Two weeks on and the tills ring at Stoneleigh
Jan 15, 2019
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BY GEOFF COURTNEY
GEOFF COURTNEY
JUST two weeks after GW Railwayana achieved a world record £64,500 for a nameplate from LNER No. 60103 Flying Scotsman, as reported in last month’s issue, the tills were also ringing at Great Central’s December 1 sale at Stoneleigh Park, with the top five realisations achieving a combined £142,200 before the addition of buyer’s premium.
Heading the line-up were nameplates from two Southern Railway Pacifics – from Merchant Navy No. 35004 (£42,000) and with the county town’s coat-of-arms (£17,200) from No. 45637, the LMS Jubilee that was involved in the tragic Harrow & Wealdstone station crash in October 1952.
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