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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 12, 2020

News, Views Etc . . . Vectis This Week

I'm not being lazy in this hiatus, just idle! I've translated the ID info on 150-odd Russian brands and looked in depth at one of the later combines, which only serves to confuse the former as the "plants" of the later, retained as 'brand-marks', the former's "factory" 'brands'!

I've also got more Polish follow-ups in the pipeline, caught up with the condolence correspondence; apologies to anyone who wore a 'new' Christian name; I C&P'ed the first paragraph as it was all still a bit raw. Thank you all, both private messages and the post commentators.

And - best fun of all; one of TJF's shills tried to get me banned from another site, only problem with his grand plan being . . . he had to admit, in his complaint, to being both the people he was denying being one-half-of, in one of the private 'Mails . . . summing up the general level of innate stupidity which has accompanied all members of the PSTSM and their associates, in their dealings with me since the forked-tongue attacks of December 2016.

In the meantime we've had a press release from Vectis about this week's auctions and advance warning of the stuff latter in the month.

Lot 504

Tuesday 13th October 2020
TV & Film Related Sale - starts 10:00hrs

"The TV and Film related sale to be held on the 13th October features a large collection of Vintage and Modern Star Wars items, including loose and carded figures, accessories and vehicles, plush items, Silver Anniversary Editions, Convention Exclusives and Gentle Giant carded figures. Further items include Transformers, Action Man, Batman, Terrahawks, Harry Potter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and He-Man. Plus diecast vehicles, Bigtrak, Tomas The Tank and other trains, Funko POP, and vintage games, comics and books. The sale will also include Care Bears, My little Pony, beanie babies and Disney Beanies, posters, and autographed displays."

Catalogue and download

Lot 1444

Thursday 15th October 2020 10:00am
Specialist Die Cast Sale
Matchbox Sale Featuring The Bruce King Collection Part 1 & The Mike Linham Fire Engine Collection Part 1 - starts 10:00hrs

"The Matchbox sale to be held on the 15th October features two impressive collections. The sale starts with Part 1 of the Bruce King Collection which includes over 340 lots of cars, commercials, buses and farm vehicles from Regular Wheels, Accessory & Major Packs, King Size and Models of Yesteryear. The Mike Linham Fire Engine Collection features Regular Wheels, King Size, Models of Yesteryear, Superfast, Super Kings & Speed Kings, and includes cars, engines and trucks, plus gift sets, fire stations, and horse drawn."

Catalogue and download


Lot 2501

Friday 16th October 2020
General Toy Sale - starts 10:00hrs

"The General Toy sale to be held on the 16th of October features a number of boxed and unboxed groups from manufacturers such as Vanguard, Corgi, Matchbox, Minichamps, EFE and Lledo, plus single lots of Oldcars boxed transporters, Brooklin models, Corgi Haulier of Renown, Original Omnibus Company and Aviation Archive. Further lots include Scalextric, Airfix kits, vintage computer games and consoles, Lego, children toys, books and magazines, CDs and DVDs, plus football programmes and cabinets."

Catalogue and download

The ongoing global health scare (global except for Singapore, New Zealand, Vietnam . . . South Korea et al!) means various special instructions are still in place . . .

COVID - 19 RESTRICTIONS
 
Please note there is still NO viewing, or attendance in person at these Auctions.
 
Absentee bids can be emailed to admin@vectis.co.uk, or placed via the Vectis or Invaluable website, up until 2 hrs prior to the auction commencing.
 
ON THE DAY OF THE SALE, LIVE BIDDING is available on www.vectis.co.uk or www.invaluable.com, or TELEPHONE BIDDING can be arranged.

For telephone bidding please contact Vectis prior to the day of the auction. We will arrange for you to be involved live via telephone on the day of the sale. We will call you two or three lots prior to the lot being offered for auction.

There is no charge for telephone bidding.  

SHIPPING

Please be aware there is still a slight delay with our current despatch times.

Our packing team have been working hard to catch up with the 5 weeks closure we experienced in March/April. When we re-opened in April we did so with a skeleton staff, we are now back to full capacity and they have been working tirelessly to ensure your parcels are packed as quickly and professionally as possible; the team are now currently packing and despatching September Sales. 

We thank you for your understanding and patience in these unprecedented times. 

COLLECTION   

If you wish to collect items, we would ask customers to first call and pay for their purchases. Ask for a collection appointment date and time. This will allow the packing team to prepare your items and have them ready for you, reducing waiting times.  

PLEASE ENSURE YOU WEAR A MASK WHEN COLLECTING LOTS (UNLESS EXEMPT)

And Vectis can - as always - be contacted here;

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
Tel - +44 (0) 1642 750616
Fax - +44 (0) 1642 769478
Sales [currently] commence at 10:30hrs 10:00hrs

Sothern Office (which is advertising for a part-time driver)
Unit 5A, West End Industrial Estate, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1UB
Tel - +44 (0)1993 709 424

Heads-up - Forthcomming sales for later in the month

Tuesday 20th October 2020 - The Mike Linham Fire Engine Collection Part 2
Thursday 22nd October 2020 - Specialist Diecast Sale (this is a date change)
Friday 23rd October 2020 - Model Train Sale
Tuesday 27th October 2020 - Books & Works on Paper Sale

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