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For some unknown reason, quite a few eBay sellers believe individual ARP buttons are incredibly valuable. Here we have a one priced at £16.15 (plus £3.38 shipping). Do they never look at previously sold items? My spares tray would be worth a grand...  ARP button madness on eBay  My spares tray of ARP buttons
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Finally added the Adie Bros. 1941-marked ARP whistle to the collection. With more services being issued with whistles, Adie Bros. Ltd. in Birmingham were engaged to produce ARP whistles. Almost identical in manufacture to the Hudson ARP whistle, examples are stamped 1941. There were also over half-a-million black acetate whistles manufactured and I'm on the look-out for one of those. More details about ARP whistles here.
You'd think that with all the information online about these silver ARP badges and also the previously sold prices on eBay, sellers would have enough details to price ARP badges correctly. Well, here for your viewing pleasure, are two silver ARP badges with a combined asking price of £313... And, they also added "The maker's mark is RJ, which is J.R. Gaunt & Son, London.", you really cannot make this shit up!  Idiot pricing on eBay As many visitors to this blog will know, original wartime enamel signage relating to ARP and Civil Defence are avidly collected and becoming very valuable. As prices rise, the opportunity to fleece punters with reproductions becomes more problematic. The below enamel sign recently sold on the tat bazaar for almost £125 (incl. shipping). Most serious London Underground collectors know their history and will point out that the style of Underground roundel didn't appear until 30 years after the war ended. Also, not a single period photograph shows any enamel signage like this. The font isn't quite correct and the arrow isn't the right style used. This particular example has also had some spurious additional crap added to the rear. We now have a label from the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) with 'Harringay' added. Obviously, the LNER has nothing to do with London Underground (Harringay doesn't have an Underground station). The modern reproductions are getting scarily close to originals, though. If they put in the research, they'd be almost impossible to tell apart...  Fake Underground 'This Way To The Air Raid Shelter' Enamel Sign  Fake LNER label on fake Underground enamel sign Not often seen is this Paragon ARP First Aid tin. It measures 17" x 7.5" and 5.5" high.  Paragon ARP First Aid Tin  Paragon ARP First Aid Tin carry handle |
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