The Holyboy Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I am trying to purchase a nice example of a sectioned WWI 18 pdr artillery shell - can anyone suggest where I could get one in the UK please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 If you are not in a hurry - leave your contact details with Wallis and Wallis - also, Bosleys and perhaps Christies. They are among the top militaria auctioneers in the UK and will contact you if the item comes up for auction. Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Hi, there are a number of guys in the UK who deal in battlefield relics, try at www.gunstar.co.uk in the ammunition section Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 These guys will probably be able to help http://www.dugup.co.uk/oridinance/ordinance_1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holyboy Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 I shall have a look - Many thanks for your help Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holyboy Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) No luck on Gunstar nor Dugup. Thanks for the suggestion Mervyn but having placed such requests with auction houses I have waited and waited and heard nothing only discover I had missed one in one of their recent sales. I can only assume my requests were put in the wickerwork filing cabinet. The items I want turn up infrequently and it really is not worth my paying out annual subs for catalogues. Even auction houses local to me, despite my leaving my name with them and spending considerable sums with them on certain items on occasion fail to contact again and again. It just lets the sellers down and disappoints potential buyers. Things have improved in recent years thanks to the internet but I remain to be convinced that auctioneers do as much as they could to reach serious buyers. Edited January 10, 2013 by The Holyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Put a notice on the Wanted section of the Forum's For Sale section ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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