Model train Sale - Friday 20th October 2017
The Model Train sale held on the 20th of October started with The Southampton Collection Part 1 featuring Hornby (China), Hornby Railways and Triang. The sale also included OO Gauge British Outline, N Gauge, HO Gauge Continental & American Outline; Hornby Dublo 3-rail and 2-rail, plus Wrenn, Triang, TT Gauge, OO Gauge Kit & Kitbuilt, Triang Minic Motorway, Meccano and Other Constructional Toys. Other lots included Gauge 1 and Larger, Hornby O Gauge Locomotives and Rolling Stock, Accessories, Kit & Kitbuilt and Modern O Gauge. The sale concluded with Live Steam, Railwayana, Catalogues, Books, Magazines, Pictures and Prints and our usual good selection of General Trains
Highlights include:
Lot 3095
Hornby (China) LNER teak Superdetail Gresley style Coaches comprising R4172 and R4172A 3rd Class, R4171 1st Class, R4174A Sleeping Car, R4170 and R4170A Brake Composite, R4173B Buffet Car, in boxes. (7)
Lot 3128
Triang Battle Space comprising R630 POW Car complete with Commandos, R571 G10 "Q" Car with commandos, R248 Medical Corp Ambulance Car, R239K Red Arrow Bomb Transporter with bomb, in boxes. (4)
Lot 3312
Kitbuilt white metal OO Gauge 4-4-0 Loco and Tender SE&CR (South East & Chatham Railway) "Wainwright" lined green No.737. Professionally built and painted. Fitted with a portescap or similar motor.
Lot 3320
Kitbuilt OO Gauge white metal 4-6-0 Loco and Tender CR (Caledonian Railway) blue Class 903 "Cardean" No.903. Professionally built and painted.
Lot 3334
Kitbuilt OO Gauge 4-6-0 Loco and Tender Great Central lined green Class 1 "Sir Sam Fay" No.423. Professionally built and painted.
Lot 3343
Kitbuilt OO Gauge North Eastern Railway 1st 3rd Passenger Coach No.814. Professionally built and painted with SW Banks label to the underside.
Lot 3373
Aristocraft Trains G Gauge Ref ART-84100-01 2-8-2 Loco and Tender Rio Grande black No.1204, radio controlled. Appears unused in wheeled aluminium case with bottle, syringes, radio control unit, power and battery. This is butane fired and has reversing speed control motor, chuffing, bell and sound controls, large mouth lubricator, large water capacity for long running, drain clock amongst other features. Complete with instructions and DVD.
Lot 3379
Marklin Gauge 1 Modern Issue De Adler Trainset consisting of a 2-2-2 Loco and Tender green and black, 1 x 3rd Class Open Carriage, 1 x 2nd Class and 2 x 1st Class Coaches. Set includes packet of figures, instructions, appears unused. boxed.
Lot 3382
Marklin Gauge 1 Ref.5756 Overhead Electric Be 6/6 "Crocodile" No.13254. One deflector grille below pantographs detached in box including instructions.
Lot 3393
Finescale Brass (Sancheng China) Gauge 1 0-6-0 Loco and Tender BR green Jubilee Class "Minotaur" No.45695, 2-rail electric. Locomotive and tender finished in BR green with running number 45695 to cabsides, Minotaur nameplate to front splasher with British Railways transfer to tender sides. Much detail to include sprung drivers, detailed back head, imitation coal to tender amongst other details. Appears unused possibly display only.
Lot 3445
Sunset Models O Gauge 2-8-2 Loco and Tender SNCF black Class 141 No.141.R.1, 2-rail electric. Fitted with Quantun and Log and DCC with Q1A sound decoder, locomotive in black with builders plate to smoke deflectors and SNCF with class and running number to cab sides. Tender in black with SNCF and running number to tender sides. Appears unused, boxed with instructions.
Lot 3447
DJH Kitbuilt Ref K330 4-6-2 Loco and Tender BR green Peppercorn A1 Class "Hal o' the Wynd" No.60116, 2-rail finescale electric. Professionally built and painted in BR lined green with nameplate "Hal o' the Wynd" to smoke deflectors, running 60116 to cab sides and British Railways transfer to tender sides.
