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The April 2008 auction has now finished

Results are listed below.  n/s denotes not sold

Please place all bids for Lots 151 – 175 on 01306 502044, 01306 500467 or 07973 409235.
Bidding finishes at 8.30pm on Wednesday 16th April 2008

Lot	Description	Picture	Result
151	GWR JIGSAW PUZZLE “LOST IN TRANSIT”. This 200 piece non-interlocking cardboard puzzle was made by Chad Valley and was presented to GWR staff to encourage them to take more care with parcels. Very few of them survive making it the most difficult GWR puzzle to obtain - this one is complete and in excellent condition as is its original box.		£500
152	BR(W) Half Flanged TOTEM “READING GENERAL” from the Berkshire station on the ex GWR lines to the West. Good condition with excellent colour and shine, although there are some lighter patches in the brown present from the original firing. Otherwise just some minor chipping on the flanges and edges.		£860
153	SR enamel DOORPLATE “LADIES ROOM” in its original alloy frame and mounted on plywood for easy display. Good colour and shine with minor face scuffing and also the frame has cracks at the top and bottom centre screw holes – 19’’ x 7’’.		£80
154	SHEDPLATE “66A” POLMADIE (GLASGOW) - In ex loco condition		£60
155	A trio of GWR items comprising of a) GWR enamel ARMBAND “LOOK OUT” with leather straps – good condition b) Cloth ARMBAND “GWR PILOTMAN” straps broken and a bit dirty c) GWR Brass TOILET ROLL HOLDER clearly embossed “GWR”. (3)		£60
156	Miniature steel Single line STAFF “LONGMOOR / WEAVERSDOWN JT”, from the first section out of Longmoor Camp, the terminus station on the Longmoor Military railway. The MOD closed the railway in October 1969 – 9½’’ long.		£230
157	Oval Cast iron WORKSPLATE “BUILT 1953 SWINDON”. Locos built that year were 75020-4/30-6/8-49. Repainted at some point -10½’’ x 6’’.		£110
158	BR(S) enamel QR POSTERBOARD HEADING “BRITISH RAILWAYS”. Good colour and shine with one face chip and some chipping around the edges - 53’’ x 6’’.		£40
159	LSWR enamel TRACKSIDE SIGN “L&SWR DANGER DON’T TOUCH CONDUCTOR RAILS”. A very early sign recovered from Wimbledon carriage sheds. The LSWR only had about 35 miles of electrified track in the London area so not many of these were used. Losses at all four corners caused the sign to eventually fall off. The makers name “CHROMO WOLVERHAMPTON” is on the face – 12’’ x 10’’.		£75
160	Barry Railway fully titled enamel WARNING SIGN “BARRY RAILWAY WARNING Access to the Tips or Tip Road leading thereto is strictly Forbidden without Special Permit from the Company”. A bit rusty, with some edge losses, but still a desirable sign – 38’’ x 26’’.		£75
161	SR wooden cased double line three position BLOCK INSTRUMENT with the distinctive Down Line indicator mounted above the case. Complete with commutator, brass slide and “UP LINE” and “DOWN LINE” enamel plates. Excellent condition.		£200
162	BR(M) Fully Flanged TOTEM “MATLOCK BATH” from the Derbyshire station near Chesterfield. Undamaged condition with good colour and shine but with background mottling.		£1450
