We are one of Britain's foremost public auctioneers of Toys and Model Railways. Our six sales each year contain ranges of miscellaneous toys, die-cast models from British and foreign manufacturers, model soldiers and model railways.

Public auctions of GB and world coins and banknotes, medals and militaria, toys and die-cast models and model railways are held six times a year. The dates of our 2010 sales are October 13th and December 8th.

Our next general public auction of Toys will be held at the Court House, Warwick, on Wednesday the 13th October, starting at 2pm. The online catalogue will be available approximately 3 weeks before the sale. To view the online catalogue, once it is uploaded, and place bids on items in the sale click here. To download a catalogue (without illustrations) click here.

The sales take place at the Court House, Jury Street, Warwick, in the ballroom, which is on the first floor. The building has a lift. The entrance to the building is in Castle Street and the nearest car park is in New Street. The nearest railway station is Warwick Town and the nearest major international airport is Birmingham. For directions please visit our How to Find Us page.

Public viewing for all of our auctions is held at our own premises, the sales being too large to transport to the auction venue. Account settlement and lot allocation takes place progressively at our premises whilst the auction continues, so as soon as the section which interests you has been knocked down, you can pay and collect your lots without waiting for the end of the sale.

Public viewing for this sale is available at our offices on the following dates:

• Friday 8th October, 09.00 – 17.00
• Monday 11th October, 09.00 – 17.00
• Tuesday 12th October, 09.00 - 17.00
• Wednesday 13th October, 08.00 onwards

There is no need to attend an auction in person, as commission bids can be placed in advance of the sale via our online facility, or by telephone, mail, fax or e-mail. For further details please visit our Online Catalogue.

If you would like to receive a free sample printed catalogue, or alternatively to apply for a catalogue subscription, please complete our catalogue enquiry form. However please remember that the printed catalogue contains far fewer illustrations of lots than the online catalogue.

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Good Results for Model Railways

The Warwick and Warwick August 11th auction included a detailed section of model railways, which delighted our clients. Excellent results were achieved. The following are representative.

• Bassett-Lowke. O gauge, BR green 60103 “Flying Scotsman” 4-6-2 clockwork locomotive and tender, with key, in full working order, generally excellent but part repainted, presented in incorrect box, estimated £400, realised £471.
• Exley. O gauge K5 type LMS 8885 all 1st class Side Corridor Coach, excellent plus, in good plus Bassett-Lowke type box without label, estimated £120, realised £184.
• Exley. O gauge K6 type LMS 2002 all 3rd class Side Corridor Coach, excellent plus, in nearly excellent Bassett-Lowke labelled box, estimated £120, realised £184.

• Exley. O gauge K5 Type LMS 6999 3rd class / brake Side Corridor Coach, excellent plus, in nearly excellent Bassett-Lowke type box without label, estimated £120, realised £184.

• Hornby. O gauge LMS 70 (sans serif) No 1 Special 0-4-0T 20v locomotive, nearly excellent, estimated £180, realised £368.
• Hornby. O gauge Cadbury’s Chocolates Van, with blue body, sliding doors, white roof, green base, some paint loss to roof, otherwise generally good plus, estimated £80, realised £80.
• Hornby. O gauge ‘Fyffes Bananas’ Private Owner Van no. RS690, yellow with green chassis and white roof, some paint loss to roof, otherwise good plus, in fair box, estimated £40, realised £46.
• Hornby Dublo. Pullman Train Set no. 2035, with BR 34005 “Barnstaple” Rebuilt West Country class 4-6-2 locomotive, Pullman Carriages Aries, no. 74, no 79 and track, nearly mint in nearly excellent box, estimated £200, realised £241.
• Jouef. Collection of HO/OO gauge European locomotives, generally excellent to mint, in good to excellent red, white and black boxes, quantity 20, estimated £400, realised £632.
• Jouef. Collection of HO gauge coaches (40) and wagons (8), generally excellent to mint, in excellent to mint new logo red, blue and white window boxes, estimated £170, realised £287.
• Lima. Collection of HO/OO gauge electric locomotives, generally excellent to mint, in good to excellent boxes, quantity 18, estimated £360, realised £425.
• Lima. Collection of HO gauge coaches (100) and wagons (12), generally excellent to mint, in excellent to mint grey window boxes, estimated £320, realised £632.
• Roco. Collection of 12 locomotives, generally good to excellent, in good to excellent boxes, estimated £240, realised £341.
• Roco. Collection of 15 coaches and 28 wagons, generally good to excellent, many with fair to excellent corresponding boxes, estimated £65, realised £126.
• Wrenn. Range of 5 locomotives, generally excellent to mint, in generally excellent boxes, estimated £200, realised £241.
• Wrenn. BR 46242 ‘City of Glasgow’ class 8P ‘Duchess’ 4-6-2 locomotive and tender no. W2229, excellent, in excellent box, estimated £100, realised £98.
• Wrenn. BR 3051 (90 and 91) Pullman EMU ‘Brighton Belle’ Southern Electric Motor Coach 2 car set, with brown tables, no. W3006/7, excellent, in excellent box, estimated £150, realised £207.

