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25 January 2012 Auction commentary updated
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25 December 2011 Sheffield update |
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It now appears that the plate of "Manchester United" (not the ball), is deemed to be genuine, but the ball is a "replacement" - see the statement on SRA's site. The buyer thus seems to have bought himself a genuine plate for £35,000 (the "winning" bid of £40k was probably the house buying it in). Assuming the ball was also authentic, it would not be unreasonable to expect a price of around £50,000, so on that basis, a genuine ball is worth around £15,000.
There has been much scuttlebutt surrounding this plate since its first appearance, which I am sure the buyer here was made aware of, so it is good that this has been cleared up.
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14 December 2011 Auction commentary updated
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December Sheffield auction report. |
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12 June 2011 Rimutaka incline |
Added a write-up on a recent trip to the Rimutaka incline and Fell Locomotive Museum in New Zealand.
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18 April 2011 Auction commentary updated |
Brief updates for the March Sheffield and April GCRA added.
The active volcano shot. Sakurajima and tram, Kagoshima, Kyushu, January 2011.
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6 February 2011 Auction commentary updated |
Brief updates for the December Sheffield and January GCRA added.
One of the few street running sections of the Hong Kong LRT, at Tai Hing South, February 2011.
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23 October 2010 Auction commentary updated
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23 September 2010
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July GCRA Stoneleigh and September Sheffield results commentary added.
Hawkesbury River bridge, NSW, August 2010
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20 June 2010 Auction commentary updated
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SRA Derby results commentary added.
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21 May 2010 Auction commentary updated
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GCRA Stoneleigh results commentary added.
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21 March 2010 Auction commentary updated |
SRA Derby March results commentary added.
Shift change on the Jixi coal railway system, Heilongjiang, China, March 2010
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30 January 2010 Auction commentary updated
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GCRA Stoneleigh results commentary added.
. Sormovo plate from a coach or wagon.
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9 January 2010 Auction commentary updated
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SRA Derby December results commentary added.
Oxenholme "Hawkseye".
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19 October 2009 Auction commentary updated
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SRA Derby and GCRA Stoneleigh commentary added.
Wongwianyai - Mahachai day return. This section of the Maeklong Railway starts in Bangkok and ends in Mahachai, with a ferry ride across a river to get to the next section at Ban Laem. Sadly the tickets are now computer issued paper format, but the Maeklong railway remains delightfully unspoilt.
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1 August 2009 Auction commentary updated |
SRA Derby and GCRA Stoneleigh commentary added.
Princess Elizabeth at York on 4 July 2009.
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2 May 2009 Auction commentary updated
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GCRA Stoneleigh commentary here. |
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10 April 2009 Auction commentary updated
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Sheffield commentary added here.
SY 2-8-2s at the big opencast mine at Jalainur, Inner Mongolia, March 2009.
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24 January 2009 Auction commentary updated
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GCRA Stoneleigh commentary here. |
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21 December 2008 Auction commentary updated
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Sheffield commentary added here.
My attention has been drawn to a website for model gas turbine enthusiasts (I did not know you could scale these), and there are several images of what appears to be a very decent model of GT3.
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29 November 2008 railwayana.net report added
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Woodburning days in Thailand.
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2 November 2008 Auction commentary updated
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I was in York briefly last month and popped into the NRM. What struck me was that there were few "glamour" locos there, most of them being on the mainline etc, stored elsewhere, with notable exceptions such as Mallard, and one is left with such stalwarts as Aerolite (representative of what?), Gladstone etc. I find the NRM's attitude of accepting prototypes bizarre, such as "Deltic", the APT and now the prototype HST. The locos that merit a place are surely the ones in everyday service. I can't see why the HST prototype commands a place round the turntable when the Class 52 is relegated to the tent out the back.
The display of nameplates is a bit haphazard and a number of them are shall we say, fairly ordinary, although there are of course some very good ones.
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3 August 2008 Auction commentary updated
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If someone says you look like the side of a tram, it could be a compliment. HK No 22 in a sadly short-lived livery.
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5 July 2008 Commission bidders beware |
This from the terms of a railwayana auction:
The Auctioneer has sole discretion (a) to refuse any bid, (b) to advance the bidding as he may decide, (c) to decide whether there has been a dispute as to the bidding and under condition 2 to resell the lot in question, (d) to withdraw or divide any lot or combine one lot with another or others, and (e) to exclude any person from the auction room.
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18 May 2008 Auction commentary updated
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Hong Kong Tram 120, May 2008. 120 is in a quasi-"original" condition, with wooden/rattan seats. The Tramway Company always keeps the advertising somewhat restrained on 120 compared with the all over version used on all the others and one can see the basic green livery. |
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Stoneleigh commentary
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The
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Pershore
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Great Central, Stoneleigh commentary
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A
Neale's ball token instrument in use in
October 2007 at Khun Tan, the highest
station in
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