Boland Black Beauty, Screen Stars, Brooklands, White City...
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I always like to date these machines from the people on the award card,so Im thinking 1952, Turpin has past his 6d highest award rating by 1954, Jeff Duke is at his peak in 1952, Piggot is on the up while Richards is at his peak,as is Finny ,Hutton past his best by 1954 while Locke's best years were 1950,51 and 52. so,for me, that award card fits a machine from 1951 or 52
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...Which pretty much corresponds to the cast front models.
I have some castings for one, but not the skill or enthusiasm to build a machine up to suit.
I have some castings for one, but not the skill or enthusiasm to build a machine up to suit.
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Finally got round to a sympathetic restoration of the Boland black beauty that I acquired as part of a job lot of broken machines last year.
What sort of date is this? I’m guessing 50s?
What sort of date is this? I’m guessing 50s?
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A super job, well done
I like Boland machines because of their many variations and the fact that they often cry out for restoration rather than preservation due to their often very dilapidated state. I think most are very desirable BUT every now and again one crops up that makes you wonder if Tom had a hangover that morning, one of those is the one below, yet it still sold for £420 + auction fees in 2019
I like Boland machines because of their many variations and the fact that they often cry out for restoration rather than preservation due to their often very dilapidated state. I think most are very desirable BUT every now and again one crops up that makes you wonder if Tom had a hangover that morning, one of those is the one below, yet it still sold for £420 + auction fees in 2019
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It'd probably look better out of its packing crate.
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Isn’t that a Jennings handle? Wonder what the mechanism was...
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Little Duke or Duchess.
The overhung mech was easy to convert to single reel.
The overhung mech was easy to convert to single reel.
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I don't know if you're talking about a different "little Duke" than the one I know. On the well known Jennings Little Duke the reels spin the wrong way to work in this machine.
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So that Boland single-reeler spins from bottom to top?
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Have to admit, when I saw Brigham's post I wondered how a Little Duke would work as a Boland single-reeler (or indeed a three-reeler)I don't know if you're talking about a different "Little Duke".......
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The Duke/Duchess mechanism is concentrated at the right-hand end of the reel/disc spindle, leaving the reels/discs virtually outside the frames. This allows the enthusiastic re-vamper plenty of room to incorporate such gear as 30-stop bicycle sprockets, &c..
All the Duke/Duchess models I've seen, including my own, turn in the same direction as the familiar Mills machines, eg. clockwise when viewed from the 'non-handle' end. I've yet to see a single-reel conversion that runs the 'other' way, although there's no reason why such a thing couldn't be built.
It has long been my intent to build a single-reeler, based on the idea, but not the style, of Boland or Hooper. I need a theme. What are there thirty of, apart from film stars and racehorses?
All the Duke/Duchess models I've seen, including my own, turn in the same direction as the familiar Mills machines, eg. clockwise when viewed from the 'non-handle' end. I've yet to see a single-reel conversion that runs the 'other' way, although there's no reason why such a thing couldn't be built.
It has long been my intent to build a single-reeler, based on the idea, but not the style, of Boland or Hooper. I need a theme. What are there thirty of, apart from film stars and racehorses?
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This is a standard Boland single reel mech.
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This Machine sold today for £1050 plus commission taking it to just over £1300. I was ready to bid and thought my 500 plus commission would seal it. Is is not just a Mills High top with a added front bit? Is it rare? I assumed it would be a copy as Brooklands is a UK interest.
This Machine sold today for £1050 plus commission taking it to just over £1300. I was ready to bid and thought my 500 plus commission would seal it. Is is not just a Mills High top with a added front bit? Is it rare? I assumed it would be a copy as Brooklands is a UK interest.
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It's a Tom Boland Brooklands conversion from a Mills bandit - see Boland Black Beauty, Screen Stars, Brooklands, White City... topic now merged above.
Used to be sniffed at by bandit collectors when I started, and for years after, but interest in them grew significantly over the last decade.
Used to be sniffed at by bandit collectors when I started, and for years after, but interest in them grew significantly over the last decade.
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I love them!! yet another slight variant I've not seen before ,what would be rare would be to find two exactly the same
https://www.penny-arcade.info/the-tom-boland-collection
https://www.penny-arcade.info/the-tom-boland-collection
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I'm ready to take a few more Boland machines...
... but not at £1300!
... but not at £1300!
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