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Originally posted by Rob.Hendriks
As stated by BE774, the owner has had an offer of GBP10500, however they are interested as to what the market sees as it's value
The owner, in this way, will not get ‘what the market sees as a value’ for two reasons:
(1) The last one of these to change hands was more than 30 years ago so there is no current market value
(2) The person who can pay the most will not play his cards, his maximum bid, with an 'open auction' like this. I spoke to two people, both contacted the owner, and both were told of the £10500 offer, so they’re considering simply upping that low offer (who wouldn't?) – that may be the best result for the buyer, not the seller.
If there isn't a realistic bid I would suggest the owner puts this car into a specialist auction, one where veteran/Edwardian car buyers will be in abundance in the audience (and there are such auctions).
Here's that photo of the car (it would look even better with its brass lamps mounted).