163	LNER ornate BRASS PLATE mounted on a plywood surround for display. There is a central brass plate with “LNER” and the remainder is worked from a sheet of brass. Unusual, possibly from an early carriage or office premises – 31’’ x 9’’ overall.		£140
164	SHEDPLATE “71H” TEMPLECOMBE. Repainted with a clear Eastleigh triangle.		£410
165	BR(S) Fully Flanged TOTEM ”HONITON” from the South Devon station on the ex LSWR main line to Exeter Central. Virtually mint condition.		£1800
166	A pair of trafolite INSTRUMENT PLATES for Somerset locations “YEOVIL EAST JUNCTION” and “SILKMILL”. Both undamaged - 4¾’’ x 1½’’.		£75
167	Cast iron “D” WAGON PLATE “S 14 TONS 1944 LANCING 4463” from a milk tank wagon. This plate replaced the original Ministry of Transport oval owners plate when taken over by the SR after the war and had two extra holes drilled to line up with the original fixings. Front only neatly repainted.		£180
168	Cast iron FINIAL with vertical mounting at the base. The ornate finial stands 43’’ tall but the top 15’’ is made of wood and is presumably a later replacement. BTC		£55
169	Oval brass WORKSPLATE “PECKETT & SONS Ltd 1926 No 1722 BRISTOL” from a 0-4-0ST with works number 1722. Named “ROCKET” it spent its working life at Courtaulds Co. Ltd Coventry. When no longer required it was sold to a private collector but has since been on a long term holiday at the Telford Steam Railway with a boiler certificate which lasts to 2012. The face has been lightly polished, the back untouched – 12’’ x 8½’’.		£520
170	SR TARGET “WOKING” from the ex LSWR station on the main line to the West Country and a favored spot for Bulleid loco spotting. Good colour and shine with some well-matched chip repairs particularly in the left bottom corner. The white is slightly rust stained, as is the case with many targets.		£460
171	GWR & LNWR CARD NOTICE from WOOFERTON in Shropshire giving instructions for working the ground frame and bell code details for contacting the box, dated “Shrewsbury April 7th 1902 – W Thorne Supt”. Quite good condition showing signs of its age – 14’’ x 16’’.		£30
172	Alloy Single line TABLET “ANGEL ROAD JCT/EDMONTON JUNCT 1” from a section on the former GER lines in North London.		£85
173	Alloy rectangular WORKSPLATE  “BRUSH TRACTION LOCO No 969 1991” from a Class 60 No 60058 named “John Howard” which went new to Immingham in 1991 and is currently in the EWS construction fleet. Ex loco condition – 10’’ x 6’’.		£280
174	BR(W) Fully Flanged experimental black TOTEM “BOURNE END” from the Berkshire station being the Junction for the Marlow branch. As only four stations were fitted with these totems there is limited opportunity to add one to your collection. Virtually mint condition.		£4050
175	INDUSTRIAL NAMEPLATE “STAGSHAW” from a Hawthorn Leslie 0-6-0ST built in 1926 with works number 3513 and sold to the NCB for use in South Durham in the Wheatley Hill Colliery.  The plate, which has a flange at the top on the back, is in pretty much ex loco condition although it may have been stripped of paint – 38’’ x 5½’’.		£860