Lot 3468
Railwayana pair of items consisting of GWR cast cab side numberplate for an 060 Tank Loco No.8471.Painted in green, lined in orange with brass numbers left unpainted. Included with this lot is a production British Railways poster for Greenwood Signal Box New Barnet. Folds to centres left and right, up and down. (2)
Lot 3471
Railwayana quantity of cast plates and notices consisting of Rothbury seat back measuring 28" x 4 1/2" approx. Rothbury was a station in Northumberland part of 13 mile single track line opened in November 1870 and absorbed into the North British Railway in 1872, the station was closed in 1963. "Penalty for Neglect £2" notice, "Shut This Gate" together with a notice for "Any persons not fastening this gate after having passed through is liable to a penalty for 40s", together with a "Keep This Gate Shut" mounted on a wooden base (broken in 3 sections). (5)
General Toy sale - Thursday 19th October 2017
The General Toy sale held on the 19th of October featured a large collection of 1/50th scale WSI collectables trucks, boxed Corgi curtainside groups, livestock transporter groups, Fridge Trailer groups plus Hauliers of Renown, Heavy Haulage, cars and commercials.? Other manufacturers included EFE, Brooklin, Matchbox and Airfix plus many others. The sale included Lego, board games and puzzles, general toys and games.
Highlights include:
Lot 2007
WSI Collectables a boxed No.04-1090 Fassi GRU S.P.A. Eveco Stralis AS2 8 x 4 in box.
Lot 2015
WSI Collectables a boxed No.9683 Wilson McCurdy Scania R Topline RHDW/Veeoplegger in box.
Lot 2041
WSI Collectables No.01-1026 in 1/50th scale. Ekdahls Road Cruiser Volvo FH3 GL XL plus Combi in box.
Lot 2079
Corgi a boxed Livestock Transporter group. To include No.CC12917 Scania Topline Livestock Transporter "Henry Thomson & Sons", No.CC13904 Foden Alfa Houghton Park House "The Professional" Livestock Transporter "Woodhead Bros" in boxes. (2)
Specialist & Tinplate Toy Sale - Tuesday 10th October 2017
The Specialist & Tinplate Toy Sale held on the 10th of October featured over 600 lots; starting with Dinky and French Dinky Toys, including boxed and unboxed cars, trucks, aircraft and military. Further items included Corgi Chipperfield Circus, giftsets, boxed and unboxed cars and commercials and blister cards, plus TV & Film Related, Continental & Foreign, Slot Car Related and general diecast. The sale also contained two private owner collections, The Merseyside White Metal & Diecast Car Collection and The South Wales Diecast Collection, these included Brooklin and Lansdowne models, boxed Dinky and Corgi cars and commercials, wagons, F1, racing and rally cars and Corgi Whizzwheels. The sale concluded with 166 lots of Tinplate & Plastic featuring clockwork, friction drive and battery operated vehicles, locomotives and ships by Triang, Sutcliffe, Tonka, Schuco and many more.
Highlights include:
Lot 31
Dinky No.3 "Passenger Cars" Gift Set to include Standard Vanguard Saloon; Austin "Taxi"; Morris Oxford Saloon; Rover 75 Saloon; Plymouth Estate Car and Daimler "Ambulance" - in a blue and white striped lift off lid box, inner carded tray and packing piece are reproduction.
Lot 73
Dinky tinplate "Filling & Service Station" - finished in pale blue, yellow, green - displays well.
Lot 141
Corgi No.GS16 Gift Set comprising of Ecurie Ecosse Racing Car Transporter - light blue, silver, pale yellow interior, spun hubs; 3 x Cars (1) No.150s Vanwall - red, flat spun hubs, racing No.25; (2) No.152s BRM - turquoise, flat spun hubs, racing No.7 and (3) No.154 Ferrari - red, spun hubs, racing No.36 in blue and yellow carded picture boxes, all display well, blue and yellow lift off lid box, nice bright example with correct inner packing pieces.
Lot 195
Corgi "James Bond" Original Artwork by "John Gilbert" - based on the Aston Martin DB5 (Ingot Issue) - this was won by the vendor in conjunction with the competition in the "Collectors Gazette" June 2014 - copy is enclosed - superb opportunity to acquire.
Lot 221
Tekno No.411 Volkswagen (type 1) Military "Ambulance" - finished in drab green, red and white cross decals to sides and rear - a bright unboxed example.
Lot 222
Tekno No.404 Volkswagen (type 2) Wrecker "Falck Zonen" - red, blue tinted windows - a beautiful unboxed example.
Lot 225
Tekno No.762 Harley Davidson Motorcycle with Sidecar - finished in drab military green, with white 5-pointed star decal to rear, comes with a carded picture box.
