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WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE OUR AUCTIONS AT ANY TIME. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, BID ON IT OR MAKE AN OFFER AS THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN WE DO CLOSE AN AUCTION EARLY. PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO OR DO NOT INTEND TO PAY!!! PAYMENT WITHIN 3 DAYS PLEASE...
THIS ANTIQUE ENGRAVERS BOX IS INCREDIBLE AT SO MANY LEVELS!!! THE BOX AND IT'S CONTENTS DATE BACK TO THE EARLY 1900's AND IS FILLED WITH ENGRAVING CHISELS, PUNCHES, SHARPENING STONES, HAMMERS, TINS, BRUSHES, VICES, AND SO MUCH MORE. THE BOX AND IT'S CONTENTS SEEMS TO ORIGINATE FROM MANCHESTER IN THE UK, AND HAS MADE ITS WAY TO SOUTH AFRICA IN THE LATE 1920's. THERE ARE IN EXCESS OF 200 CHISELS AND PUNCHES, MOST OF WHICH ARE HAND MADE, AND SO MUCH MORE. THE SET SEEMS TO HAVE BELONGED TO MORE THAN ONE GENERATION AS I HAVE MANAGED TO DATE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT TO THE EARLY 1900's UP UNTIL THE EARLY 1970's. THE MOST REMARKABLE ARTEFACT THAT I FOUND WAS A BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF GERALD LESLIE POWELL WHO WAS BORN ON 2nd MAY 1925. I BELIEVE THIS SET BELONGED TO HIS FATHER INITIALLY AND THEN PASSED DOWN TO HIM. THIS TRULY AMAZING COLLECTION OF ENGRAVING EQUIPMENT MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING SETS I'VE COME ACROSS. THE HISTORY IS MIND BLOWING!!!! EVEN THE CHISELS HAVE BEEN SHAPED SO THAT THEY DON'T ROLL AWAY.
###### DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE ENGRAVING EQUIPMENT - THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND ######
PLEASE VIEW THE PICS VERY CAREFULLY FOR MORE DETAIL AND THE GENERAL CONDITION. POSTAGE AND GOOD PACKAGING WILL BE R 100.00 (ADDITIONAL WEIGHT AND PACKAGING) COUNTER TO COUNTER OR PLEASE COLLECT IN EDENVALE AT NO CHARGE!
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