Amongst the many Dinky Toys on offer individually, the highest realisation was achieved by Racing Cars Gift Set No 4, containing Cooper Bristol no. 23g, Alfa Romeo no. 23f, Ferrari no. 23h, BMW no. 23j and Maserati no. 23n, wear to top of some helmets, generally nearly excellent to nearly mint, in nearly excellent box. This set was estimated at £1,500 and realised £1,380.

Rare Britain’s Soldiers boxed Sets on offer in June

A model soldier collection, received from the vendor in 120 boxes, was on offer in our June 16th auction. The sale contained a superb range of over 100 Britain’s soldiers single sets, including some rarely seen items. Several of the lots remained unsold and these will be reoffered in our August 7th sale.

The sale also contained a significant section of Hornby O guage train sets, equipment and accessories and locos and wagons offered singly. The following results were obtained:

• Clockwork L.N.E.R. 4-4-4T no. 2 tank loco, in full working order, with key, good, in nearly excellent box, estimated £160, realised £345;
• 20 volt electric L.M.S. 4-4-2T no. 2 tank loco, with slight wear to front buffers, generally about excellent, estimated £180, realised £333;
• Clockwork G.W. 4-4-2 “Caerphilly Castle” loco and tender, , in full working order, with key, good plus / nearly excellent, in fair loco box and excellent tender box, estimated £300, realised £276;
• L.N.E.R. teak 186 first / third no. 2 corridor coach, excellent, in excellent plus box, estimated at £140, realised £161.

Corgi Boxed Cars Sell Well

The Warwick and Warwick April 14th auction contained a significant section of boxed Corgi toys, offered on an individual basis. The following results were achieved:

• Campbell’s Bluebird Record Car, no. 153, with blue body and flags on nose, nearly excellent, in nearly excellent box, estimated £50, realised £80;
• Lotus-Climax Formula 1 Racing Car, no.155, green body, RN1, mint, in nearly mint box, estimated £40, realised £57;
• Citroen DS19, no 210S, red body, lemon interior, nearly excellent, in good plus box, estimated £70, realised £69;
• Studebaker Golden Hawk, no 211S, with spring suspension, gold body, red interior, excellent plus, in excellent plus box, estimated £70, realised £86;
• Ford Thunderbird Hardtop, no 214, pale green body, cream hardtop, 1959 rear number plate, nearly mint, in excellent box, estimated £70, realised £86;
• Ford Thunderbird Open Sports, no 215, white body, blue interior, about mint, in excellent plus box, estimated £70, realised £80;
• Chevrolet Impala New York Taxi, no 221, yellow body, red interior, excellent plus, in excellent plus box, estimated £70, realised £86;
• Chevrolet Impala “State Patrol”, no 223, spring suspension, black body, lemon interior, excellent plus, in excellent plus box, estimated £80, realised £92;

• Mini-Cooper Competition, no 227, primrose body, red interior, white roof, RN 7, tyres starting to split, otherwise excellent, in nearly excellent box, estimated £80, realised £161;
• Citroen Safari Olympic Winter Sports, no 475, white body, brown dashboard and rear seats, red roof rack, skier, 4 skis and ski poles, excellent plus, in excellent box, estimated £60, realised £98.

French Dinky Toys find British Buyers

The February 2010 auction contained several lots of French Dinky Toys which were offered individually and which all sold well.

• A Berline 403 Peugeot, no. 24B, with light grey body, nearly mint, in nearly excellent box, estimated at £60, realised £92.
• An Autocar Chausson, no. 29F, with blue and cream body, nearly excellent, in good box, estimated at £60, realised £92.
• A Sud Aviation Vautour S.N.C.A.S.O., no. 60 B, excellent plus, in good plus box, estimated at £50, realised £46.

British Dinky Toys also fared well. Achieving good prices were the following:

• Triumph TR2 Sports, no. 111, with turquoise body, red interior and hubs, nearly excellent, in good box, estimated at £100, realised £109.
• Ford Zephyr Saloon, no. 162, with two tone blue body and grey hubs, excellent, in excellent box, estimated at £60, realised £98.
• Royal Mail Van, no. 260, nearly excellent, in good box, estimated at £60, realised £63.

Amongst the Dinky Supertoys, the best price of £494 was realised by a Foden 14 Ton Tanker, no. 504, second cab, with red cab, chassis and hubs, fawn tank and grey tyres, nearly mint, in excellent box.

