A couple of things to pick up on comments on this thread.
Yes, Lance, you are quite correct and I am embarrased by my blunder. This is a photo of Ral Appleby who also worked as a mechanic in the racing department..
A number of people have suggested different strategies for bidding on ebay, but my preferred has always to be there at the death and bid the maximum I am prepared to go to (whether I am bidding on my own account or on behalf of the Archive) I rarely, if ever go past my maximum. As my bids always happen within the last few (6 or 7) seconds, I have no time to rebid anyway.
In the case of these two items, I bid what I thought was the maximum the Archive funds could justify and simply was outbid by those with deeper pockets. there is nothing I can do about that. Use of a sniping tool would not alter that. On the upside, I do know the Mulliner postcard has gone to a good home, though I have no idea who bought the Streamliner picture.
Just to show that I am not always thwarted, I have bought, this morning, a bound copy of The Austin Magazine & Advocate October 1927 to May 1928. Although they are bound without covers and adverts (always the case with bound periodicals it seems) it contains some 900 pages of articles. For £75 plus postage, I though it a good purchase, even if only to make an assessment as to the contents and if it is worth pursuing further copies in the future...
Hugh
Yes, Lance, you are quite correct and I am embarrased by my blunder. This is a photo of Ral Appleby who also worked as a mechanic in the racing department..
A number of people have suggested different strategies for bidding on ebay, but my preferred has always to be there at the death and bid the maximum I am prepared to go to (whether I am bidding on my own account or on behalf of the Archive) I rarely, if ever go past my maximum. As my bids always happen within the last few (6 or 7) seconds, I have no time to rebid anyway.
In the case of these two items, I bid what I thought was the maximum the Archive funds could justify and simply was outbid by those with deeper pockets. there is nothing I can do about that. Use of a sniping tool would not alter that. On the upside, I do know the Mulliner postcard has gone to a good home, though I have no idea who bought the Streamliner picture.
Just to show that I am not always thwarted, I have bought, this morning, a bound copy of The Austin Magazine & Advocate October 1927 to May 1928. Although they are bound without covers and adverts (always the case with bound periodicals it seems) it contains some 900 pages of articles. For £75 plus postage, I though it a good purchase, even if only to make an assessment as to the contents and if it is worth pursuing further copies in the future...
Hugh