Re: Pat’d 1892 Salisbury’s Electric Boat Propeller

[jdhiller]

Hello all,

I apologize for the long delay in posting to this thread. It has been a bit of work, but the estate has finally been settled to a point where this Salisbury motor can be sold. In consultation with the rest of the family, it has been decided to offer it at auction on ebay sometime in early to mid May. It will be sold as-is, it has not been touched since the original posting of photos here.

It will be sold as a "pickup only" item from here in Walden NY, since I don’t want to carry the liability of shipment, but I will have a local UPS type shipping service for any potential buyers to work with directly and discuss prices with them if shipping is needed. I plan to make the motor available for inspection with an appointment soon, and continue that up until the day it is sold. I hope to get this all together and announce the day the auction will start very shortly.

I appreciate all the interest by message, email and phone that this motor has generated. I think it is best to give everybody a chance to own this motor or buy it and donate it to some museum, whatever is their desire. We the family would not benefit financially from a donation, and need to sell it to satisfy estate requirements.

There will be a minimum bid amount, which will be based on the highest of the (unsolicited) offers I have received to date. There will be no hidden reserve. It will be necessary to be a registered ebay user, and be prepared to pay either by paypal, cash, certified or bank check. Let me know if there is anything I can answer in the mean time.

Have a Happy Easter or Passover weekend,

Jim