Fred Dibna Auction

[doubleboost]

What a crying shame
https://www.i-bidder.com/en-gb/auct...gue-id-adam-p10145?archivesearch=False&page=1

 

[cumbriasteve]

There is some of that stuff I would have my doubts if it was there the same time Fred was .

 

[doubleboost]

Sadly i have to agree with you

 

[ronan]

Huge fan of freds, sad to see this carry-on. His sons should have taken every thing before the vultures circled.

 

[arther dailey]

I hope some of the tooling goes to genuine enthusiasts who will continue to use it

 

[octo0072000]

looks to me like a lot of tat has been brought in from other unsold lots to bolster it up under Fred's name what's the betting bet lots of it will be unsold

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Huge fan of freds, sad to see this carry-on. His sons should have taken every thing before the vultures circled.

I think they took the real valuable things like the traction engines. Went to the centre in nov, it was interesting but more from a stories point of view than anything actually being there. From what I gathered the museum owner backed the wrong ex Mrs dibnah and incurred the wrath of the rest of the family, ensuring they would never have anything to do with it. It’s a shame really, there could’ve been so much more made of it.

I didn’t realise till I visited that he only lived literally 5 minutes from my house

 

[Beeezer]

Load of tat really, could of come from anywhere.

 

[ronan]

I think they took the real valuable things like the traction engines. Went to the centre in nov, it was interesting but more from a stories point of view than anything actually being there. From what I gathered the museum owner backed the wrong ex Mrs dibnah and incurred the wrath of the rest of the family, ensuring they would never have anything to do with it. It’s a shame really, there could’ve been so much more made of it.

I didn’t realise till I visited that he only lived literally 5 minutes from my house

The wrong mrs dibnah ? Was she the ex-conjuror's assistant ?

 

[Tinbasherdan]

The wrong mrs dibnah ? Was she the ex-conjuror's assistant ?

There was 3? Of them, and none of them like each other, however it seems one was disliked more than the others. All very ridiculous stuff

 

[tinker jim]

I think they took the real valuable things like the traction engines. Went to the centre in nov, it was interesting but more from a stories point of view than anything actually being there. From what I gathered the museum owner backed the wrong ex Mrs dibnah and incurred the wrath of the rest of the family, ensuring they would never have anything to do with it. It’s a shame really, there could’ve been so much more made of it.

I didn’t realise till I visited that he only lived literally 5 minutes from my house

How can you have lived round the corner from Fred dibna and not realize. The man was legend....

 

[brightspark]

There was 3? Of them, and none of them like each other, however it seems one was disliked more than the others. All very ridiculous stuff

not realy/ look at it from a birds point of view u would be choked off when it comes to a payout and have to fight it out or one gets more than the other

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Lot 249 "A PAIR OF OVERALLS, A TARPAULIN ETC." - how sad is that.

I see most of the other clothing items have been withdrawn, though.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Lot 249 "A PAIR OF OVERALLS, A TARPAULIN ETC." - how sad is that.

I see most of the other clothing items have been withdrawn, though.

They were selling his jumpers on eBay .....

 

[cumbriasteve]

They were selling his jumpers on eBay .....

They were selling his spanners too and they fetched a good price, a bit strange to see similar old spanners in the auction estimated at lower than the ebay sold prices.

The same type of old spanners I see at every car boot going for 20p each...arouses suspicion very easily.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

They were selling his spanners too and they fetched a good price, a bit strange to see similar old spanners in the auction estimated at lower than the ebay sold prices.

The same type of old spanners I see at every car boot going for 20p each...arouses suspicion very easily.

Did you see the price the ladders were reaching?

 

[FoxZulu]

No, but I did see the height the ladders were reaching when Fred was using them

 

[ronan]

An old boy told me years ago that at every death/funeral the vultures circle, there is always someone looking for a quick quid, or something for nothing. He was right 100% in my experience, there is always some lowlife on the make.

 

[colnerov]

An old boy told me years ago that at every death/funeral the vultures circle, there is always someone looking for a quick quid, or something for nothing. He was right 100% in my experience, there is always some lowlife on the make.

Hi, Yes, which is why there is general advice that widows or widowers should not enter into financial arrangements while they are in the initial stages of bereavement. They should take time out and to consider the options when in a better frame of mind.

Colin

 

[Welderpaul]

I met Fred, and after his death met Mrs Dibnah and Alf. Spent a good time looking round his sheds and yard and i can vouch that a lot of this gear was in there. It was literally packed to the rafters with stuff.

What a shame.