b'CLASSIC COLLECTIBLESAn absolute panoply of old and wondrous Old Slingsslingshots from the USA and UKars or catts\x08 he stu that blokes hurt or anting as kids\x06 becoes the stu the collect as adultsT hey say that any object up for sale is only worth whatsling shooter and collector.people will pay. And sometimes you get an eectMore than that, like the experts on Antiques Roadshow, he where more than one person gets emotional aboutknows about provenance. That is the process of proving a thing wanting to win an auction. That is when prices gois what it is. Actually finding a catalogue page to show that silly. And for some reason, possibly because of thethere was once a rare limited edition Chrome plated Milbro with resonance with their far-o youth, when they couldnt aord toa tiny hole through the bottom! It was the mid-sixties, part No. just keep spending on new stu, old Milbro catties in particularG190/D4500 and it cost 6s6d as against 5s11d for a regular one.seem to hold appeal. Mr. Birds collection includes examples from the USA and The correct answer to the oft repeated question of what is itAfrica as well as the UK back to 1910 and he has copious worth? about these frames is that an old Milbro, in decent nickfacsimile and original catalogues to back up the products will sell for 20 or 25. Yet recently, I was shown an eBay listingand place each by year. Many original sale boxes are in that was an oset angle head one, that sold eventually for 560! the collection and it was a real privilege to get to see and Strange but true, the desire to own rare old catapults runsphotograph just a fraction of what he has. I can tell you that deep for some. But nobody, and I think this may apply world- nobody has a collection like it, nor has the simple factual wide, nobody is as keen and knowledgeable about old catapultsknowledge about them that he has. I was in awe. I thought as Mr. N. Bird. A nom de plume for his book Poaching: TheI owned one or two cool items but that is it, just one or two. Keepers Nightmare and a known presence as an historicalThe Bird man, has the definitive collection and encyclopaedic expert on the slingshot forums, Mr. Bird is the real thing both asknowledge. Imagine what a cool coee table book theyd make.044SlingshotWorld044-045_SSW005 Collectibles.indd 44 29/11/2021 13:01'