Skybirds and spies!
The January auction at Lymington featured over 400 lots, and included diecasts, dolls, railway items and a number of Franklin Mint cars, which sold quite cheaply.
For secret agent fans, Corgi’s No.270 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 finished in silver was complete with two baddies and a part used numberplate sheet but was missing the secret instructions, badge and envelope. Despite this, it was a lovely model in a blister and winged box and it made £220. Corgi’s James Bond Toyota 2000GT also cropped up: this example was in excellent condition, just requiring a clean but was lacking the passenger, missiles, badge and instruction sheet. A great basis for someone (helpfully, the box was in good condition), it was sold for £75. Another bargain lot was the Corgi No.24 Commer Constructor Set, along with a Corgi No.1128 Priestman Cub Shovel. The models were in good condition although the polystyrene insert of the Constructor set had seen better days and there were two empty compartments. They were knocked down for just £50.
For the shunting society, a scarce HornbyDublo No.3250 Electric Motor Coach Brake/2nd finished in green and contained in a good to excellent original box sold for £130.
One highlight, though, had to be the Givjoy Series No.7 Skybirds Kit of a Fokker D VII aircraft. Dating from the pre-plastic aircraft kit days, here was a wood and brass and metal kit that required no small degree of skill on the part of the constructor. It was in unmade condition and was presented in an excellent box. Its sale price of £55 was very keen: assembled models often make this sort of money. ■