Lot 430
Corgi No.336 James Bond Toyota 2000GT- taken from the film "You Only Live Twice" - comprising white Toyota 2000 with 2 x figures, small mark to one side of opening boot. Comes mounted on an illustrated card display base and pictorial stand, the "Top Secret Documents" and missiles are still contained in a sealed bag in the lower compartment and all is contained in a crisp card box with inner packing piece.
Lot 468
Schuco Radio Car No.4012 - from the original series, the car is cream, with red seating and hubs, clockwork motor in working order with brake, retractable aerial, switch to dashboard plays clockwork musical movement "Rock a Bye Baby" - with key, instructions and an illustrated box.
Lot 503
Distler tinplate battery operated "Electro Matic 7500" large scale Porsche Opentop Car - red, with grey seating, detailed interior with steerable wheels and gear lever, the folded hood is removed to reveal a clean battery compartment - in an illustrated box with instruction leaflet and a bag containing Shell key fob and Distler quality control slip.
Lot 548
Mr Bibendum Michelin Man" large plastic advertising figure - white, with "Michelin" in blue over yellow to his chest, some wear and lacks his eyes, 15"/38cm.
Lot 549
Michelin Man", large scale plastic advertising figure of Mr Bibendum - with Michelin in dark blue over repainted chest band and eyes, 18"/45cm.
The Jersey Collection - Thursday 26th October 2017
The Jersey Collection which was held on the 26th of October began with over 60 lots of Corgi toys, including boxed and unboxed cars, tractors, Land Rovers and Gift sets. The sale continued with a similar selection of Dinky Land Rovers, tractors, construction, transport, and racing cars. There was a nice selection of Corgi ?Noddy?s? cars, Dr Who and James Bond, plus plastic kit James Bond, and tinplate, plastic and friction drive ?Batman? Batmobiles. The Tinplate and Plastic section of the sale featured battery operated, clockwork and friction drive cars, emergency services, trucks, military and farm vehicles. The sale continued with Matchbox Regular Wheels and Superfast trucks, cars, tractors, emergency services, farm vehicles, caravans and campervans and scooters and sidecars. There was also a selection of Matchbox Models of Yesteryear and catalogues.
Highlights include:
Lot 6022
Corgi No.416s Land Rover (109WB) - "Radio TS" - rare promotional issue finished in yellow, correct greyish blue plastic canopy, red interior, grey plastic aerial, metal tow hook, spun hubs - superb example in a blue and yellow carded picture box with correct "Touring Secours" flash, also comes accompanied with collectors and colour folded leaflets.?
Lot 6070
Dinky No.340 Land Rover - orange body, dark green interior with plastic figure driver, metal tow hook, mid green plastic hubs with grey treaded tyres - (couple of very small marks on edges) in a yellow and red carded picture box, still displays well.
Lot 6133
Murcielauto No.4 "Batman" plastic friction drive Batmobile - finished in black "Carlos" decals complete with "Batman and Robin" figures - this unlicensed issue which is (made in Argentina) is in a colourful carded box.
Lot 6135
(Taiwan) - "Batman" Tinplate battery operated Batmobile finished in red, blue, black with lime green windscreens, with "Batman and Robin" figures - in a colourful lift off lid box - nice bright example.
Lot 6244
JR Parker Off Road Models White Metal/Resin 1/43rd Scale 1948 Land Rover Station Wagon Model. Sage green, with matching interior, the body is loose on the chassis, includes opening rear window and tailgate, limited edition model with certificate. in a clear perspex case.
Lot 6315
Matchbox Regular Wheels No.15a Diamond T Prime Mover - rare yellow body with silver trim, metal wheels - in type B1 box.
Lot 6363
Matchbox Regular Wheels No.26b Foden Cement Mixer - Stannard Code 1 - orange body with silver trim, dark grey plastic barrel, type A chassis without braces, 9 x 20-tread grey plastic wheels - overall in type C Lesney box, printed by Pembroke Abbey, without "new model" lettering to end flaps.
Lot 6434
Matchbox Regular Wheels No.44b Rolls Royce Phantom V - metallic mauve body with silver trim, ivory interior, gloss black base, 24-tread silver plastic wheels - with a few tiny chips - in type E1 box illustrating blue model with red interior.
