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I hope nobody from this forum is bidding on item 324448497988 listed as a 'rare' Webley oil can, and currently at £103.
In my opinion it is not a genuine Webley produced item and is simply the body of a Webley reversible spout oil can with a threaded Valvespout base welded to the top and not properly finished, just look at the last two photographs on the listing.
I would love to know which dealer he bought it from and for how much.
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Good spot, I’d had bid on that, post war label on a pre war can.
If the can hasn’t been messed with......
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The label is correct for the can but the Valvespout is not.Originally Posted by archer24
The reverse spout cans were transfer printed.
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The oil can pictured top left is what the genuine Webley can of this era should look like. The only Valve-Spout oil can Webley made was the pre-war one pictured bottom left. There are reproduction cans of this version out there, but they have removeable spouts to allow refilling
I note there are also a couple of the Webley orange plastic oil bottles up for grabs on the same site. One starting at a reasonable £6.10 and the other is currently at a whopping £79.99! Just goes to show what a wide variation in pricing there is on internet auction sites.
Brian
Last edited by Abasmajor; 15-01-2021 at 05:18 PM.
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Thanks for the heads up on the £79.99 Webley oil bottle, Brian.
I note that is the vendors 'Buy it Now' price so I suspect he will still have it for a while yet, unless some idiot believes the nonsense he has spouted about this bottle being 'super rare'. I've got four and I suspect there are probably hundreds in the possession of other Webley collectors and dealers.
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It's been relisted many times at that price, i seem to think it's been on for at least 6 months, and, Yes, he will still have it probably in another 6 months
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