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No Fixed Abode, Home Counties, United Kingdom
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.

Saturday, November 23, 2019

News, Views Etc . . . Forthcoming Auctions; Saturday 23rd-Friday 29th November 2019

Well, I seem to have managed to forget to add the auctions section yesterday, so they'd better go here, now!

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Saturday 23rd November 2019

Newark - Northgate Auctions

Hummm . . . a bit late I'm afraid!

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Monday 25th November 2019

Lewis - Wallis and Wallis
West Street Galleries, Lewis, Sussex, BN7 2NJ
Web. - wallisandwallis.co.uk
eMail - toys@wallisandwallis.co.uk
Tel. - 01273 480 208
Fax. - 01273 476 562

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Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th November 2019

Canterbury - The Canterbury Auction Galleries
40 Station Road West, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8AN
Web. - www.canterburyauctiongalleries.com
eMail - general@tcag.co.uk
Tel. - 01227 763 337

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Tuesday 26th-Friday 29th November 2019

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions (4-day sale)
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel. - 01642 750 616
Tuesday 26th - Specialist Matchbox die-cast sale
Wednesday 27th-Friday 29th - Dr. Cornel Fleming Collection;

  • 27th - Day 1 predominantly TV and film related toys
  • 28th - Day 2 features further TV-related and tinplate
  •  29th - Day 3 is largely military vehicles

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Thursday 28th & Friday 29th November 2019

Chippenham - Wessex Auctions
Wessex Auction Rooms, Westbrook Farm, Draycot Cerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5LH
Web. - www.wessexauctionrooms.co.uk
eMail - enquiries@wessexauctionrooms.co.uk
Tel. - 01249 720 888
10:30 - Finish
Viewing - Wednesday 27th 10:00 - 19:00hrs, from 09:00hrs on sale day
On-line catalogue, specialist toy auction

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Literally found while editing yesterday's dates post, this was the 20p to a £1 winnowing from a couple of charity shops in Basingrad, seven mocherettes, three modern erzgebirge tree decorations and an idiot devil-bear, he'd be better without the stupid card heart thing, but it's glued on with a blob of hot-glue, so any attempt to remove it would bring the flocking off! Also he's another Taiwanese item and a new name to add to the 23,000-odd; World Trend Ltd.

Final Item was a pencil-sharpener naval gun, I may already have it, but there are several sets of these from Spain's Playme and the US's Spencer Gifts through to several Hong Kong outfits and some issuers carried more than one version of the same item (Shun Fat Diecasting (SF) for instance), so I tend to buy them whenever I see them (cheap - some sellers think tourist tat is worth big money!), and check them against a master set!

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