Lots 1 - 75 | Lots 76 - 150 | Lots 151 - 225 | Lots 226 - 300
Lots 301 - 375 | Lots 376 - 450

Please place all bids for Lots 176 – 200 on 01306 502044, 01306 500467 or 07973 409235.
Bidding finishes at 9.00pm on Wednesday 16th April 2008

Lot	Description	Picture	Current Price
176	BR(M) double sided wooden CARRIAGE BOARD “KENTISH TOWN/BARKING” used on the suburban services working out of Central London. Good condition – 28’’ x 3 ½’’.		£60
177	GWR Brass CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE “5977” from a GWR 4900 Hall Class 4-6-0 “Beckford Hall”. Allocated new to Worcester in September 1938 it was also shedded at Cardiff Canton, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Reading, Gloucester, Penzance and then Oxford. Finally withdrawn in August 1963 and after a period of storage was cut up at Cashmores Newport in April 1964. Front only restored.		£1700
178	A pair of BR MIRRORS one with “BR” and the other with the Double Arrow logo in the centre. Both ex Perth Carriage and Wagon Depot and in good condition. (2)		£5
179	SHEDPLATE “8A” EDGE HILL. Attractively restored.		£75
180	CARRIAGE PRINT “THE CINQUE PORT OF NEW ROMNEY, KENT” by Jack Merriott from the Southern Region A series featuring an attractive view of the town centre with not a car in sight. The print is in good used condition and is presented in its original glazed frame - 19’’ x 11’’.		£100
181	LSWR Cast iron SIGNALBOX DOOR SIGN “PRIVATE NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT ON BUSINESS”. From Umberleigh station on the Exeter to Barnstaple line and presented in excellent ex box condition – 12½’’ x 6¾’’.		£90
182	LNER Cast iron SEATBACK “BRIDGE OF EARN” from the ex North British Railway junction station to the South of Perth. Front only restored to white on light blue – 45’’ x 4½’’.		£520
183	BR(S) Flanged enamel DOORPLATE “PRIVATE”. Excellent colour and shine with very minor chipping around the screw holes -18’’ x 3½’’.		£90
184	BR(S) Framed enamel STATION SIGN “GUILDFORD & LONDON TRAINS” with right facing arrow from one of the stations to the South of Surreys’ County town. Excellent condition with some minor edge chips only. Presented in a wooden frame – 44’’ x 13’’ overall.		£160
185	BR(NE) enamel TOTEM POSTERBOARD HEADER “BRITISH RAILWAYS”. Pretty good colour and shine with minor staining in the orange and some repaired chips around the edges and screw holes – 20½’’ x 6’’.		£270
186	Alloy SHEDPLATE  “70A” NINE ELMS. Front ex loco condition the back, with its Eastleigh triangle, has been repainted. Unusual - possibly from a diesel. (See lot 442)		£210
187	Brass Single line KEY TOKEN “ROSE STREET/MILBURN” from a section of the ex   Highland Railway line at Inverness. This section was from the Northern part of the triangle that avoided Inverness Station.		£70
188	BR(M) Flanged enamel STATION DIRECTION SIGN “NEW BRIGHTON STATION” with British Railways in totem and right facing feathered arrow, from the terminus station on the banks of the Mersey opposite to Liverpool and part of the Merseyrail electrified system. Good colour but somewhat mottled with a few small well matched chip repairs - 28’’ x 13’’.		£190
189	Alloy Single line KEY TOKEN “BAGGERIDGE/WOMBOURN” from a section of the ex GWR line between Stourbridge and Wolverhampton that closed in 1965.		£300
190	TAFF VALE RAILWAY coloured map showing all the railways in the area that they operated headed “Taff Vale Railway Session 1888” and judging from the folds probably taken from a Parliamentary proposal. Attractively presented in a glazed frame – 32’’ x 29’’. BTC		£50
191	NER large Webb & Thompson Single line STAFF “GARFORTH INNER JUNCTION/KIPPAX STATION” from the closed line near Castleford in Yorkshire. Good original undamaged condition with Annetts Key on the end.		£340
192	BR(S) Fully Flanged TOTEM “NEWHAVEN HARBOUR” from the Sussex seaside station. This is the white-flanged version and is in virtually mint condition with just one tiny chip repair that just goes into the green of the top panel.		£840
193	SHEDPLATE “83F” TRURO. The left hand bolt hole is enlarged and damaged on front and back suggesting the plate had to be modified to fit a loco. Attractively restored.		£90
194	A pair of GWR “LOCOMOTIVE WHISTLES” attractively mounted on a wooden stand. The cone on one of the whistles is stamped “2291” which was a Gloucester and later Swindon allocated engine.		£180
195	LT bronze framed enamel STATION SIGN “CENTRAL LINE PLATFORM 1 WESTBOUND” with feathered arrow. A heavy sign designed to fit under an arch being about 1’’ thick although the rear is blank. Good condition – 66’’ x 17’’ overall. BTC		£75
196	S&DJR rectangular Cast iron mile marker plate numbered “ 42 ”, that was situated just South of Stalbridge station. This style of marker plate was only used on the Somerset & Dorset Railway. The plate was restored some time ago - 8¾’’ x 5½’’.		n/s
197	Original coloured SIGNALBOX DIAGRAM “WELWYN NORTH” on thick paper from the Hertfordshire ex Great Northern station on the main line to Hitchin - undated. Good condition - 64’’ x 22’’ rolled.		£140
198	GWR CARRIAGE PRINT with coloured pictures by the Photocrom Company of “Exeter from the River” and “Newton Abbot Bradley Woods”. Both pictures retain their colours and are presented in their original titled mount and glazed frame. Excellent condition apart from minor foxing on the mount - 26’’ x 11’’.		£95
199	BR(S) Fully Flanged TOTEM “READING (SOUTHERN)” from the ex SECR Berkshire station that was used by the trains from Guildford. Virtually mint condition.		£1800
200	Alloy NAMEPLATE “BRAERIACH” from the Brush built Class 60 No 60074 as 976 of 1991. Named without ceremony when built after a mountain in the Cairngorms Range. Front only repainted - 39½’’ x 10’’.		£1300

