I thought I would spend a day out at the Vectis Train Auction.
Vectis are the biggest toy train collector auctioneers in the world with some 10000 lots going under the hammer every year. Last year a Marklin train rumoured to have been owned by the Czar of Russia was sold by Vectis for £26000.
What price a Hornby train that had been owned by Prince Charles?
Anyway I turned up to find that there were a number of overseas visitors present including the Germans and the French. This is always a sign that there are interesting Marklin items present and that was indeed the case with one item fetching big money.
And it was a big day for Wrenn with one item going for over £1000!
And even Hornby collectors were after a slice of the action with one or two items going for ££££s.
Click on the link below to review a few of the items and the prices realised:-
Vectis Auction May 15th 2005
Happy collecting
Gary
Vectis are the biggest toy train collector auctioneers in the world with some 10000 lots going under the hammer every year. Last year a Marklin train rumoured to have been owned by the Czar of Russia was sold by Vectis for £26000.
What price a Hornby train that had been owned by Prince Charles?
Anyway I turned up to find that there were a number of overseas visitors present including the Germans and the French. This is always a sign that there are interesting Marklin items present and that was indeed the case with one item fetching big money.
And it was a big day for Wrenn with one item going for over £1000!
And even Hornby collectors were after a slice of the action with one or two items going for ££££s.
Click on the link below to review a few of the items and the prices realised:-
Vectis Auction May 15th 2005
Happy collecting
Gary
