LMS, GWR and LNER in head- to- head at Dreweatts Eastern promise as China leads the way in ticket auction
THERE was lively bidding into five figures in Dreweatts’onlinerailway models transport saleonMay 28 ( see p29), with models belowthe £ 10,000 threshold alsomaking their mark, headed bya7 ¼ in livesteamLMSClass 4F 0- 6- 0 No. 44001 at £ 9000.
Behind came 5in- gaugeGWR
No. 6027 KingRichardI, built by Mr R Batesof Shrewsburywith a‘ RoyalDuchy’ headboard(£ 8000), andasecond LMS representative, Class22- 6- 2T No. 1200, also in 5in gauge (£ 6000).
TheLNER thenmade an appearance with B1 4- 6- 0No. 1005 Bongo (£ 5000), the first of three fromthis class, all in 5in gauge, that comprised thesame locomotive in its BRNo. 61005 identity (£ 4500), and also at £ 4500, a third variation on the B1 theme, No. 8301 Springbok. Another LNER representative wasanunnumbered L1 class2- 6- 4T that made£ 5000.
Acluster just belowincluded a3 ½ in- gaugeGWRKing, modelled with thenameKingJohn fromNo. 6026, but carrying the cabsideNo. 6010 (£ 3400); two5in- gaugeexamples– GWR0- 6- 0PT No. 3799 (£ 3200) andLancashire& YorkshireRailway/ LMS 2P class2- 4- 2T No. 50728 (£ 3000); andaGauge1LNER A1 classPacific– No. 60120 Kittiwake
(£ 3000).
Theauctionalso included railway posters, the highest realisation forwhich was£ 1100 foraLondonUnderground ‘ Appy’Ampstead example in the Humours of London series of 1913 byTony Sarg ( 1880- 1942), and there wasalsoa1935 HarryBeck London Underground diagrammaticmapthat went for£ 1900.
Asmall selection of railwayanawas headed byapair of SecondWorldWar military railway signal lamps by CEastgate& Son of Birminghamwhich sold asasingle lot for£ 700, nearly 12 times their topestimate.
Prices exclude buyer’s premiumof 25%(+ VAT).
Theauctionwaspreviewed in this columnin issue265, but areminder that thehighlights includenameplates Tawstock Court fromGWRSaintclass 4- 6- 0 No. 2951andfromEast African Railways’Class60Beyer- Garratt 4- 8- 2+ 2- 8- 4No. 6019 SirPhilip Mitchell, namedafter thegovernor ofKenya, whoservedfrom 1944- 52.
There’salsothesmokebox numberplate fromLNERClass
ASELECTIONof33Chineseand Taiwanese tickets thatweresold in three lots ledfromthefront inPaddington TicketAuctions’postalandemail sale whichendedonMay19, thehighest realisationbeing£ 1150forseventickets dating fromthe late- 1940s/ early- 1950s.
Runner- upwas£ 1050for20tickets fromtheCanton- Kowloon, China Government, andKowloonCanton – BritishSection railways, issued respectively in 1935,1938andthe 1950s/ 60s.
Aselection of six tickets fromTaiwan thatwereissuedinthelate- 1950sand early- 1960s fetched£ 860.
B14- 6- 0No. 61189 SirWilliam Gray andaworksplate from anotherLNERloco, D49class
4- 4- 0No. 62718 Kinross- shire, while recentadditions includea full set ofGN& LNWJointRailway milepost topsandacomplete GNRsomersaultsignal.
“Thesetype ofauctionswere themainstayofour business whenwestartedin 2001, andwe arereally looking forwardtodoing oneofthemagain,” saidRoger.
HeadingtheBritishcontingentat£ 540 wasafirstclass freepass issuedin1922by the IsleofWightRailway toRWilliamson Esqof theCambrianRailways. Thiswas the year theCambrianamalgamated with theGWR, while theIoWRwas absorbedbytheSouthernRailway in the 1923Grouping.
Next, witharealisation of£ 460, was a 140- year- old ticket, issuedbytheNorth LondonRailwayonAugust 14, 1880, fora first class journeycosting3d( 1.25p) from Blackwall toPoplar East IndiaRoadstation in theheartof thecapital’sdocklands.
Prices excludebuyer’s premiumof10% (+ VAT).