Lots 1 - 75 | Lots 76 - 150 | Lots 151 - 225 | Lots 226 - 300
Lots 301 - 375 | Lots 376 - 450

Please place all bids for Lots 201 – 225 on 01306 502044, 01306 500467 or 07973 409235.
Bidding finishes at 9.30pm on Wednesday 16th April 2008

Lot	Description	Picture	Current Price
201	LSWR leather covered FREE PASS TICKET. Unused First Class for the year 1906 in excellent unfolded condition - 2½’’ x 3½’’.		£35
202	BR(NE) Unflanged enamel DOORPLATE “PRIVATE”. Good colour and shine with some edge chipping and one face chip not affecting the letters – 18’’ x 3½’’.		£45
203	GER one wire two position TYERS SIGNAL INSTRUMENT in mahogany case with a brass flap added later to show three positions. Good condition but the base has been modified slightly to fit on a Block shelf and the spring is missing from the flap. BTC		£210
204	SR Fully titled STATION SIGN painted in white on a green background “DOVER Showing the Harbour, Quays, and the Town as far as Dover Priory Station. STEAMERS LEAVE DAILY FOR CALAIS SOUTHERN RAILWAY Scale 200ft to 1inch”. This is mounted in a deep wooden frame and presumably was displayed at Dover Harbour station with a paper map or possibly a relief map of the Dover area. Good condition – 25’’ x 6’’.		£140
205	BR(E) enamel STATION SIGN “LADIES WAITING ROOM” Good deep colour and shine with a couple of small well-matched chip repairs on the face – 48’’ x 12’’.		£30
206	SHEDPLATE  “74C” DOVER. Front only repainted some time ago – clear Eastleigh triangle on the back.		£350
207	BR(W) enamel STATION SIGN “DRINKING WATER”. Good colour and shine with some repairs to damage around the edges – 15’’ x 3½’’.		£130
208	Alloy Single line KEY TOKEN “FENNY COMPTON/BURTON DASSETT” from the first section of the ex SMJ line towards Stratford-upon-Avon that closed in 1965. Burton Dassett was the junction for the Edge Hill Quarry line, which closed in 1925.		£190
209	Brass CABSIDE NUMBERPLATE “1626” from a (GWR) 1600 Class 0-6-0PT. Withdrawn from St Blazey in August 1962, a shed it had been allocated to all it’s short working life which had commenced in August 1950. It was cut up at Cashmores Newport in August 1963. Front only neatly restored.		£860
210	Alloy rectangular WORKSPLATE “BRITISH RAILWAYS ENGLISH ELECTRIC VULCAN WORKS 1965 No 3479/E325” ex Class 86 electric loco E3187/86034/86434/86634. The loco was named University of London in April 1986. The ex loco back is stamped “86034” and the front is neatly restored – 8½’’ x 6½’’.		£350
211	BR Standard SMOKEBOX NUMBERPLATE “90507” from a WD Class 2-8-0 built for the Ministry of Supply by Vulcan & Co. in 1944 with works number 5143 and numbered WD 79200. Its first BR shed was Woodford Halse and later it moved to Wigan. Withdrawn in July 1963 it was cut up at Crewe Works in September of that year. Ex loco condition.		£370
212	BR(S) Fully Flanged TOTEM “PECKHAM RYE” from the South London inner suburban station. Good colour and shine but has three small well-matched face chip repairs that each just touch on the letters, plus some flange chip repairs.		£250
213	SR boxed SOIL SAMPLE KIT with “SR” on the top of the box. The contents are thin glass tubes with labels “Clapham South” and “Clapham Cutting” and a metal rod and tube that has a brass centre marked ”S Rly”. The lid is loose on the box - unusual 12’’ x 5’’.		£25
