Vectis Auctions

The Military, Civilian Figures, Equipment and accessories sale held on the 16^th of November started with Modern Issues from Britains, Contemporary Issues from Conte Collectibles, The Collectors Showcase, Thomas Gunn Limited Edition Miniatures, King and Country plus others, followed by boxed and unboxed Britains Military Figures & Accessories and other Makers. Militaria included Erbo Zinn German Bier Steins, contemporary and reproduction helmets and peaked caps, tunics, badges, medals, helmets and weapons. The sale continued with Civilian and Plastic, Composition & Tinplate Figures, Equipment & Accessories from Britains and other manufacturers, items From the Michael Maughan Timpo Collection, Airfix Archive, plus Toy Soldier, Military Books, Catalogues & Printed Material, Britains Racing Colours of Famous Owners, and Part 2 of The Ossington Collection.

The Matchbox sale held on the 28^th of October featured boxed, unboxed and blister pack models from Regular Wheels, Superfast, and Models of Yesteryear, plus Sea Kings, Accessory Packs, Super Kings and Battle Kings. Lots included cars and commercials, construction, military, emergency vehicles, motorcycles and Gift Sets, plus pre-production and colour trial models. Further items included catalogues, leaflets, empty boxes and ephemera.

The TV and Film related sale held on the 29^th of October featured a large selection of boxed Lego sets, including ex shop stock, from Super Heroes, Batman, Star Wars, Creator, City and many more. Further items included figures and accessories from Dr Who, Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Master of the Universe, plus collections of Power Rangers, Transformers, Marvel and DC, Action Man and GI Joe. The sale also included vintage games consoles and games, diecast vehicles, posters, books, comics and a large collection of modern and vintage Star Wars figures, vehicles, collectables, costumes and accessories.

Its not always about the large valuable collections here at Vectis, as a small family business, we like the personal touch too.

One particular story that caught our eye, is that of an 80 year old lady, who contacted us as she had been having a sort out during lockdown, and found a model which had been put way in a draw many years ago.

She can?t remember why, maybe it was taken away as a reprimand and forgotten about, or maybe it was just tidied away. But a series of handwritten letters later, and the model is with Vectis, waiting to be auctioned on the 28^th of October.

The Regular Wheels 65c Combine Harvester is only valued at ?15 by our auctioneer, however as the vendor states in her letter, that money will be more helpful to her than nothing, and she?d rather not see a perfectly good toy resigned to the dustbin.

Our Specialist did advise in his first reply that this model has a rare variation, one without a central hole on a solid base, had the lady had this version she would be looking at putting the model into auction at ?600, alas as she describes it herself, she has never been one of these lucky people and has the much more common model with the central hole.

It is always worth contacting the experts, just in case you are that lucky one and hold the rare variation in your hands.

The Model Train sale held on the 22^nd of October started with OO Gauge British Outline from Hornby (China), Hornby Railways, Bachmann and Lima, followed by HO Scale American Outline, including ex-shop stock items, manufacturers included Broadway Limited Paragon Series, MTH, Athearn, Bowser Executive Line, Atlas and Walthers, plus many others. Further items included Hornby Dublo 2 & 3-rail, Triang Railways, Wrenn and Trix/Liliput. The sale continued with OO Gauge Kits/Kitbuilt, Exley OO Gauge, HO Brass and Meccano & Other Constructional Toys, plus Live Steam, Gauge 1 & Larger, Hornby O Gauge, Further O Gauge, Modern and Kits/Kitbuilt. The sale concluded with a Single Owner O Gauge Collection, Railwayana, Books, Magazines, Prints, Photographic Art, and our usual good selection of General Trains