Quality Sporrans for less money

**OC Richard** · 19th June 24, 02:14 AM

Lovely traditional WE Scott brown day sporran here in the USA opening bid $35 no bids.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/23561443341...Bk9SR7biq_yFZA

Beautiful older WE Scott brown day sporran with sealskin front here in the USA opening bid $49 no bids.

Comes with very nice older civilian silver-plated Evening Dress waistbelt buckle. This is one of two patterns introduced along with the Montrose shell jacket around 1920.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266866584952

**OC Richard** · 29th June 24, 05:11 AM

"Hand Crafted in Scotland Genuine Leather" stamped sporran $20 plus $17 shipping here in the USA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405057563492

Here's how it's stamped, I'm assuming it's by Margaret Morrison due to me seeing a number of MM-looking sporrans with that stamp.

The closest match I have is stamped "Lochcarron" on the tab.

**Troglodyte** · 1st July 24, 05:43 AM

Here's another to watch...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186528030887

There are still eight days to run on the listing, but there have been six bids already, and the price is now upto £181.77.

A nice example, this...

**Egerland** · 2nd July 24, 01:21 PM

Tht one has a certain rustic appeal.

**OC Richard** · 2nd July 24, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Troglodyte

Here's another to watch...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186528030887

There are still eight days to run on the listing, but there have been six bids already, and the price is now upto £181.77.

A nice example, this...

Oh that's a beautiful cantle which I've not seen before.

There are a couple sort of similar in the 1909 Leckie Graham catalogue but no match.

**OC Richard** · 2nd July 24, 04:10 PM

Here's a lovely one said to be red deer hide.

From the shape of the tab I'd guess Nicoll Brothers.

$75 no bids.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/31548678371...Bk9SR4Sh_9qOZA

**Troglodyte** · 3rd July 24, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Oh that's a beautiful cantle which I've not seen before.

There are a couple sort of similar in the 1909 Leckie Graham catalogue but no match.

Let's hope the powers-that-be at eBay can refrain from arbitrary that's-banned-so-destroy-it action this time...

**OC Richard** · 3rd July 24, 01:20 AM

Did I mention this one?

$15 with no interest in it.

It has the distinctive tab shape used by Janet Eagleton MBE.

I've seen several sporrans that look exactly like hers but don't have a visible stamp. Not sure why.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/26687843901...tion=10%7C3000

**MacKenzie** · 3rd July 24, 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Did I mention this one?

$15 with no interest in it.

It has the distinctive tab shape used by Janet Eagleton MBE.

I've seen several sporrans that look exactly like hers but don't have a visible stamp. Not sure why.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/26687843901...tion=10%7C3000

That is exactly what I'm looking for. But, alas, seal.

**OC Richard** · 3rd July 24, 02:32 AM

Originally Posted by Troglodyte

Let's hope the powers-that-be at eBay can refrain from arbitrary that's-banned-so-destroy-it action this time...

That story gets stranger and stranger. The timeline:

9 May 2024.

I complete a Buy-it-Now purchase of item #2667 8448 0189 from t.bakerjewellery (Shifnal, England).

14 May 2024.

I receive a full refund from Ebay and a message stating in part "Your recent purchase cannot be completed. The item in question has been deemed restricted."

I contact the seller t.bakerjewellery saying that if horsehair is restricted can he remove the cantle and just post me the cantle and the chain strap.

The seller replies saying "Unfortunately the items don't get returned to us, I believe Ebay destroys them."

25 June 2024.

The sporran is relisted by a different seller, chaov-uk2014 (Bordon, England) item #2765 2446 1781. Oddly, the same photos from the original auction in May are re-used.

I message the seller saying that I had previously purchased that item from another seller, but that it was seized by Ebay. Would it be possible for him to remove the cantle and just post me the cantle and chain strap?

27 June 2024.

The seller chaov-uk2014 messaged me "Small world! This was purchased from an auction of undelivered mail."

Someone else purchased the sporran with Buy-it-Now.

What was never explained was why the second seller re-used the photos from the first auction. How could he do, if he wasn't aware that there had been a previous auction? And why would he do, if he had the sporran he had purchased at auction to hand?

I do wonder who the new buyer is. It's probably someone we know.