CHEAP AEROPLANE
SOLD FOR FIVE SHILLINGS “And now, gentlemen, we come to this lot—ah aeroplane known as a Flying .Flea, consisting of fuselage, parts, ready for assembling, book of instructions which alone cost t s 6d: “ Only the engine is missing. Now, gentlemen, what am I bid'? ” Mr R. S. Waters, conducting a furniture sale at Wick,, in.the north of Scotland, said his piece and waited, his hammer poised. ' ■ There was silence. “ Very. well, will anybody make mo an offer? ” „ . ! : mlp . Mr.. Alexander Gunn, of Talford street, Wick, spoke up:- “ I’ll give you 55.” . ' Mr Waters waited again. Then he tried persuasion. The' Soots could not be tempted to give more. “ Going, going . . The hammer fell and Mr Gunn went away with his aeroplane—•“ to try to find somebody to whom I can sell itat a profit.”-
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Evening Star, Issue 23324, 21 July 1939, Page 13
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137CHEAP AEROPLANE Evening Star, Issue 23324, 21 July 1939, Page 13
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