Several Corgi Toys were also offered individually and amongst them were the following:

• Commer Constructor Gift Set, no. 24, with 2 chassis units, 4 changeable bodies, milkman, milk bottles and seat, generally excellent, in excellent plus box, estimated at £70, realised £92.

• Hillman Imp, no. 251, with bronze body and white stripe and interior, excellent plus, in excellent box, estimated £40, realised £149.
• Batmobile, no. 267, with black body and gold cast wheels and red bat logo, both figures, pulsating exhaust, excellent plus, in excellent pictorial box with diorama, estimated at £180, realised £276.

Good Prices for Model Steam Engines

Several different makes of model steam engines were on offer in our December 2009 auction and they were well received by the bidders. The best realisation was the £1,725 paid for the Maxwell Hemmens 1 ½ inch scale Merlin French agricultural portable steam engine, no.792, 2 feet long, in working condition, mint, with a 1985 boiler test certificate to 125 psi. and a wooden and metal carrying case.

A Markie Tony Pearce designed, scenic showman’s steam engine, 1 inch scale working model, “Quo Vardis”, mint, with 1986 boiler test certificate to 100 psi and wooden and metal carrying case realised £1,207.

A very heavy and well built Wilesco boiler and beam engine, 68 cm tall, with 1992 boiler test certificate to 120 psi, estimated at £700, realised £1,121.

In the model railways section there was a good representation of Hornby Dublo.

Hornby Dublo G.W.R. N2 O-6-2 T 6699 pre-war clockwork loco, no. DL7, with key, in working order, good, with 10 pieces often plate track, estimated £300, realised £368.

Hornby Dublo B.R. 46247 “City of Liverpool” Duchess Class 4-6-2 steam loco and tender, no. 3226, loco good, tender fair, without box, estimated £150, realised £138.

Hornby Dublo breakdown crane (2 rail) set no. 4620 with 3 riding trucks and 4 jacks, generally good plus, in excellent box, estimated £100, realised £103.

Keen Buyers for Hornby Dublo

A number of Hornby Dublo collections, locos and rolling stock were on offer in our October 14th 2009 auction and they proved popular with the bidders.

• Hornby Dublo G.W.R. Class N2 0-6-0T tank engine, 6699, in green, no. EDL7, good plus (Ramsay L3), estimated £170, realised £150.
• Hornby Dublo B.R. Class A4 4-6-2 loco, 60016 “Silver King”, in green, with tender, no. EDL11, good with very light corrosion, in nearly excellent boxes (Ramsay L7), estimated £50, realised £80.
• Hornby Dublo EDP set no. 1, with L.N.E.R 4-6-2 loco “Sir Nigel Gresley” and tender, 2 carriages, track and controller, generally good and better, in fair box, estimated £70, realised £86.

Dinky Toys also achieved good prices. The following results were typical:

• Austin Devon Saloon, no. 152, blue upper body and hubs, yellow lower body, nearly good, in nearly good box, estimated £40, realised £80;
• Nash Rambler, no. 173, turquoise bodyand cerise flash, excellent, in excellent plus box, estimated £36, realised £50;
• Atlantean City Bus “BP is the Key”, no. 293, smooth roof, excellent, in nearly excellent box, estimated £30, realised £48;

• Guy Van “Lyons Swiss Rolls”, no. 514, excellent/excellent plus, in excellent box, estimated £750, realised £920;
• Foden 14 Ton Tanker “Mobilgas”, no. 941, good plus, in nearly excellent box, estimated £150, realised £150;
• Racehorse Transport, no. 979, nearly good, in fair plus/nearly good box, estimated £50, realised £80.

Good Range of Corgi Die-Cast in August Sale

The August 2009 auction contained a detailed listing of Corgi die-cast toys, all boxed, which sold very well.

Chipperfield’s Circus gift set no. 12, crane truck and circus cage, with instructions, mint, in near mint box, estimated £250, realised £230.

Volkswagen 1200 East African Rally, no. 256, with rhinoceros, mint, in near mint box, estimated £200, realised £184.

Batmobile, no. 267, gloss black, mint, in excellent box, diorama with Batman and Robin pictures cut out, pulsating exhaust flame, instructions with envelope, 6 yellow rockets and Batman logo on hubs, estimated at £180, realised £276.

Chipperfield’s poodle truck, with Mary Chipperfield and 4 white and 2 black poodles, with dome over dogs, mint, in near mint box, estimated £250, realised £264.

Citroen Safari Alpine Rescue, no. 153, mint, in excellent box, estimated £150, realised £161.

A good listing of Dinky Toys saw a much better than anticipated result for the BBC TV Roving Eye Vehicle, no. 968, with cameraman and aerial, excellent, in excellent box, with internal packing, which was estimated at £50 and which realised £126.

