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44 12th March 2011 toy reports


007: Licensed to thrill at auction


NEARLY 50 years since the series of James Bond movies began, the 007 name still continues to enthral. No general toy sale is complete without its fair share of Bond issues but the Vectis sale on December 7 was particularly well appointed, including 231 diecasts from the archive of BondPosters.com, a not- for-profit online library. Some of these were special issues,


made either in very small numbers or signed by actors who played key roles in this most enduring of film franchises. There was a near-complete run of


Corgi Juniors models since 1965. The 1012 Spectre bobsleigh from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is something of a holy grail, but it failed to sell at £900- 1100. However, two unopened versions of Bond’s Ford Escort No.923 from the 1969 film, both signed in black ink by one-timer George Lazenby, realised £340 each. In near-mint condition, a Corgi Juniors


No.3030 Gift Set comprising vehicles from the film The Spy Who Loved Me – a


Mercedes with Boat on Trailer, Lotus Esprit, Stromberg Helicopter and Jaws Van – realised £320. Corgi’s later ‘made to be collected’


models have a less predictable track record in the saleroom and there was a muted response to a series of gold-plated issues, some of which failed to get away. These so-called ‘ingot’ issues, made


in runs of as few as five for various collecting publications, nonetheless included a gold-plated Aston Martin DB5 in a box signed in black pen by Shirley Eaton and Honor Blackman, who both starred in Goldfinger. Number 20 of 45 pieces made by Corgi exclusively for Comet Miniatures, it took £700. Corgi’s classic models of the 1960s


DB5 were both included in the toy sale conducted by Frank Marshall of Knutsford on the evening of January 25. The £360 bid for a model no 270 was well above average – underlining the presence of a still sealed ‘secret instructions’ pack – while the model from the Goldfinger film, retaining the box


Thursday 17th March at 10am ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES


Vehicle: VW Beetle in good order, K registration (1971), c.50,000 miles, sky blue. Furniture: including mahogany cased grandfather clock (Sidwell, Nuneaton), Globe Wernicke bookcase, fold-over tea table, pedestal tables, 19thC children’s chairs, Flemish-style dresser, pianola and substantial oak cased piano, various chests, tables, oak corner cupboard, carved, oak and pitch pine church pews, Victorian Davenport, wing-back leather armchairs, Victorian twin pedestal desk. Clocks and watches. Boxes and caddies: including superb walnut inlaid box with silver topped accessories. Miscellaneous: stuffed pike and red squirrel, oil lamps, bygones, luggage, brass and copper, microscope by Watson & Co, china and glass, silver and plate, jewellery, coins and notes, telephones, pictures and prints, etc.


ALSO ON SAME DAY


Circa 300 lots including railwayana, bygone toys and games, model railway, Hornby, Tri-ang, TTR, etc. Die-cast including Britains, Corgi, Dinky, Matchbox, etc. Games, dolls, bears, dolls’ houses, jigsaw puzzles, collection of steam videos (largely North America), railway books, etc.


TOYS AND TRAINS, ETC. VISIT OUR WEBSITE (FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO SALE) FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE


VIEWING: Tuesday 15th March 2pm to 5pm (TRADE ONLY), Wednesday 16th March 2pm to 6.30pm and morning of sale from 9am to 10am ONLY


Catalogues available: £4 pre-paid from Richardsons or view online


Richardsons, Bourne Auction Rooms, Spalding Road, BOURNE, Lincs. PE10 9LE Telephone: (01778) 422686 Fax: (01778) 425726


Email: enquiries@richardsonsauctions.co.uk www.richardsonsauctions.co.uk Dee Atkinson


TOYS, DOLLS & MODELS WITH ANTIQUE FURNITURE & EFFECTS


Friday 18th March at 10am at the Bingham Hall, King Street, Cirencester, Glos GL7 1JT


Edwardian traction engine Est. £600 - £800


Tel: 01285 642420 Catalogue on www.cotswoldauction.co.uk


and www.invaluable.com


Model trains: extensive collection of ‘0’ and ‘00’ gauge and other locomotives, rolling stock and accessories including Hornby Dublo. Model vehicles: Dinky Supertoys, 1970s tv related, planes, Scalextric, Lesney, Dinky, military. Tinplate: robot. Lead model soldiers: figures, farm. Dolls: Simon & Halbig, Burgrub, Armand Marseille, Heubach. Dolls’ houses: collection of modern dolls’ houses and furniture. Teddy bears and soft toys: Farnells,


Steiff, Deans. Furniture:


fine William IV mahogany telescopic dining table. Clocks, Carpets, Collectables, Ceramics, Glass, Pictures, Books, Metalware, etc.


On view: Thursday 17th March 10am-7pm and on morning of sale from 8.30am


Bid live online at www.the-saleroom.com


Simon and Halbig bisque-headed doll, circa 1900-1910 Est. £350 - 500


Harrison


Saturday 26th March at 9.30am AUCTION OF CLASSIC COLLECTABLE TOYS & MILITARIA


Viewing:Tursday 24th March 10am-7pm Friday 25th March 10am-4.30pm Limited viewing on morning of the sale from 8.30am


Live internet bidding available at www.the-saleroom.com/dah


Illustrated catalogue £3.50 by post or online at www.dahauctions.com and www.the-saleroom.com/dah


THE EXCHANGE SALEROOM, DRIFFIELD, EAST YORK- SHIRE YO25 6LD TEL 01377 253151


FAX 01377 241041 EMAIL info@dahauctions.com Above: A.C. Gilbert battery-operated silver Aston Martin DB5 Bond car, £720 at SAS.


with its inner pictorial stand, commanded £180. Rarely seen in such splendid condition,


a larger battery-operated model of the iconic Bond car sold for £720 (estimate £200-300) when offered by Special Auction Services of New Greenham Park, Newbury on January 21-22. Made under licence by A.C. Gilbert


c.1966, it came in its original box and retained its Korean assassin in polythene packet, factory tag and instructions. These movie spin-offs were the last flowering of one of the largest toy companies in the world. Established in 1909 in Westville, Connecticut, A.C. Gilbert, best known as makers


of American Meccano and its rival the Erector Set, was out of business a year after this toy was made. Also pictured here is a Connery era


007 Shooting Attache Case sold by Aston’s in Dudley on December 4. Made by cheap and cheerful firm


Multiple Toymakers, this “fully equipped special assignment attache case, in a rugged molded leather grain fitted case with plated locks and hardware” contains an international passport, currency, 007 calling cards and 007 billfold. Showing only very slight corrosion to the metal locks, it took £480 – much the same sum it had achieved when sold by SAS in the 1990s.


Left: 007 Shooting Attache Case by Multiple Toymakers, £480 at Aston’s.


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