Mike Holland, a local millionaire has bought it as it stands & it will not now be closed or the Collections sold off.
If you are as pleased as I am , you might like to express your enthusiasm by dropping him a brief word of thanks for his excellent use of money!
Kim Siddorn
That is the best news I've had all week!
"Nick H" wrote
Just realised this is rather damning with faint praise - the highlight of my week has been the receipt at work of a large shipment of bearings from Japan, giving me more than enough timber from the packing cases to deck my new workshop trolley and, as far as news goes it was all bad until you post as I heard that Barnes Wallis's son Chris (a family friend) had died.
Passed on from the model list.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I was at the auction (and know Jonathan Minns the owner of the collection and manager of the Engineerium). It was very dramatic. The auction was due to start at 10:30. At 10:20 they announced a 30 min delay due to technical difficulties - we assumed they meant phone lines/internet or somesuch. At about eleven the auctioneer stood up and said he had never had such a dramatic announcement to make. After through-the-night negotiations the entire colection and site had been bought by a local man. Cheers went up and everyone except the vultures beamed from ear-to-ear. I really think three-quarters of those present were very happy not to be able to buy anything. Our local rag has more details:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can see what was nearly sold at
"Dave Croft" wrote (snip):-
Keyboard duly wiped down - what a treat! Mind you I think some of the estimates on the more common IC stuff would make all of us feel rich, on which point see new post.
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