Action Man Boxed Figures sell well.

The June 2009 auction contained a significant range of Palitoy Action Man figures, all in good condition and in their original boxes. Many realisations exceeded estimates.

• Action Man Talking Commander, no. 34051, with brown, flock hair, gripping hands, 17/21st Lancers cap, pull ID tag for talking commands, pistol and holster, nearly mint, in good “Now with Gripping Hands” box , complete with instructions, equipment manual, officer’s rank stickers and reward card, estimated £200, realised £368.
• Action Man Adventurer, no. 34053, with blond, flock hair and beard, gripping hands, blue jumper and blue trousers, mint, in excellent box, complete with instructions, equipment manual, dressing thimble and reward card, estimated £150, realised £207.
• Action Man Tom Stone, no. 34070, with black, flock hair and beard, gripping hands, HK MP5 and green beret, mint, in excellent plus box, complete with equipment poster and reward card, estimated £120, realised £207.
• Action Man Tom Stone, no. 34070, with black, flock hair, gripping hands, HK MP5 and green beret, mint, in nearly mint box, complete with instructions, equipment manual, dressing thimble and reward card, estimated £120, realised £207.

• Action Man Cowboy, no. 34076, with moving blue eagle eyes, gripping hands, 2 pistols and holsters, mint, in good plus box, complete with instructions, equipment manual and reward card, estimated £150, realised £299.

Good Range of Corgi popular with Buyers

The Warwick and Warwick sale held on April 8th 2009 contained a good range of popular Corgi die-cast models. The following results were obtained.

Chipperfield’s Circus set no.23, second issue, nearly mint in near excellent box, estimated £280, realised £368.

Carriemore Car Transporter set no. 28, transporter excellent, cars nearly mint, in nearly good outer box, with all internal packing and excellent individual car boxes, estimated at £400, realised £414.

Tarzan gift set no. 36, mint, in unopened plastic tray, in good plus window box, with 3D picture panorama, estimated at £200, realised £230.

The Avengers gift set no. 40, nearly mint, in nearly mint picture box, with internal pictorial stand and internal packing, estimated at £350, realised £483.

The Saint’s Volvo P1800 no. 258, with black Saint logo, about excellent, in good picture box, estimated £100, realised £138.

Batmobile no. 267, in scarce matt black, with unopened envelope of secret instructions, sticker, 12 yellow rockets on sprue, separate features leaflet, mint, in nearly excellent picture box, with internal pictorial stand, estimated at £340, realised £661.

Dinky Supertoy Presentation Set makes £414

Dinky Fire Service set, no. 957, containing fire engine (955), turntable fie escape (956) and fire chief’s car (257), good to nearly excellent, in good box, realised £414 in the February 2009 sale.

A Dinky Guy van “Ever Ready Batteries for Life”, no. 918, with 2nd type cab, nearly mint, in nearly excellent box, sold for £287.

In the model railways section, a Hornby Dublo, a B.R. Rebuilt West Country Class green 4-6-2 loco, no. 34005 “Barnstaple” and tender, no. 2235, excellent plus, in excellent box, estimated at £100, sold for £207.

A Hornby Dublo B.R. two tone green Deltic Diesel, D9012 “Crepello”, no. 2234, mint, in near excellent box, appeared never to have been used. It was estimated at £100 and realised £150.

Die Cast Buses and Coaches Popular

Of the die cast models on offer as individual lots in the December 10th 2008 auction, the scarcest was the Corgi Australian Export Issue Routemaster bus no. 468, in New South Wales livery, “Naturally Corgi Toys”, in excellent condition, in near excellent window box, which realised £242.

Amongst the Dinky toys, a Luxury Coach, no. 281, with cream body, with red flashes and hubs, excellent, in fair card box, estimated at £40, realised £63, which was the same figure realised by a Dinky B.O.A.C Coach, no. 283, with black tyres, excellent, in good plus card box.

Dinky Foden Flat Truck no. 503 makes £276

A Dinky Supertoy, a Foden flat truck, with tailboard, no. 503, with first type cab, in red and black, in good condition, in its original box, realised £276 in the August 13th auction and a Guy flat truck, no. 512, in maroon and black, good plus, in original box, made £150. A Bedford articulated lorry, no. 521, in red and black, with black hubs, good, in original box, realised £126 and a tank transporter, no. 660, excellent, in original box, £69.

Hornby was well represented in the model railways section and a Dublo tank goods train set, no. EDG7, containing Southern N2 0-6-2T, 2594, 3 goods wagons, controller and track, about excellent condition, in fair plus box, realised £356.

Britains Royal Artillery gun team, no. 39, containing a 6 horse-drawn gun limber, with 3 mounted riders, 2 detachable seated gunners and howitzer, very fine and better, was estimated at £150 and realised £184.