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Could be relatives of my mums siamese cats on there, I don't remember any of their pedigree prefixes though, they were just family pets to me.

Although she got her 4 from 3 different and far placed breeders I know they shared quite a bit of blood down the line
 
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Our Siamese was born in 1971. My mum and dad had his pedigree until one day, fairly recently I suppose, my mum put it somewhere safe and it's not been seen again :(. He was a Yanko cat and I remember Siepoo Storm was in his pedigree. His mum was Yanko Velvet Maiden, but I can't remember his dad's name. Champion something or other :D. I hope you win, Lynn!!
 
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Our Siamese was born in 1971. My mum and dad had his pedigree until one day, fairly recently I suppose, my mum put it somewhere safe and it's not been seen again :(. He was a Yanko cat and I remember Siepoo Storm was in his pedigree. His mum was Yanko Velvet Maiden, but I can't remember his dad's name. Champion something or other :D. I hope you win, Lynn!!
I love looking up pedigrees - couldn't find Yanko but did find this
Siepoo Storm :)
Milori and Chinki were also in my first boy's pedigree - fascinating stuff
 
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I am almost crying now, when I last moved I had to leave behind many years' research into Siamese and Oriental peds - I had well over 200 most photocopied but a lot of originals as well, some were hand written by people who I'd contacted by post. I'm guessing they went into landfill. 25 years work down the drain.....*sigh*

I know very well most of those names on the ped, as they were behind my own cats and many others.
 
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I wish my mum could find our cat's pedigree. Thanks for the info on Siepoo Storm, Lynn. It's really fascinating. To think that they were born so long ago... I love Pawpeds :). I love looking back over Simba's pedigree. A girl in Sweden has complied a database of Turkish Vans and Angoras and Simba's on it. Amazing.
 
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I have no idea how much these kind of things might be worth....but try not to bid so far in advance of the auction as it will just drive the price up. Decide on the maximum amount you would be willing to pay and then put that amount in as a bid in the last minute of the auction.
Put in an 'odd' amount, ie if £10 is your maximum, bid £10.21
Ebay will only up the selling price by small increments, so wont charge the higher amount unless other bidders are in the race.
 
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I have no idea how much these kind of things might be worth....but try not to bid so far in advance of the auction as it will just drive the price up. Decide on the maximum amount you would be willing to pay and then put that amount in as a bid in the last minute of the auction.
Put in an 'odd' amount, ie if £10 is your maximum, bid £10.21
Ebay will only up the selling price by small increments, so wont charge the higher amount unless other bidders are in the race.
I won't put my bid until the last day and usually put in an odd amount ;) Am an old hand at traditional auctions never mind ebay and never go over my decided amount. Trouble with this one is that it ends on Christmas Eve and I may be busy. Have used snipe before so may resort to that this time
 
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Trouble with this one is that it ends on Christmas Eve and I may be busy. Have used snipe before so may resort to that this time
I use snipe a lot - often the things I bid on end in the middle of the night. I bid my absolute top-end maximum and hope previous bids haven't gone over in the meantime - when i do win it's usually at much less than the maximum I've put on.
 
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I only ever buy items by bidding my max in the last 10 seconds. It works brilliantly if you can remember to bid and is quite exciting (I am sad and know this!) You don't have time to increase your bid though if you really really want an item.
yes, and you have to make sure you are properly signed in! I have cut it this close a few times and it does get the pulse racing.

I won't put my bid until the last day and usually put in an odd amount ;) Am an old hand at traditional auctions never mind ebay and never go over my decided amount. Trouble with this one is that it ends on Christmas Eve and I may be busy. Have used snipe before so may resort to that this time
Bid snipers are great and will do the work for you!
Good Luck
 
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I use Snipe. I get too light-headed and dizzy otherwise!!:crazy:
 
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They actually sold for £7.50 + postage which probably isn't a lot but I was disheartened by the fact that every time I entered an amount it came up as outbid :( (started at 99p)
I looked at the similar items option but there is nothing else.
I am sure they must have gone to another breeder who had links to some of the cats on there as I can think of no one else who might be interested.
I still have my Solomon (Brakenden Tamarck)'s pedigree from 1975 so still have the links to his ancestors and can look them up on pawpeds :)
 
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Perhaps keep an eye out on the sellers feedback to see who bought them , & if they haven't kept the buyers ID private , you could maybe ask for a photo copy , i know it's not the same and you may have to pay a few quid & they may well refuse , but it is worth a shot at :)
 
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