Neil Thomas Forrester Hugo Marsh Shuttleworth (Director) (Director) (Director) Glorious Trains including The Roy Chambers Collection 30th June & 1st July at 10:00 Viewing on a rota basis by appointment only Special Auction Services Plenty Close Off Hambridge Road NEWBURY RG14 5RL (Sat Nav tip - behind SPX Flow RG14 5TR) Telephone: 01635 580595 Email: [email protected] Bob Leggett Graham Bilbe Dominic Foster Toys, Trains & Trains Toys & Trains www.specialauctionservices.com Figures Due to the nature of the items in this auction, buyers must satisfy themselves concerning their authenticity prior to bidding and returns will not be accepted, subject to our Terms and Conditions. Additional images are available on request. If you are happy with our service, please write a Google review Buyers Premium with SAS & SAS LIVE: 20% plus Value Added Tax making a total of 24% of the Hammer Price the-saleroom.com Premium: 25% plus Value Added Tax making a total of 30% of the Hammer Price ORDER OF AUCTION Day 1 - 30th June 2020 The Roy Chambers Collection Lot 1-101 - Bassett-Lowke & Exley 0 Gauge Lot 102-180 - Leeds, Milbro & Bond’s 0 Gauge Lot 181-198 - Locomotives from the ‘Celebrity Fleets’ of GP Keen, Captain Kelly & Others Lot 199-415 - 0 Gauge Lot 416-434 - Gauge 1 & Larger Various Owners Lot 435-489 - 0 Gauge Day 2 - 1st July 2020 Lot 490-610 - 0 Gauge & Finescale Lot 611-637 - Railway Memorabilia, Artworks & Literature Lot 638-647 - Gauge 1 Lot 648-719 - Garden Railway Lot 720-730 - Larger Gauges Lot 731-737 - Ship Models The Hornby Centenary Sale - 0 Gauge The Roy Chambers Collection Lot 738-848 Various Owners Lot 849-850 The Property of a Collector Lot 851-948 2 www.specialauctionservices.com The Roy Chambers Collection Well-known 0 Gauge train collector and enthusiast Roy Chambers died on the 12th of July 2018 aged 90. Roy was born in Leicester in 1928 and grew up in a house in the city suburbs. He developed an interest in trains at an early age partly due to the Great Central mainline running opposite the house and he and his school friends spent a lot of time train spotting in and around Leicester. His parents bought him his first train set, a second-hand Hornby 0 Gauge electric set (new was too expensive) and a passion for model railways was born. Roy kept and looked after his Hornby set until he was called up for National Service; his mother then gave it away to a cousin who promptly wrecked it! Roy never got over this and was determined to one day have a train set again so as soon as I was born, I was bought a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth set and the collecting began, firstly in 00 Gauge but this was soon sold off to make way for 0 Gauge. During the late 1960s-1970s a large layout was built around the study with running lines crossing the bay window and the door, which meant ducking to enter the room. Dad and I began visiting toy fairs looking for items to buy and in the late 1970s we took our first table at a fair and he then went on to exhibit at fairs on a regular basis and soon became a familiar face at fairs and auctions all over the country. He was getting things ready for a fair right up to a few days before he died. After National Service Roy studied graphic design at Leicester College of Art and after qualifying got a job teaching at art colleges in East Kent, so moved to Dover. As well as teaching he did a lot of freelance work including illustrations for a number of transport publications and also a large number of posters and leaflets for local preserved railways and museums. With his extensive knowledge on 0 Gauge he was often called upon to provide information for books and price guides on model trains by authors such as Pat Hammond and Michael Foster. Although Roy started out with Hornby he found the unrealistic nature of many of their locomotives annoying and soon developed a keen interest in the more prototypical models produced by companies such as Bassett-Lowke, Leeds and Milbro but alongside this he also liked the cruder more toy-like products of companies like Wells-Brimtoy and Mettoy; I think it was the brightly coloured graphics he found attractive. This collection is the result of one man’s passion for model trains which started in Leicester before the war and was continually being added to right up until 2018 and I hope that this dispersal will provide enjoyment for new owners all over the world. Julian Chambers Roy Chambers was well-known for his collection of Leeds, Milbro, Bond’s and other ‘non-mainstream’ items, and so we have created a special category for these where they have been reasonably positively identified. However, some items are not so easily attributed, so others may be found