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Full Steam Ahead |
Saturday 7th November was the return of HJ Pugh & Co’s well renowned Railwayana, Model Railways, Toys, Sporting memorabilia and Militaria Sale.
It was the first time HJ Pugh & Co had use live on-line bidding, which although it took a few lots to get used to, 20 lots into the sale and Howard was flying through the lots in his usual manner. This means that bidders from all over the world can bid on items in the sale, abit like Ebay, but without the hassle of waiting 5 days to find out if your successful! To say all over the world is no exaggeration as we have been busy all week posting parcels of all shapes and sizes far and wide, including Australia, Holland, Ireland, Shetland and Scotland.
The next sale to feature this will be our Motorcycle and Classic car sale on 21st of November. The sales are conducted on-line via www.the-saleroom.com and www.i-bidder.com depending on the nature of the lots being sold. The forthcoming motorcycle and classic car auction will be live on i-bidder. This should enable us to reach a wider audience, and as such achieve better prices for our clients than if it was just the buyers in our sale room, we also find it adds a little bit of unpredictability to the proceedings and as such more excitement!
Back to the sale in hand however, with the top preice of the day being paid for a WWII SS Summer Visor Cap, which made £1,200. Railwayana was a success with some notable items, some key prices included: Great Western Railway Sugar Tongs, London North Western Railway Medallion £45, Great Western Railway telephone directory, code book and framed diagram of circuits, which fetched £40, 2 Railwaymans Lamps £38, Charles Roberts railway wagon plates £32, 5 Great Western Railway magazines £12.
On the model railway front it was full steam ahead with OO guage models fetching good prices, including: 5 Hornby Dublo Carriages and Guards Vans £75, Hornby Dublo 2233 CO.BO diesel/electric locomotive £70, Large Quantity of Track side furnishing and spares etc £65, Wrenn 4-6-2 No.46242 City of Glasgow £60, Kit Built Gem LMS Prince of Wales 4-6-0 Locomotive £48, Hornby Duchess of Montrose locomotive £48, 3 Duette Railway Controllers £45, Selection of tickets many from the last passenger journey on the Ledbury to Gloucester branch line £42, 7 Bachman Coaches £30, 6 Tri-ang Hornby Goods Wagons £25.
The militaria and sporting side also saw a strong trade, and attracted a lot of interest from all over the world online. Key prices included: White SS Summer Visor Cap £1,200, S A Marine Dagger in Black, Rare Maker £750, 1941 First Pattern Fairburn and Sykes Fighting knife not marked Wilkinson Sword £380, Central India Medal German Army Dagger £250, Old 6 Shot Pistol £170, Cavalry Sword and Scabbard £170, Quantity of Boxing Photos in Album £85, African Fighting Axe £65, Signed copy of ‘Ring Craft’ by Jim Driscoll £38, Pair Mauser Ammo Pouches £25, Quantity of football match programmes £22, 2 pairs red boxing gloves £8.
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