earnings. I can certainly recall Bill Whitlock having an almost production line of cabin stools set out along the loaded holds of their boats, and they were certainly not alone in this. We used to have, for example, a couple of small souvenir items painted by the late Joe Harrison, related to Jeanette Smith Harrison of this forum. Some of this work was competent, (and certainly a lot better than many modern protagonists!), but clearly in most cases, Ron Hough it was not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimneyChain Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Who knows ? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=321711226906 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Who knows ? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=321711226906 Can isn't too old made by a chap in Leicester who used to make ours for BC Ltd. The tin bath is painted by my ex wife Gill Hogg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwheel Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Who knows ? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=321711226906 It's not a really old one and I'm fairly certain it's nothing special. Certainly not £200+ worth and not a "GENUINE VINTAGE "BUCKBY CAN" ". I'd given him £25 for it. Who knows ? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=321711226906 It's not a really old one and I'm fairly certain it's nothing special. Certainly not £200+ worth and not a "GENUINE VINTAGE "BUCKBY CAN" ". I'd give him £25 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 It's not a really old one and I'm fairly certain it's nothing special. Certainly not £200+ worth and not a "GENUINE VINTAGE "BUCKBY CAN" ". I'd give him £25 for it. Sadly it seems now that if a can is half decent quality, even if really only good for a repaint, the minimum selling price is more like twice that amount. (Unless I'm particularly useless at ever actually finding decent ones that don't make much money). I agree that £200 for that can appears to be taking the pee, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChimneyChain Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 And another one http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=261858057687 Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 And another one http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=261858057687 Darren Blimey that's in a state! Looks like it is the shop up the Buckby flight selling ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 What am I missing folks? What on earth makes this average, highly battered can, with parts missing worth anything approaching the £143 it sold for? eBay link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 What am I missing folks? What on earth makes this average, highly battered can, with parts missing worth anything approaching the £143 it sold for? eBay link Stupid bidders Alan, not worth bidding for at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Owen Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 An unusual can for a different look...ready for painting?? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151662178887?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT A veritable steal if recent prices are anything to go by :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 An unusual can for a different look...ready for painting?? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151662178887?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT A veritable steal if recent prices are anything to go by :-) I would suggest the seller is clearly Simon Wain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 An unusual can for a different look...ready for painting?? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151662178887?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT A veritable steal if recent prices are anything to go by :-) Just a BR galvanised water can, plenty of them still around, not worth very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Owen Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 I would suggest the seller is clearly Simon Wain! I didn't really want to name the seller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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