Featuring in the Museum Collection on Thursday the 15th of March were three pressed steel child’s pedal cars. Two were in the shape of a vintage car and the third was a fire department car with rear hose wheel and wooden ladders.
There was a tinplate “Gas Station” for those all-important fuel stops, the green and yellow petrol pump has delivery holes and nozzle, for use with pedal cars.
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The John Gurney Collection - Part 2 - Thursday 22nd March 2018 10:30 AM
The John Gurney Collection - Part 2 was held on the 22nd of March at 10:30am. The sale featured over 690 lots of Durham Classic cars and vehicles featuring prototypes and limited editions. The comprehensive collection included many rarities, pre-production and harder to find models. John Gurney built up the collection over a number of years, and he was frequently in contact with collectors in Canada to acquire rare and hard to find issues which may not have been issued in the UK. This was one of the best collections of Durham Classic models to come onto market for sale.
Model Train Sale - Friday 16th March 2018 10:30 AM
The Model Train sale which was held on the 16th of March featured OO Gauge British Outline plus Kit/Kitbuilt British Outline, HO Continental and American, Kitbuilt and Brass HO, Hornby Dublo 3-rail and 2-rail and Triang and Wrenn. Other lots in the sale included Hornby, modern issue, kit/Kitbuilt and further O gauge; N Gauge, Narrow Gauge, Z Gauge, Gauge 1 & Larger plus Meccano & Other Constructional Toys and Live Steam, plus Railwayana, Pictures & Prints and our usual good selection of General Trains. A Private Owner Collection featured 134 lots of Hornby O Gauge Locomotives, Rolling Stock, Post-War models, and accessories; along with Bassett-Lowke, Modern Issues and Meccano & Other Constructional Toys & Jigsaws.
Specialist Sale - Tuesday 20th March 2018 10:00 AM
The Specialist Sale held on the 20th of March started at the earlier time of 10:00am to accommodate the 805 lots. The sale included five Private owner collections, including The Red Rose Dinky & Corgi Collection, The Melida Collection, The Surrey Dinky Toy Collection, an Ex Matchbox Employees Collection and a Private Owner Collection #1. Further lots included Dinky, French Dinky and Corgi Toys; plus British, Continental & Foreign Made, TV & Film Related and further Matchbox. The sale featured a large collection of Dinky Trade box sets, a Morris Mini Minor “Pop Art Mostest”, a Matchbox Superfast Land Rover Safari and a James Bond Aston Martin DB5 factory built model.
Specialist & General Toys - Thursday 15th March 2018 10:30 AM
The Specialist & General Toys sale held on the 15th of March started with 192 lots from The Museum Collection. The lots from a museum in France featured a large selection of Diecast, Trains, and Military items, plus general toys and games. Lots included pedal cars, pressed steel and tinplate vehicles, vintage games and puzzles; scalextric sets, Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox vehicles plus Britains sets, Marklin, Lionel and ACE locomotives, Hornby, Bassett Lowke and Triang sets. The sale concluded with over 300 lots of general toys, including Corgi Eddie Stobart sets, Corgi Haulers of renown, WSI boxed trucks, plus Bburago, Maisto, Onyx, Vitesse, Lledo and EFE plus further Scalextric, Corgi and Matchbox models. Further lots included computer game and DVD related groups, boxed games, a large quantity of Vinyl records and cabinets.