Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Great pictures Nick! 

One of my best buys on eBay thanks to you.  I bought it in March 2018 for $305.00. 

I had it in my home office for almost a year and enjoyed looking at it every day.

Here is the video from my YouTube Channel:



So everyone has the full story.....Nick really worked very hard for this trade.  He had spotted an Empire No. 43 Reversible with Pump in an antique mall an hour or so  from his home that I didn't have in my collection.  He posted about it on another forum. It was priced at $250 I believe.  I told him that if he would go back and buy it that I would trade him the HA-MOBIL Roller for it.  Nick drove back to the antique store (probably 100 miles round trip) and had the antique mall store clerk contact the seller (who lived out of state I believe) and negotiated a much lower price.  So, one of my best eBay buys became even a better buy for Nick.  Most people just don't have that much initiative.

Another fine example of the camaraderie and sense of community that you get from fellow collectors.