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nick_s_1998

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Need some help pricing :)
« 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 :)
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Re: Need some help pricing :)
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2013, 05:12:01 am »
your general location might help,
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Re: Need some help pricing :)
« Reply #2 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),
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Re: Need some help pricing :)
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2013, 06:05:32 am »
we are by Adelaide south Australia.
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Re: Need some help pricing :)
« Reply #4 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...
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Re: Need some help pricing :)
« Reply #5 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"
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Re: Need some help pricing :)
« Reply #6 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

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