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Title: Need some help pricing :)
Post by: nick_s_1998 on June 04, 2013, 03:30:18 AM

hi guys. just wondering how much this is worth, were it came from and what it is thanks :)

Title: Re: Need some help pricing :)
Post by: bigwull on June 04, 2013, 05:12:01 AM

your general location might help,

Title: Re: Need some help pricing :)
Post by: bigwull on June 04, 2013, 05:19:11 AM

Some kind of harvest machine, by all accounts...

I GBORGE SLOMAN, Machinist, of Nails worth, near Adelaide, do hereby CHALLENGE any MAKER of WINNOWERS, for the sum of Five Pounds (£5),

Title: Re: Need some help pricing :)
Post by: nick_s_1998 on June 04, 2013, 06:05:32 AM

we are by Adelaide south Australia.

Title: Re: Need some help pricing :)
Post by: bigwull on June 04, 2013, 06:15:17 AM

Its a small world...and by all accounts,...from what i,ve found...it fits...a Sloman is or was a Winnower....used during harvest time, and G Sloman was a machinist from Adelaide...

Title: Re: Need some help pricing :)
Post by: bigwull on June 04, 2013, 06:17:35 AM

date wise.its 1880,s....value...don,t really know, but,its bound to be worth something...especia lly with G Sloman...being.."local"

Title: Re: Need some help pricing :)
Post by: Ipcress on June 04, 2013, 07:31:29 AM

Interesting

George Arthur Sloman. Had inventions / patents for conveyor belts for Winnowing machines. Here's one of his adverts ( top centre )

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/72490393 (http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/72490393)