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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 85194, member: 54"]. </p><p><br /></p><p>We had another iron Cannon in our first auction that didn't sell. It was unpainted with a corroded, dull surface all over. It was a rare, desirable Cannon but the appearance was too much of a turnoff I guess. We hired a man we knew who lived near the auction house to paint that Cannon gloss black before the second auction, where it was sold. The two Afghan cannons had a dull, rusty look so we painted them gloss black before they went to auction, but they did not sell so we will get them back. It doesn't hurt the value of an iron Cannon to paint it, but a non-epoxy (removeable) paint should be used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 85194, member: 54"]. We had another iron Cannon in our first auction that didn't sell. It was unpainted with a corroded, dull surface all over. It was a rare, desirable Cannon but the appearance was too much of a turnoff I guess. We hired a man we knew who lived near the auction house to paint that Cannon gloss black before the second auction, where it was sold. The two Afghan cannons had a dull, rusty look so we painted them gloss black before they went to auction, but they did not sell so we will get them back. It doesn't hurt the value of an iron Cannon to paint it, but a non-epoxy (removeable) paint should be used.[/QUOTE]
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