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No surprise as A4 outpacesthe pack –
butthree others getintofivefigures
ABSOLUTELYnoone in the hallat GW
Railwayana’s July 13 saleat Pershore
High School wassurprised th at
nameplateKingfisherfrom No.60024
wasthe runawaywinner, as reportedin
the news section of this issue–but three
otherplatesatl east also made it into
five-figur eterritory,albeitfar behindthe
GresleyA4Pacific.
Leading this triowasKnightofthe
Grand Crossfrom GWRStar class
No.4018(£15,600),followedbyLamport
&HoltLinefrom SRMerchantNavy
No.35026 (£10,800).
At this sta ge,steam gave wayto
diesel,inthe shape of Class 50Co-Co
D437/50037, one of whoselllustrious
plateswentunder SimonTurner’s
hammerfor£10,200.
Just belowthe five-figurelandmarkat
£9600 cameBlandford(SRWest Country
No.34107),whileLord Collingwoodfrom
anotherSouthern Railway locomotive,
Lord Nelson No.30862 ,fetched £8500
andCogan Hall(GWR No.5952) £7100. A
second hall,MostynHall(No.5985), went
for£5600, andHazeleyGrange,fromyet
another GWRrepresentat ive, No.6840,
for£5000.
Twonameplatesthatdid not sellwere
also GWRcontenders, and both from the
same class–ShirburnCastle(No.5030)
andStokesayCastlefrom No.5040.
Another non-seller under the hammer
wasTrevithick(SRRemembrance
classN15XNo. 32327), but this plate
Diesel enthusiast SimonStewart takes
over railwayonlinephoto auctionhouse
DIESELenthusiastSimonStewar thas
takenover railway negative, photograph
andslideonline auctionspecialist
Justaclickago fromKazandTony Hoskins,
who have bowedout after10years at
the helm.
Simon, 58, who runsamedical lamp
businessand lives in theLeices tershire
village ofWoodhouse Eaves, has been
an enthusiastsincehis earlyteens,and
subsequentlytookupphotographyonce
he couldaffor danOlympus OM-1 system.
“SadlyIdidn’t have thatcamera whenI
waschasing Class52Westerns inthe1970s,
but Imanagedto capture the demiseoft he
Deltics and Class 40s,” he enthused.
OfJustacl ickago,hesaid:“Iwill be
graduallyworking on the style of the
websiteand making some alterations
to the online auctions.” Hisfirstauction
will open on November 18 and run
throughout thatweek.
Inavaledictorystatement, KazandTony
said:“We would liketoe xpres sour sincere
thanksand appreciationto everyone
fortheir custom and loyalsupportover
the years,and we areconfidenttheir
businessrelationship with Simon will be
equallyfulfilling .”
went for£7500 afterfull-time.
Muscling in on the nameplate-fest
wereaBR(NE)York totemsign(£7100)
andacabside numberplate from GWR
No.6013King HenryVIII(£6200), and
knockingat the doorwasaGER poster
by JAMay promoting the NorfolkBroads (£4800).Prices exclude buyer’s
premium of 11% (+VAT).
➜Detailsofo therpricesachieved,
including an iconic headboardand
aLondon Underground platform
roundels bonanza,will be publishedin
next month’s railwayanacolumn.Wagon plate
heads SRAsale
and enters into
recordbooks
ANM&WGrazebrook 1951
wagon‘D’plate and matching
starplate soldfor £1200at a
Sheffield Railwayana postal
auction thatended on June 11.
Theprice, whichis believedto
be acategoryrecor d, wasalso
achievedby aTyer’sNo. 6tablet
instrumentplatedSheringham.
Thirdat£ 720 wasaBR(S)
running-in boardfromTavistock
North, whichwasopenedby the
Plymouth Devonport&South
Western JunctionRailway in 18 90
and closed by BR in May1968.
Much ofit survives,the main
building nowbeing self-catering
cottages and the goodsyard
the siteofWest DevonBorough
Council’s offices,while the
stationmaster’s house is being
restored asaprivate dwelling.
Prices exclude buyer’s premium
of 15 %(+VAT).
SheffieldRailwayana is pa rtof
the GreatCentralgroup,and this
postal saleisr un in conjunction
with theregular flagship live
auctionsatStoneleigh and
includes smaller items of
hardware.NORTH-EASTEnglandrailw ay
memoriesled the wayatThirsk
Railwayana’ssaleonJune 15,
with theleadingrealisation
of £700beingachievedbya
BR(NE)StationMaster en amel
sign,followedat£ 380 by aFiley
HolidayCampsignalboxwooden
nameboard. Prices exclude
buyer’s premium of10%(+VAT).
TheFileycamp wasservedby
ashortline branching off the
Hull-Scarborough line north of
Hunmanby. Itwasopenedby
the LNER in 1947,twoyears after
the Billy Butlin campwelcomed
its first holidaymakers,and the
stationcomprisedfour long
platforms capable of handling the
busy summertraffic.Passe ngers
were transferredto the camp
by aroad train usingasubway
beneath the nearbyA165.
As privatecars gradua lly
replaced trains,passenger
numbersat thestation declined –
ascenario being playedout across
the countr y–but the station
survived until July 1977, while the
camp itself closedin 1983.Station Master
first,Billy Butlin
second,atThirsk
Takeover: SimonStewart, who has takenoverrailway photographonline
auction specialistJustaclickago,withDevon Diesel Society-ownedClass 37
(D)6737atthe North Norfolk Railway’sSheringhamstation duringavisit
in 2011.JANSTEWARTBYGEOFFCOURTNEY RAILWAYANA