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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, March 19, 2019

News Views Etc . . . Vectis Forthcoming Sale Days

There's a three-day sale cycle stating tomorrow and a Further date announced for next week, which as I only got the details today I'd better do here, as the first sale is tomorrow!

Stockton-on-Tees - Vectis Auctions
Fleck Way, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9JZ
Web. - www.vectis.co.uk
eMail - admin@vectis.co.uk
01642 750 616

Wednesday March 20th 2019

General Toy Sale

The General Toy Sale to be held on the 20th of March features a large collection of Corgi models, including Chipperfield Circus, Aviation Archive, Police and Emergency vehicles, Heavy Haulage, Truckfest, Haulers of Renown, Eddie Stobart, plus Curtainside, Fridge and Tipper groups. Other items include tinplate friction drive cars; plastic aircraft, military, cars, and motorcycle kits; Dinky, Onyx, Lledo, Vanguards, Matchbox, Scalextric, Minichamps racing cars, and Formula 1 figures, James Bond magazine issues and TV & Film related vehicles and toys. The sale will also include trade catalogues, and magazines, Picture Pride display cabinets, "Action Max, the first real action game system? trade boxes, Barbie dolls and much more.

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Thursday March 21st 2019

Tinplate Toy Sale


The Michael D. Foster Reference Collection & Tinplate Toys sale to be held on the 21st of March features some extraordinary items. The Michael D. Foster Reference Collection part 2 features examples from volumes, three, four and five of the anthology including Brimtoy, Wells, and Mettoy, engines, coaches, wagons, accessories and sets plus clockwork vehicles.  The Harrogate Tinplate Collection features over 100 lots from a private owner collection including pressed steel and tinplate lorries, aircraft, cars, figures and animals from British and German manufacturers. Motoring reference books; sweet, confectionary, biscuit and tobacco tins; board games, vintage cameras, watches, clocks and coins; plus, phonographs and cylinders, and a radiogram. The sale will also include Lego and Playmobil shop display figures, sign and displays, Lego vehicles; friction drive, pre and post war vehicles, novelty toys, radio-controlled boats and aircraft, Jetex Models, Meccano Outfits and much more.

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Friday March 22nd 2019

Model Train & Railway Sale


The Model Train sale to be held on the 22nd of March features an exciting collection in the large scale category, "The North Wales Collection", it includes a 5" Gauge coal fired King class loco and tender "King George V", a coal fired 0-4-0 narrow gauge loco "Dolgoch" and an incomplete Britannia class loco and tender. There is a 2 1/2" gauge Southern class 70 overhead electric loco and 4-car EMU, both of which are believed to be apprentice or works produced locos. The collection features interesting historical items, Spirit fired Cardean loco and tender in LMS maroon and Milbro coaches plus others.  The sale will also include 60 plus lots of G Gauge garden railway locos rolling stock and accessories by LGB and others, and 100 lots of Hornby O gauge from a private owner collection. There is a further single owner collection - The Iain Gothard Collection; Japanese Brass & Other Commercial OO Gauge Locomotives; Meccano & Other Constructional Toys plus a selection of OO, HO, and N gauge, Triang, Kits and our usual good selection of general trains.


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Thursday March 28th 2019

Dolls & Bears Sale



The Dolls and Teddy Bear sale to be held on the 28th of March starts with a large collection of over 500 Charlie Bears, predominantly designed by Isabelle Lee. With Kaycee Bears Dragons, Hermann, Deans Rag Book, Steiff and artists bears, plus Pelham Puppets and porcelain artist dolls. The sale also includes Part 2 of The Joan Donachie collection, over 150 lots of vintage dolls, bisque, vinyl, hard plastic costume dolls; Sindy and Barbie plus clothing and accessories, dolls houses, furniture, prams and chairs, plus a lovely collection of wooden bears and Teddy Bears from Chad Valley, Merrythought, Chiltern, Steiff, including hand puppets and animals.

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