214	LNER Cast iron SEATBACK “MELROSE” from the ex NBR station on the Galashiels to St Boswells line. Face only restored to white on light blue background – 25’’ x 4’’.		£360
215	SR TARGET “KIDBROOKE” from the Kent station on the ex SECR line. Pretty good colour but the letters are weather stained and there are a couple of small face chip repairs.		n/s
216	Upper quadrant plastic cased SIGNAL REPEATER with miniature home signal and plate above “SIGNAL NO 11”. Appears to be in working order.		£40
217	Album of coloured railway POSTCARDS. There are 95 cards in the album mainly of locos of the pre Big Four era covering many of the Companies operating at this time, and all are postally unused. The others (8) are of views in the early 20th Century and are used with franked stamps. (95)		£65
218	GWR HOME wooden SIGNAL ARM with the metal mounting bracket containing both undamaged Spectacle glasses. The wooden arm is 48’’ long and the frame holding the coloured glasses is 28’’ across. Good unrestored condition. BTC		£120
219	LT brass framed enamel UNDERGROUND STATION TARGET “OXFORD CIRCUS” from the Central London station on the Bakerloo and Central lines. This is the later brass framed version with three separate enamel sections that insert into the back of the frame. Superb condition and a very displayable 24’’ x 19½’’.		£620
220	SR CARRIAGE PRINT “BIDEFORD” by Hesketh Hubbard featuring the river and bridge with the smoke from a train in the distance. Pretty good used condition with slight wrinkling in the top left corner. Presented in its original glazed frame – 19’’ x 11’’.		£95
221	Brass diamond WORKSPLATE “North British Locomotive Co Ltd 1943 No. 25102” from a 2-8-0 WD “90199” which was numbered WD 77231 before British Railways acquired it. A Scottish loco, it was shedded at Dunfermline, Thornton Jct, Grangemouth, Polmadie, Grangemouth and Dunfermline. Withdrawn in November 1966 it was cut up at Arnott Young, Old Kilpatrick the following May. Ex loco condition – 13’’ x 5½’’.		£130
222	Fibre Single line TABLET “LAMBLEY/ALSTON”, from the section through Slaggyford on the Northumberland branch from Haltwhistle to Alston that closed in 1976.		£70
223	Oval Cast iron WORKSPLATE “BUILT 1951 SWINDON”. Locos built that year were 75000-15. Unrestored – 10½’’ x 6’’.		£240
224	LSWR enamel LOCO CAB NOTICE “WARNING it is dangerous to lean out of the cab when passing stations or other structures. When necessary to lean out BE CAREFUL”. Examples from this company are difficult to find and this one came from LSWR L11 No 171, which was an oil burner and was withdrawn from Eastleigh in August 1951. The good condition sign is attractively presented on a small polished wooden board and has a picture of 30171 on a train in 1951. The plate is 8’’ x 3½’’ and the board overall is 13’’ x 8’’.		£80
225	Alloy DIESEL NAMEPLATE “ROYAL MAIL” from a Class 47 number 47549 named at St Pancras Station in September 1986, by Sir Ronald Dearing the Post Office Chairman, at the relaunch of the TPO service. The plates were removed in June 1991 shortly before the locomotive was withdrawn. Stored at Crewe Works for some years it was scrapped there in July 1995. The front has been cleaned and repainted the back is ex loco.		£1200

Lots 1 - 75 | Lots 76 - 150 | Lots 151 - 225 | Lots 226 - 300
Lots 301 - 375 | Lots 376 - 450

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