Tom J Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 My parents tipped me off just now that Richard Wintertons at Lichfield have an enormous load of 'OO' stuff (RTR and some kit built locos) up for sale tomorrow. The auction is online. The lots are rather messy - only some of them can actually be identified! It's not my scale and auctions often end up selling stuff like this for silly money, but it may be of interest to someone. http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/richard-winterton-auctioneers/catalogue-id-2864137 Down the page a bit for the railway lots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 As you say, a massive lot. Not too impressed with the vague pictures. How would one know whether the labels on the boxes match what's inside - some of them have no labels on them! One could pick up some huge bargains though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I came across an old Anchoridge O4 brass kit which sold through an auction house for a tenner. The same kit (possibly the very same one that went through the auction house) has now reached over £100 on eBay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I suspect much of it will appear on eBay in due course. I think the size of the individual lots say it all - trade bidder with deep pockets need only to apply. I wonder how often they do this though as very few lots have an auction estimate. Interesting nevertheless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2012 It's bit misleading (or possibly hopeful?) that no estimates are shown - I could be generous and say they probably have no experience of selling this sort of stuff although the lotting tends to suggest otherwise. It might be far enough north of the Thames Valley to get nearer to north of England auction prices but it really depends on the extent to which Ebay traders get their oar in as Kenton has said. But even if they do it is perfectly easy to beat them provided you are prepared to accept the hassle of getting rid of the stuff you don't want - they are in it for profit but still won't pay much above £40 per r-t-r loco unless it is rare or collectable. And one forecast - one lot of kits will probably make at least £200 on the hammer meaning someone is willing to pay nearly £250 for it - but then look at the prices some kits fetch on Ebay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Heljan (I assume) LION in Lot 252. So not Hornby/Triang as described then... Blue EM2 and what look like the LMS twins in 259, a brace of Jouef 40s in 283 and trio of Airfix 31s in 284. Wonder where this eclectic haul hailed from.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Lot 378, what treasures are in there!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Heljan (I assume) LION in Lot 252. So not Hornby/Triang as described then... Or possibly... a Q-kits model? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Or possibly... a Q-kits model? Could be like mine (that's up for sale) - Hornby loco with a Craftsman overlay. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon hudson Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Lot 357 do I spy a P2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 ...Wonder where this eclectic haul hailed from.... Got to be a dealer let's speculate that he has become fed up toting this heap to shows, swap meets or whatever; to not get many sales due to the habit of starting prices from £15 for a Wrenn wagon. Or the owner has died. Happened on such a house clearance auction in a small N Devon market town once, and it was similarly disorganised, the lots very evidently being offered on the basis of 'a box of stuff as found = a lot for sale'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 It crossed my mind that it could have been the shop contents of Sleeper's Models in Erdington, but when I passed there last night it was in the same state of suspended animation that it's been in for five years: with its neon burning and junk piled up obscuring the entire window display. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted June 28, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2012 Or the owner has died. Happened on such a house clearance auction in a small N Devon market town once, and it was similarly disorganised, the lots very evidently being offered on the basis of 'a box of stuff as found = a lot for sale'. This is from a deceased estate as explained here - typical newpaper reporting - a photo of 4 locos described as carriages http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160998/Largest-collection-model-trains-goes-auction.html A quick look at the photos there didn't show anything that special - the usual stuff that gets piled high on swap meet tables up and down the country - however the actual auctioneers lists had some interesting lots of loco kits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Well I have to say despite the advance warning, Thanks Tom J, I missed the whole thing! Just back in and had a look at a couple of the hammer prices on a few of the lots that were of interest and have to say my wallet emitted a deep sigh of relief. A couple of the lots went for quite a bit less that I was prepared to pay, and that just highlights the problem with these type of auctions as opposed to ebay. Not only do you have to first know they are taking place, but then you have to have internet access at the time in addition to the readies. I am convinced that we will see a rush of these on ebay where the prices will no doubt get silly and close to "as new" or even exceed it. For example nearly every DJH kit I see on eBay goes in the region of £90-£150 - depending on inclusive Romfords. hey are not exactly rare and am also convinced some of them go round and round remaining unbuilt forever, the novice buyer taking one look in the box and being put off by the number of parts. 3/4 years ago they only fetched £50-£75 and I have picked up a couple well below £50 - the days of bargains are long gone. Though in the case of this auction 13 x DJH for £480 hammer price was just such a bargain (assuming all were intact). Oh well, perhaps I need to keep my eyes peeled for other such auctions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 28, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2012 Though in the case of this auction 13 x DJH for £480 hammer price was just such a bargain (assuming all were intact). Oh well, perhaps I need to keep my eyes peeled for other such auctions? Regrettably the reasonably local (Newbury) one I attend regularly has had nothing in that line for a while although the Christmas auction might produce something as the best stuff increasingly seems to be put aside for it. The only kits - apart from two part built Wills pacifics - in next week are for buildings and vehicles (and the vehicle kits are run-of-the-mill plastic stuff). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Much to SWMBO's relief, I saw the thread halfway through the auction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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