November 2023 Lots 1-50

THURS 30th NOVEMBER 2023
Cedric Ford Pavilion, Newark Showground, Lincoln Rd, NG24 2NY
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1 Cast Iron Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate “61042”. Ex-loco condition as carried by the LNER B1 Class 4-6-0 built by the NBL Co. (25799 of 1946). A Yarmouth, Norwich, March, Lincoln and Immingham loco it was w/d April 1966 and cut up at Cohen’s, Kettering. SOLD FOR
£380
2 North Staffordshire Railway Ground Signal Lamp brass plated “NSR 1017”, with an interior lamp of correct pattern. Complete with all fittings and glass lenses. Restored and rare. SOLD FOR
£200
3 Oval cast brass Locomotive Worksplate “LMS Built 1950 Derby”. Lightly face restored only. Locos built that year were 2-6-4T. Nos. 42133 – 46, 42050 – 65 and 0-6-0DE Shunters Nos. 12067 – 87. An interesting date – 2 years after the LMS absorption into BR! SOLD FOR
£400
4 Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway 3 aspect Handlamp stamped “M&GNJt” top and body and vessel. Brass plated “Foreman Cross Keys Bridge” and “1323”. Complete with all fittings and glasses. Fine condition and unpainted. SOLD FOR
£1450
5 Cleator & Workington Junction Railway “114” cast iron Bridge Numberplate. Face restored only. SOLD FOR
£200
6 Double sided enamel Advertising Sign with a wall flange “Agent for the Home & Colonial. Wonderful Tea 1/6 per pound”. Re-touched edge wear only to both faces which have superb colour and shine. 20x10in. SOLD FOR
£210
7 BR(W) fully flanged enamel Sign from Shrewsbury station “Tickets for Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Paddington Line, West of England, South Wales, Central Wales to Swansea, Severn Valley, Stafford and Euston Line”. One small face chip otherwise flange chipping only and with very good colour and shine. 36x18in. SOLD FOR
£880
8 LNER enamel Locomotive Shedplate “March” in v.g.c. SOLD FOR
£270
9 Aluminium Single Line Tablet inscribed “Bartlow – Haverhill North 21”. Complete with original pouch with hoop. V.g.c. A section of the former GER Cambridge – Long Melford line. SOLD FOR
£420
10 BR(M) fully flanged enamel Totem Station Sign “Kents Bank”. The flange repainted black and minor re-touching of the perimeter white otherwise v.g.c. with very good colour and shine. A former Furness Railway station south west of Grange over Sands. SOLD FOR
£1500
11 BR(WR) double royal pictorial Poster “Teignmouth” by Mays. A dramatic evening view of beach bathers. A small loss to the bottom right corner otherwise v.g.c. with no folds. SOLD FOR
£800
12 Oval cast brass Builders Plate “John Fowler & Co. (Leeds) Limd. Steam Plough Works Leeds No. 6137, with ornate leading letters. V.g.c. and unpainted. 12.75×7.5. As carried by a traction engine or ploughing engine built between 1888 and 1890. SOLD FOR
£340
13 Box of Miscellaneous ‘D’ Wagon Plates. SOLD FOR
£150
14 Caledonian Railway cast iron Milepost Top “Carlisle 223”. From the section between Forfar and Aberdeen. Face restored only with the original weathered bolts still in place. SOLD FOR
£80
15 LNER cast iron Station Seatback Nameplate “Ancaster” from the former GNR station between Grantham and Boston. Face restored only 32in. long. SOLD FOR
£320
16 Cast brass Road Vehicle Radiator Plate “Carrier Regd”, in original condition. Target shaped 9.8x6in. and in v.g.c. n/s
17 “GN & GE Joint Railway Beware of Trains. Look both up and down the line before you cross” cast iron Notice face restored only. SOLD FOR
£210
18 LNER ‘9×5’ cast brass Locomotive Works Numberplate “London & North Eastern Railway 60813 Darlington Works 1937”. Ex-loco condition as carried by the V2 Class 2-6-2 which was unique in being fitted with a stovepipe chimney and small wing smoke deflectors which it carried throughout its life. A long term St. Margaret’s loco it was w/d Nov. 1966 and cut up by McWilliams, Shettleston. SOLD FOR
£420
19 Double sided small painted wooden Carriage Board “Mansfield / Shirebrook North” in original condition. V.g.c. 32.5in. long. SOLD FOR
£65
20 BR(E) fully flanged enamel Station Sign “Way In” ex-Sheffield Victoria. Minor edge / flange chips only. Very good colour and shine. 24x12in. SOLD FOR
£260
21 London & North Western Railway silver plated Salt Container complete with blue glass liner and original spoon. The container with ornate decoration and hinged lid and the spoon both by Elkington bear the “L&NWRy Co” Britannia garter inscription. Superb condition. SOLD FOR
£290
22 North Eastern Rly. or possibly earlier square fronted 3 aspect Handlamp. Complete with “NER Co” rape oil vessel and early red and apple green aspect glasses. V.g.c. and repainted. SOLD FOR
£900
23 Great Central Railway mahogany cased Signal Box Block Bell with small nickel ‘mushroom’ bell ex-Nottingham Victoria. V.g.c. SOLD FOR
£
