Am I missing Something Here; £500 Plus for 17 floats?

Santiago · Post by **Santiago** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:47 am

To be fair the seller started at 99p and J Brammer in his time was considered to be the God of float making! Really surprised you chaps have never heard of him!

The Old Buffer · Post by **The Old Buffer** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:04 am

The floats are well enough done but not up to the standard of many of the artisans on this forum.

Lea Dweller · Post by **Lea Dweller** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:14 am

Without naming names, I have seen many floats made by TFF members, that would stand comparison with these!

Aquaerial · Post by **Aquaerial** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:21 am

The bidding looks odd to me, the floats ordinary (by comparison with TFF members work).

WoodBurnerMatt · Post by **WoodBurnerMatt** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:26 am

Santiago wrote:To be fair the seller started at 99p and J Brammer in his time was considered to be the God of float making! Really surprised you chaps have never heard of him!

Hi Santiago,

My reason for asking was mainly that I had never heard of him (although I am very far from an expert and fairly new to this game) and I can find no references to him on google or any of my books. What was his era?

GhyllManor · Post by **GhyllManor** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:35 am

I think that the seller is using the principle "there's one born every minute" here, it's quite ludicrous. I've got a box similar to that which I bought at Gerry's in Wimbledon in the early 80's for a tenner, and it's got 2 tiers!!

Ted.

GhyllManor · Post by **GhyllManor** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:46 am

Having said that upon looking at the seller info, such as it is, it does seem bona fide, though for the life of me I still cannot see what makes these floats/box so valuable. " Every day is a school day "

Ted

Santiago · Post by **Santiago** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:50 am

WBM wrote:

My reason for asking was mainly that I had never heard of him (although I am very far from an expert and fairly new to this game) and I can find no references to him on google or any of my books. What was his era?

Neither have I! The seller's obviously deluded! His eBay use name is J------J and the first bid is from a user called J------J.

So in affect he's stopped himself from selling the boxed floats!! Yes, there's one born every minute and he must be one of them!!!

Dave Burr · Post by **Dave Burr** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:53 am

If they are genuine bids these people will also be allowed to vote in May.... makes you think doesn't it.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:04 am

I tihnk tehy are the msot eutxsqiie flaots I`ve eevr liad my eseys on. Tardaiontil flaot minkag at its best. Not bad atfer 10 ptins of Gsunneis!...

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