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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 150229, member: 54&quot;]Thanks, that all helps with the thought process.&nbsp; I guess I really like &quot;sole survivor of a type&quot; items and tend to win pieces&nbsp; that are in that category when bidding at auction.&nbsp; This is the only Blomefield-pattern RN 4-pounder I know of, but there are many survivors of the earlier Armstrong pattern.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway I would like seller to take the surface down at least at the muzzle to see how much decent metal remains.&nbsp; Will suggest that today.&nbsp; Will also suggest that we&#039;d buy if price came down to match my view of the condition, but he has plenty of money and I don&#039;t think that&#039;ll help.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cannons we buy fall into two categories, one being interesting or historic types of cannon in very good or better condition, and the other being those of any type and any condition having a valuable, documented provenance.&nbsp; This British cannon has no known provenance and seller is as usual very vague about that, so the only motivation here is to collect a piece of that particular type, but we don&#039;t feel very strongly motivated in that direction.&nbsp; Still, all of the major regrets I&#039;m still kicking myself about, decades later, involve items I passed up rather than anything purchased using poor judgment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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