I'm wondering if the pictures you're referring to are ones I posted of my Cuckoo. (1920s vintage) I did do enough work on it to make it possible to play, although you wouldn't call it playable in the usual sense. I got far enough to find that it sounded so bad it wasn't worth spending more time on. The Cuckoos appear from time to time for sale in Australia usually around the $A70 mark. A repairer near here has a Cuckoo on his wall with a price tag of $700. He said there is no way it is worth that but it is an indication of how much time he has to put in to make it playable and to discourage anybody else asking him to repair one. If your Reliance is anything like the Cuckoo I'd suggest it could be worth some refurbishment for it's curiosity value, but no more than that.
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