Midland railways enamel sign inscribed "Tickets waiting and ladies room", double sided, sold for £400.
Sell your Railway Antiques and Memorabilia at auction. Valuations for sale and Insurance.
North East England is known as the birthplace of railways. For it was here, around Newcastle, that the world’s first tramways were laid and, later, the world’s first public railway between Stockton and Darlington steamed into life. George Stephenson, the ‘Father of Railways’ was born in Wylam, just 6 miles from our Auction House.
Each year, we auction a great variety of railway and associated transport collectables including locomotive name plates, station signs, lamps, posters, carriage prints, tableware, cast iron & enamel signs, buttons & badges, official publications, tickets, luggage labels, plans and other paperwork, and much more.
We hold three dedicated Collectors’ auctions each year offering railwayana of all descriptions.
If you're thinking of selling through auction, our specialists offer free no obligation valuations, either at our offices, by email or by arranging a home visit. For higher value collections we travel across the UK.
All items consigned through us are sold at auction, to the highest bidder, for which we take a fixed commission. This is the only way to achieve an items true value.
Do not be misled, misguided or even tricked into parting with your treasures to Auction Houses or Dealers for cash deals. In our experience they offer way under market value so that they can sell on for a large profit.
Some Auction Highlights
A complete set of early 20th Century LNER glass lantern slides, depicting steam and diesel trains, laying of track, painting of dials of station clocks, and others, complete with original lecture papers issued by the British Railways Press Office, in case with LNER labels and 'Mr Wilson, Humshaugh' paper lable.
Provenance: Left in the station when it was closed and vendor's grandfather bought the station and contents.
Sold for £200
Sometimes the simple answers are the best. This railway totem simply allowed only one train to cross the bridge at a time. If you weren't holding the totem, you weren't allowed to cross.
Sold for £85
British railways North Eastern region enamel sign for "Tynemouth Goods Station", double sided, 74cms x 34cms.
Sold for £900
A Southern Railways platform bench for the Tower Hill Station, Devon.
Sold for £650
An early 20th Century railway poster featuring Stephenson's 'Rocket' locomotive,
Sold for £320
