Auction at Glos Warks Railway 5 June

http://www.ukrailwayana.com/stafford_update.htm

 

I hope they have counted their fingers

 

Well at least there will be NO Buyers Premium and VAT

 

But this statement has appeared on the website:

Please note: There is no buyers premium or VAT to pay at this auction but there is a 20 pounds entrance fee to the event which entitles every one to have train ride up and down the railway line. When people are on site, access to the auction is free.


I wonder if this will deter some who would only want to access the Auction.

 

That "Sir Walter Raleigh" nameplate in the auction catalogue looks rather tempting!!

Plus two Stars, a Saint and a Hall. Where's that lottery ticket......

 

The saint is St Bernard - see this comment:
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Sheffield 13 March 2010 Derby results are here[/FONT]

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A fairly lacklustre catalogue by Sheffield standards.​

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Mainline steam loco nameplates. A couple of Jubilees: "Sturdee" was a much photographed late survivor, and "Bengal", an unattractive St Rollox plate which the catalogue entry noted had been "vigorously restored". The latter made £9,000 and the former £8,400. LNWR George V plates are the least common of all the LNWR passenger types. "Miles MacInnes" was perhaps not a name to quicken the pulse and made a disappointing £9,200. GWR "Saint Bernard" had already failed to sell at two auctions and struggled to sell here, although a deal seems to have been done at £11,000. I think it would be better to try and sell something with the stigma of "not sold" writ large privately. It is a very nice plate and seems very good value at this level. The other results were unremarkable, save for West Country "Yes Tor". For a short plate, without scroll, £14,000 was a pretty good result, and the highest priced lot in the auction.​