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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Monday, October 15, 2018

H is for Heads-up! C&T Auctions - 12th December

A reminder that C&T are preparing their pre-Christmas auction as I type, and already it's shaping up to be a bit of a humdinger - as I believe the expression is, with signature collections of Britains hollow-cast, Delhi Durba and Skybirds to bid for.

14/20th Hussars; Britains 21st Lancers; Britains Boxed Sets; Britains Foreign Service Order; Britains Set 270 Hussars; Britains Set No. 94; C&T Auctions; Derek Goldberg Collection; Empress of India's Own; Hollow Cast Toy Soldiers; James Hay Stevens; James Opie; Kit 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlanta; RHA; Royal Horse Artilery; Skybirds; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
We've looked at a fair few Skybirds over the years here but nothing compared to what's going to be in the sale, although some of the better pieces I've shot at shows may well be among those items on offer in December?

14/20th Hussars; Britains 21st Lancers; Britains Boxed Sets; Britains Foreign Service Order; Britains Set 270 Hussars; Britains Set No. 94; C&T Auctions; Derek Goldberg Collection; Empress of India's Own; Hollow Cast Toy Soldiers; James Hay Stevens; James Opie; Kit 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlanta; RHA; Royal Horse Artilery; Skybirds; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
As well as vintage (and veteran) Britains hollow-cast figures there are plastics in the sale including the 'Crazy Clown' (and other) circus, while other metal includes Heyde railway figures, Vertunni, CBG, flats and named Courtenay's knights.

14/20th Hussars; Britains 21st Lancers; Britains Boxed Sets; Britains Foreign Service Order; Britains Set 270 Hussars; Britains Set No. 94; C&T Auctions; Derek Goldberg Collection; Empress of India's Own; Hollow Cast Toy Soldiers; James Hay Stevens; James Opie; Kit 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlanta; RHA; Royal Horse Artilery; Skybirds; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
I don't know much about hollow-cast, but I know a nice set of old toy soldiers when I see it, even if it's outside my budget!

JAMES OPIE AT C & T AUCTIONEERS 

FINE TOY SOLDIER AND FIGURE SALE
TUNBRIDGE WELLS

Catalogues available 10 days before the sale

COLLECTION OF THE LATE PAT CAMPBELL
PART II

14/20th Hussars; Britains 21st Lancers; Britains Boxed Sets; Britains Foreign Service Order; Britains Set 270 Hussars; Britains Set No. 94; C&T Auctions; Derek Goldberg Collection; Empress of India's Own; Hollow Cast Toy Soldiers; James Hay Stevens; James Opie; Kit 16 Armstrong-Whitworth Atlanta; RHA; Royal Horse Artilery; Skybirds; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com;
The sale is scheduled for Wednesday the 12th December 2018, and previews can be seen at www.the-saleroom.com; well worth bookmarking and stick it in your diary!

Thanks to James Opie for some of the images (more with a reminder in a week or two), and he was also one of the respondents re. the Selcol buildings we looked at here earlier.

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