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PeterS


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Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 12.46hrs on Thu 3 Sep 15

Saturday 24th October from noon. 11am registration.

[www.thecourier.co.uk]

Andy


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2nd May 2019
Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 14.53hrs on Thu 3 Sep 15
this one went last month for £550
[www.ebay.co.uk]
flugeryl


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11th Mar 2021
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Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 11.18hrs on Wed 21 Oct 15
this sunday is the big auction...GS quoting estimates of £150-£550 prices

also chance to get season tickets...etc


Be Nice to Skiers, they have it hard enough already
growwild


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Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 17.33hrs on Wed 21 Oct 15
Would be good tae see wit folk do wi them, if any of the tight yins fae here buy one...
matty


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5th Jan 2017
Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 11.33hrs on Thu 22 Oct 15
flugeryl, Peters is correct.the auction is on Saturday. a lot of interest and i even heard someone say they would go up to a grand if they had to! should be a good fun day even for the people who are unsuccessful...free Gluevein or however you spell that hot wine stuff!
David Goldsmith


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Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 12.06hrs on Fri 23 Oct 15
Another report on this by The Courier ...

[www.thecourier.co.uk]
CMartindale


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25th Jul 2019
Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 12.34hrs on Sat 24 Oct 15
Well that was interesting.

Don't think one went for less than £550.

>£20,000 raised by my calculation

New chair coming on.
tim1mw


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Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 10.32hrs on Tue 27 Oct 15
matty Wrote:
flugeryl, Peters is correct.the auction is on Saturday. a lot of interest and i even heard someone say they would go up to a grand if they had to! should be a good fun day even for the people who are unsuccessful...free Gluevein or however you spell that hot wine stuff!


Glühwein is the correct spelling. Did you have Glühwein weather to match? I would have loved to buy a chair, but the £550 minimum would have been well beyond my budget and it would have ended up in a storage room for an indefinite period any way.

One random (and very anorak like) thought, what shade/brand of yellow did Glenshee actually paint these chairs? If you want to keep your chair in proper authentic condition for years to come you need the right paint. I'm guessing it's probably changed from time to time over the years depending on what was available (and cheap).
Dunc


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Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 12.43hrs on Tue 27 Oct 15
only 45 chairs were auctioned. what has happened to the rest?
David Goldsmith


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Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 10.04hrs on Fri 30 Oct 15
One very dedicated purchaser ...

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kevinboyle82


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6th Jun 2016
Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 10.17hrs on Fri 30 Oct 15
Dunc Wrote:
only 45 chairs were auctioned. what has happened to the rest?


I read somewhere they weren't in good enough condition.
tim1mw


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Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 10.30hrs on Fri 30 Oct 15
kevinboyle82 Wrote:

I read somewhere they weren't in good enough condition.


Odd, if they weren't in good enough condition to sell then they couldn't have been in good enough condition to use on the lift either. Since this lift was operating last season I would have assumed that every thing that was part of the operational lift was potentially saleable if a buyer could be found.

Perhaps they were bought as a single lot by another ski area which still has a single chair of a similar type. Since it looks like there are no immediate plans for the Cliffhanger to be replaced, it would make sense for GC to salvage as many re-useable parts from the Cairnwell chair as they can.
Dunc


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Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 10.31hrs on Fri 30 Oct 15
kevinboyle82 Wrote:
Dunc Wrote:
only 45 chairs were auctioned. what has happened to the rest?

I read somewhere they weren't in good enough condition.


I would have been quite happy with an old knackered one (I bid £127 by email, and clearly didn't get one!).
igloo4you


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22nd Apr 2021
Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 10.56hrs on Fri 30 Oct 15
tim1mw,

We would have been interested if it hadn't been for the fact that the two tows run in the opposite direction, getting on and off backwards could have been a challenge.....
jabuzzard


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16th Apr 2021
Re: Tiger chair auction
Date Posted: 11.23hrs on Fri 30 Oct 15
igloo4you Wrote:
tim1mw,

We would have been interested if it hadn't been for the fact that the two tows run in the opposite direction, getting on and off backwards could have been a challenge.....


Surely the grips could have been reversed? All the chairs for the cliffy look like they could do to be taken off shot blasted and then hot dipped galvanized.
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