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Thursday, September 24, 2020

News, Views Etc . . . Vectis - Late September

Another month, and harking back to the similar August post, New Zealand and Singapore are now clear of Covid, while our stats go up and America tops the 200,000 mark with no real sign of a slow-down or effective management

This week's Vectis sales (missed one yesterday; mostly Matchbox die-casts) sale details are as follows

Lot 5756 (mostly Oxford Diecast)
 
Thursday 24th September 2020
Specialist Sale Featuring The Doug Osborn Matchbox & Dinky Collection
Sale starts 10:00am

"The Specialist sale to be held on the 24th of September features The Doug Osborn Matchbox Dinky collection, 477 lots of boxed and unboxed models. The collection includes pre-production Trial models, unreleased, unpainted and unusual variation models, plus, promotional variations, R&D Staff Signed models, colour trials and code 2 models. The collection also includes Gift Sets and pewter models, plus collection books, reissues, and Atlas Editions. The sale will also include 67 lots of Matchbox Yesteryears from the Matchbox Retailer Collection and further items from other vendors including Matchbox, Dinky, Corgi and others."


Lot 6344

Thursday 25th September 2020
Toy & Model Train & Railway Sale

Sale starts 10:00am

"The Model Train sale to be held on the 25th of September starts with almost 200 lots of OO Gauge British Outline from Hornby, Bachmann Lima and others, and includes a Single Owner Collection. The sale continues with HO American Continental Outline, N Gauge, Hoe, Hornby Dublo 2-, and 3-rail plus Xrail and Acho. The sale will also include Wrenn, Triang, Triang TT, OO Gauge Kit/Kitbuilt, Live Steam, and O Gauge from Hornby and others; the sale will conclude with Books, Magazines, Catalogues & Railwayana and our usual good selection of General Trains."

Online and Download of Catalogue

All -

"Please note the AUDIO and VIDEO on the VECTIS PLATFORM has now been restored.

You should be able to view and hear the auctions as normal. Please refresh your screen if you are unable to see the Auction. (Ctrl-F5). Many Thanks for your understanding while we resolved this issue.
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Bids can be placed online, prior to, or live during the auction, via telephone or commission.

There are no additional charges for using the Vectis platform to bid. (Invaluable bidders incur an additional charge of 5% from Invaluable).

Due to the ongoing situation these dates may be subject to change.

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 August 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)

Thank you for your understanding.

Contacts

Vectis Auctions Ltd.
Fleck Way,
Teesside Industrial. Estate.
Thornaby,
Stockton on Tees,
TS17 9JZ

Tel: +44 (0) 1642 750616
Fax: +44 (0) 1642 769478

Unit 5A
West End Industrial Estate
Witney, Oxfordshire
OX28 1UB

Tel: +44 (0)1993 709 424

Email: admin@vectis.co.uk

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