You said it is from the mid 1800s, "so I'm told". Finish looks way too good for it to have been around that long..maybe. Nice coffee table piece, in any case. You gonna divulge what you paid for it, or does your wife read this? ;)
Jack --- On Sun, 1/11/09, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David J Brooks <[email protected]> > Subject: Peso Auctions > To: "Pentax Discuss" <[email protected]>, "Barbara Brooks" <[email protected]>, > "Harry Bolton" <[email protected]>, "Yvette Huber" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 10:51 AM > I went to an auction Saturday, just North of town. > > Its the first one i have attended in probably 10-12 years. > > I went alone. > > I should not do that. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/3187906165/ > > Saw this on the web site for the auctioneer, thought it > would be neat > to have. It is from the mid 1800's, so I'm told. > Cast iron fire truck, > so to speak. > > Thought i might pick it up for $30-50 dollars. > > I was wrong. > > Never go to auctions by ones self. > > K10D, 16-45, on board flash > > Dave > > -- > Equine Photography > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > Ontario Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
