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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.

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

C is for C&T Auctions - Forthcoming 12th December 'James Opie' Sale - Final Reminder!

Sale's tomorrow, probably the best collection of Skybirds you'll see at auction this decade?

                                                           

JAMES OPIE AT C & T AUCTIONEERS

FINE TOY SOLDIER AND FIGURE SALE

WEDNESDAY 12 DECEMBER 2018 – TUNBRIDGE WELLS

FEATURING

THE DEREK GOLDBERG SKYBIRDS COLLECTION

Rare Factory made models in original boxes

Rare early boxed original kits with glue packets and instructions (Mint)

Extremely Rare made up kit 16, Armstrong-Whitworth ‘Atalanta’ with an original Factory box

Original books by James Hay Stevens, Skybirds designer

Originals and copies of the ‘Skybirds’ magazine

Royal Air Force figures, pilots, dispersal, ground crew, aircrew, Irvin Air Chute etc.

British Army figures, airfield defense, anti-aircraft, staff, guns and trench system

German Infantry and Aircrew – many of the above in original boxes

Fighting, transport and refueling vehicles and accessories, some unusual colours

Hangers and other airfield buildings and structures, civil and military

In excess of sixty individual aircraft

                                                           

Not forgetting Pat Campbell’s Delhi Durbar collection . . .

'James Opie' Sale; 12th December Sale; 1:72nd Scale; A. J. Holladay; Air Training Corps; Aircraft Kits; Alfred James Holladay; Algy Sinclair; Announcements; ATC; Auction News; Balsa Wood Modelling; C & T Auctions; C & T website; Derek Goldberg Collection; James Opie; James Stevens; Model Aircraft; Model Kits; Modelling; News; News Views Etc...; Skybird Auction; Skybird Range; Skybirds Models; Skyleaguers; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Wooden Kits; Wooden Toy; www.candtauctions.co.uk; www.the-saleroom.com;
. . . and all the other prime toy soldiery!

Contacts:

JAMES OPIE Toy Soldier Consultant:
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7794 7447

C&T Auctioneers:
Unit 4 High House Business Park, Kenardington, Nr Ashford, Kent TN26 2LF

Catalogues and Bids:
Tel. (three lines) +44 (0) 1233 510050

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