24 Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway silver plated Teapot by Mappin & Webb. The large L&YR coat of arms surmounted by a Victorian crown boldly displayed on the face. Fine condition. 6in. tall overall. SOLD FOR
£100
25 BR(M) fully flanged enamel Sign “Stoke Derby”. Minor chips. Good colour & shine. 24x9in. SOLD FOR
£150
26 Cast iron Locomotive Shedplate “12C” (Carlisle Canal, then Barrow). Unrestored. SOLD FOR
£170
27 Box of LNER ‘Kesick’ pattern china Tableware. SOLD FOR
£100
28 Railway Clearing House Second World War Service brass and enamel Lapel Badge with pin back. V.g.c. and scarce. SOLD FOR
£80
29 Lancashire & Yorkshire Rly. mahogany cased Signal Box Switching Out Instrument with cast brass plates “Blocks”, “In” and “Out”. Stamped and branded “L&YR / LYR”. V.g.c. SOLD FOR
£130
30 Cast brass Plate “Electric Equipment by Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd. Manchester & Sheffield England”. Lightly face polished 12x6in. As carried by one of the BR overhead wire Woodhead Route Electric Locomotives. Ex-loco Rail Blue condition. 11.5×5.75in. SOLD FOR
£860
31 North British Railway Bulpitt’s patent 3 aspect Handlamp plated “Bulpitt & Sons 1907 Birmingham” and stamped “NBR 6935 2426S” and “Tynehead Nathercoarse” and later stamping “Arbroath”. Complete with original Bulpitt vessel and burner, all fittings and glasses and restored. SOLD FOR
£150
32 Cast iron Locomotive Smokebox Numberplate “45184”. Face restored only. As carried by the LMS ‘Black 5’ 4-6-0 built by Armstrong Whitworth (1255 of 1935). A Carlisle Kingmoor and Chester loco mainly in BR days. It was w/d from the latter in Sept. 1965 and cut up by Ward’s, Beighton, Sheffield. SOLD FOR
£420
33 BR(M) flanged enamel Carriage Board “Bradford Leeds Rotherham Sheffield Nottingham Kettering”. Re-touching to edges and both ends. Very good colour and shine. 26in. long. SOLD FOR
£290
34 Cast iron Locomotive Shedplate “82C” (Swindon). Unrestored. SOLD FOR
£180
35 Box containing 24 Trafolite Signal Box Lever Description Plates all inscribed with location names including Bourne, Holbeach, Lincoln, Sleaford, Stamford, Maud Foster etc. SOLD FOR
£270
36 LNER ‘9×5’ cast brass Works Numberplate “London & North Eastern Railway 1937 Stephenson & Co. 1935”. Ex-loco condition with torch spillage and slight enlargement of right hand hole. As carried by the K3 Class 2-6-0. A Carlisle Canal engine during the BR period it was w/d April 1960 and cut up at Cowlairs. SOLD FOR
£300
37 “Oldham Rd. L.Y.R. Dining Club” china Soup Bowl in first class condition. The full title top marked in a zigzag scroll. 10in. dia. SOLD FOR
£50
38 Southern Railway Isle of Wight Carriage Print. An original complete with overlay label advertising “7 Day All Island Season Tickets”. A good detailed map of the island and its main line / cross channel connections. V.g.c. and in an original painted glazed wooden frame. SOLD FOR
£170
39 “Midland & Gt. Northern Joint Railway” cast iron Trespass Notice. Face restored only. SOLD FOR
£100
40 Box of Lamps. SOLD FOR
£100
41 LNER cast iron Doorplate “Weigh Office”. Fine unrestored condition. SOLD FOR
£220
42 Ornate cast brass Locomotive Builders Plate “The Clyde Engineering Co. Ltd. NSW Granville & Sydney No. 258 1921”. “5519” painted on rear and very lightly polished only. 11.5×9.75in. overall. SOLD FOR
£210
43 BR(S) fully flanged enamel Sign “Waiting and Ladies Rooms” 48x12in. A couple of face chips but with good colour and shine. SOLD FOR
£150
44 LNER ‘A4’ Class brass Chime Whistle in v.g.c. and mounted on a wooden stand. V.g.c. 13.5in. tall overall. The accompanying copy receipt paperwork states that the whistle is ex-60029 “Woodcock”. SOLD FOR
£3300
45 Southern Railway enamel Station Target Sign “Charing” from the former SE&CR Ashford – Maidstone line. Some edge and screw hole re-touching but very presentable on a wooden backboard. SOLD FOR
£600
46 Ten Volumes of LNER Locomotive Registers by W. Yeadon including the combined volume on LNER ‘Pacifics’. All in v.g.c. with dust jackets together with The Locomotive Worksplate Book by Keith Buckle and David Love (long out of print) in v.g.c. SOLD FOR
£50
47 Small cast iron Gate Notice with text in Welsh as used on the Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways. V.g.c. 16x12in. SOLD FOR
£280
48 “South African Railways Suid Afrikaanse Spoorwee 2581 G0” cast brass Locomotive Cabside Numberplate. Face restored only. As carried by the 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Beyer Garrett built by Henschel No. 28714 of 1954. SOLD FOR
£200
49 BR(LMR) double royal pictorial Poster “North Wales for Holidays” featuring artwork of Beaumaris Castle by Norman Wilkinson dated 1949. A couple of edge nicks and folds otherwise v.g.c. n/s
50 GNR Inspection Type Handlamp with clear lenses on opposing faces. Stamped “GNR” in body and vessel and brass plated “Great Northern Railway Company Sleaford 1”. Complete, unpainted and in v.g.c. SOLD FOR
£210