Vectis Auctions

The Model Train sale held on the 18^th of February featured OO Gauge British Outline from Bachmann, Hornby, Heljan, Lima and many others. Followed by HO Gauge American & Continental Outline from Rivarossi, Marklin and others. Plus, N Gauge, Z Gauge, Hornby Dublo 2 & 3-rail, Hornby Acho, Triang, Trix, Wrenn and Brass. The sale continued with The Paul Brooks Collection of Modern, Hornby, Basset Lowke and further O Gauge plus OO Gauge British Outline and Triang/Trix/Kits & Hornby Dublo. The sale concluded with Meccano & Other Constructional Toys, Gauge 1 & Larger, HO Gauge, Further and Modern O Gauge & Finescale, plus Railwayana & Railway Photographs, Books/Magazines & Catalogues and our usual good selection of General Trains

Train Sale Friday 18^th February 2022

Single owner Gauge 1 collection

The Single Owner Gauge 1 Collection features a number of interesting lots from Marklin, Bing and Carette and includes: Lot 2547, A Rare clockwork Caledonian Railway Dunalastair with an estimate of ?1000 to ?1400, Lot 2549, a Bing Great Central 4-4-0 Loco & Tender ?Sir Alexander? circa 1903 estimated at ?900 to ?1200, and in the next lot, a rare matching coach, the first of this type offered by Vectis and estimated at ?800 to ?1200.

The sale also includes a Cauliflower, NER 0-4-4 Tank loco (Lot 2551), a Marklin 4-6-0 Loco Experiment, Lot 2556; as well as a very interesting Carette 0-4-0 GNR Loco & Tender (Lot 2557) and others.

There are over 30 items of Rolling stock with a Carette for Bassett Lowke open private owner wagon, Tar Wagon, Greaves Lime and cement, W.H. Hull Private owner open wagon, City of Birmingham Gas Department, Colemans Mustard and others. We are also offering a number of Accessories including a rare Marklin British market advertising board, Continental Customs house plus much more!

The Tinplate and Specialist Toy Sale held on the 17^th of February started with The Beckenham Collection, a private owner collection of Corgi gift sets, road and racing cars; Dinky trade boxes and Gift sets, rod and racing cars. Models from Crescent Toys, Mercury, CIJ, Solido and Brumm plus many others. Tinplate & Plastic items included pre and post war Triang Minic, cars, military, buses and vans from Wells Brimtoy, Tipp & Co and others. The sale included robots, space and novelty toys, a Triang Minic Construction set, aircraft, record cars, motorcycles and Schuco kits, plus pedal cars, large scale boats, radio control items and a fantastic 1902 ?Bing Brake? Tinplate clockwork vintage car.

The Military, Civilian Figures, Equipment and Accessories sale held on the 23^rd of February started with modern issues from Britains, AQM, WM Hocker and King & Country, plus Timpo, Dragon Models, CB Mignot and Heyde No.1 figure sets plus others. Plastic Issues included Elastolin Hausser, Britains including Swoppet series, Eyes Right Series and Herald, plus Timpo and others. The sale continued with Civilian Figures, Equipment & Accessories from Britains, John Hill, Crescent and Gilco, Plus books, catalogues and militaria. Further items in the sale included Britains Racing Colours, Part 3 of The Ossington Collection, Airfix Archive and boxed and unboxed Britains Military, Figures & Accessories.

The Specialist Sale held on the 16^th of February started with over 150 lots of James Bond items including Corgi vehicles and icon figures. Models from Joyride, Scalextric, Carrera, Hasbro, Gilbert and Sideshow Collectables, plus vintage and modern games, clothing, fragrance, accessories, memorabilia and ephemera. Further items in the sale included five private owner collections. The Lakewood Collection featured boxed and unboxed Dinky, French Dinky, and pre- and post war models including military vehicles, aircraft, and export issues; white metal and resin, Russian Made, Tekno and Vilmer. The Canadian Collection included further Dinky cars, tankers, and wagons, plus Tekno and Rob Eddie models; and in The Nottinghamshire Collection there were models from Triang Spot-On, Budgie Toys, Dinky and Corgi, including TV & Film related models. The Ayton Collection featured further Corgi, Dinky and Triang Spot-On models, plus Britains, and The Glasgow Collection featured further Corgi and Dinky, plus Mattel Hot Wheels, Lone Star and Majorette.