SOLD 📣 £12,250❗

Lot 465 in the 30th of Januarys Model train auction sold for £12,250 (incl. of Buyers premium) 👏

🚂 The 3.5" Live Steam 4-8-2 South African Railways (SAR) Class 23 Steam Locomotive No. 2552 attracted a lot of attention before the auction and rightly so. 

🎥 WATCH: A video promoting the train here👉 https://shorturl.at/WA7Ur

Built in 1985, it belonged to famous South African and UK Radio/TV presenter " John Grant Silver", built by Herbert Clarkson (H Clarkson and Son of York) which was started in 1979 and finished in 1985. Also included were two transport boxes designed to carry this Locomotive, invoices for work done and various pictures and drawing plans and an out of date boiler certificate as the Loco has been previously fired and used. 


The bidding opened at £5,000 and was quickly taken on by three eager telephone bidders, the commission bidder was finally outbid at £7,500, where the telephone bids took over and battled it out until it eventually sold to the determined bidder.
The loco is a large and unusual item with a unique provenance and superb craftmanship 👏 

View Lot 465 here 👉https://shorturl.at/Tsrwr

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