Lot 6469
Matchbox Regular Wheels No.53a Aston Martin DB2/4 - metallic red body with mask sprayed front & rear silver trim, gloss black base, 24-tread grey plastic wheels with rounded axles - in type B5 box without printers identification (rub mark to one picture face). Still a nice example of this scarce issue which displays well.
Lot 6542
Matchbox Regular Wheels group of empty boxes. Type C Lesney boxes include (1) No.1c Aveling Barford Diesel Road Roller printed by Pembroke Abbey; (2) No.18c Caterpillar Bulldozer without printers identification; (3) No.26b Foden Cement Mixer (edges of box touched in using blue ink) printed by Pembroke Abbey; (4) No.30b Magirus Deutz Crane Truck with "New Model" lettering and without printers identification; (5) No.46b Guy Pickfords Removal Van with "New Model" lettering printed by Pembroke Abbey; type B5 boxes include (1) No.15b Rotinoff Super Atlantic Ballast Tractor printed by Pembroke Abbey; (2) No.23c Bluebird Dauphine Caravan without printers identification (surface tear to one end flap touched in using blue ink) and type B2 box for No.11b ERF Tanker. (8)
Specialist Sale Featuring The Chris Terrington Yesteryear Collection - Wednesday 11th October 2017
The Specialist Sale Featuring The Chris Terrington Yesteryear Collection held on the 11th of October started with over 390 lots of Models of Yesteryear, Matchbox Collectables, Code 2 Issues, and Franklin Mint, including boxed and unboxed vehicles, and many pre-production and colour trial models. The sale concluded with 36 lots from other Vendors, which included further Matchbox Models of Yesteryear, plus the Dinky Collection, Autoart and Corgi Classics, plus reference books and catalogues.
Highlights include:
Lot 1006
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y3 1910 Benz Limousine - cream body and chassis, Chartreuse yellow roof, dark red radiator, grille and seats and brass 12-spoke wheels - extremely rare issue - in type E box.
Lot 1032
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y9 1912 Simplex - dull pea green body and chassis, 1st type battery cover, smooth tan roof, bright red seats, dark red grille, type C body and fitted with white experimental tyres - very rare - in type F box.
Lot 1057
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Y14 Stutz Bearcat - colour trial model - metallic blue body, bright red chassis, chrome 24-spoke wheels, bright red seats and grille without cast V on boat-tail and with brass plated parts - very rare - with plain white card box.
Lot 1095
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Pre-production/trial models (1) Morris Courier Van "Lesney Products" - black cab with red seats and chassis, yellow body with white roof and chrome solid wheels; (2) GMC Van "The Chester Toy & Doll Museum" - white with chrome trim and chrome solid wheels - unboxed. (2)
Lot 1300
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear code 2 Issues (1) Con-06 Austin 7 Van "Matchbox Series" - metallic green with back chassis, one of 30; (2) Con-17 Talbot Van "25th UK Convention" - silver, black chassis and gold 12-spoke wheels; (3) Con-19 Crossley Truck "25th MICA UK Convention" - gold body, black chassis and grey canopies; (4) Con-05-2 Ford AA Truck "Ryno Enamel Paint" - dark green with brown chassis and roof - in boxes. (4)
Lot 1301
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Code 2 Issues (1) Con-07 Austin 7 "Matchbox Series" - pale metallic blue, one of 6; (2) Con-18 Ford T Van "25th MICA UK Convention" - yellow gold body and roof, black chassis; (3) Con-19 Crossley Delivery Truck "Dales Harrogate Toffee" - silver body, black chassis and grey canopies; (4) Con-05-1 Ford AA Truck " Eagle Pencils" - dark blue, yellow chassis and roof - in boxes. (4)
Lot 1302
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Code 2 Issues (1) Con-06 Austin 7 "Moko Lesney" - pale green; (2) Con-17 Talbot Van "25th MICA UK Convention" - silver, black chassis, gold parts and wheels; (3) Con-19 Crossley delivery Truck "Dales Toffee Harrogate Toffee" - gold body, black chassis and grey canopies; (4) Con-05-3 Ford AA Truck "Tower Bridge Products" - beige body with red chassis and roof - in boxes. (4)
Lot 1351
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear "The Yesteryear Book 1956-2002" this last A5 size ring binder issue was the last to be issued - unmarked.
Lot 1409
CMC (1/18th scale) Mercedes Targa Florio 1924 - maroon, racing number 10 complete with correct accessory - still in factory wrap in a polystyrene case and outer carded box.
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