elsewhere, particularly in the ‘Other 0 Gauge’ Category. In addition, many of Roy’s items were scratch-built or subsequently modified, and in the belief that many of these may appeal more to those who like to run their trains, I have included as much detail as reasonably possible regarding wheel and pick-up types, not all of which are compatible. I especially hope this will be helpful to online bidders. Certain models, particularly Post-War Leeds, are prone to metal ‘fatigue’ (‘zinkpest’) and where this is evident from inspection I have indicated this, although we do not dismantle goods for a look inside, so cannot guarantee that there may not be hidden issues elsewhere. Graham Bilbé, Train Specialist and Cataloguer www.specialauctionservices.com 3 1. A Boxed Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge 5. A Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge 3-rail 9. A Boxed Exley for Bassett-Lowke 3-rail Standard 0-6-0 Goods Locomotive and ‘Flying Scotsman’ 4-6-2 Locomotive and 0 Gauge Type K5 LMS Coach, in maroon as Tender, in LNER lined black as no 156 with Tender, in lithographed LNER lined dark 1st/3rd corridor composite no 3223, G-VG, gold-blocked decals, appears to be for 6-8v DC green as no 103, VG, one or two very small a few small chips and wear to paintwork, in operation, G-VG, a little ‘spotting’ from damp retouches, in a reproduction ‘Millibox’ original box, box G storage, box F-G, some scuffing and old tape £600-800 £100-150 to top label £200-300 6. Two Boxed Bing for Bassett-Lowke 10. A Boxed Exley for Bassett-Lowke 2. An Unboxed Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge ‘1924- Series’ LMS Coaches, LMS crimson 0 Gauge Type K6 LMS Coach, in maroon as 3-rail Standard 0-6-0 Goods Tank Locomotive, brake/3rd Class coach no 2783 and 1st Class 1st Class corridor no 8000, G, some chips in SR lined black as no 947 with yellow decals, coach no 2784, both with replacement and wear to paintwork, with retouching appears to be for 6-8v DC operation, G-VG, window glazings, both G, some crazing to throughout, in original box, box G some light playwear, minor chipping and varnish and moderate playwear, 2783 with £70-100 damage to front buffers one coupler replaced, boxes P-G, some £200-300 scuffing and damages especially to lids (2) £120-160 11. A Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge 3-rail 3. A Modified Boxed Bassett-Lowke 0 ‘Mogul’ 2-6-0 Locomotive and Tender, in Gauge ‘Mogul’ 2-6-0 Locomotive and Tender, 7. Two Boxed Bassett-Lowke BR Red/ Southern Railway lined olive green as no in LMS lined maroon as no 2945, original Cream Coaches, ref 111/0 First Class saloon 866, overall F-G, overall slight discolouration wheels turned to Finescale and converted no 3995 and 113/0 Third Class coach no 9272, to paintwork, considerable ‘scabbing’ under for 2-rail operation, overall G, damage to both VG, light playwear, mottled green boxes tender varnish, some retouching to cylinders, smokebox around chimney, old damages to F, some scuffing and damages especially to lids unboxed (2) cab with some retouching, some modifications (2) £200-300 to couplers, box F-G, rusting to staples, several £80-120 scuffs and old tape damage to top label £150-200 4. A Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge 3-rail 8. Three Boxed Bassett-Lowke BR 12. A Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge 3-rail ‘Mogul’ 2-6-0 Locomotive and Tender, in Red/Cream Coaches, ref 113/0 Third Class LNER Class J39 0-6-0 Locomotive and Tender, LNER lined dark green as no 33, overall coach no 9272 (with incorrect lid), with two in LNER lined black as no 1448, G, moderate G, spoke damage to one driving wheel, 112/0 brake/3rd coaches no 26233, all VG, playwear, some areas appear possibly all wheels appear repainted, some spot light playwear, plain green boxes F, some retouched, pick-up shoes appear to be retouching to cab, boiler, dome and tender, in fading, scuffing and damages especially to lids replacements (2) a reproduction box (3) £150-200 £150-200 £120-160 4 www.specialauctionservices.com 13. A Bassett-Lowke 0 Gauge 3-rail 18. An Exley 0 Gauge Southern Railway 22. An Exley 0 Gauge K5 Southern LMS ‘Royal Scot’ Class 4-6-0 Locomotive and 57’ Main Line 1st Class Corridor Coach, in SR Railway Suburban 50’ Brake/3rd Motor Tender, in LMS maroon as no 6100, with gloss green as no 8772, G, some paint loss/ Coach, in SR gloss green as no 3232, fitted Stanier-type curved-top tender and DC motor, chipping to end corners and solebars, a couple with LMC Motor Bogie, G-VG, light playwear, G, moderate playwear, cracking to paintwork of retouches to sides, spotting/slight corrosion slight spotting to roof with one or two very especially smokebox, slight rusting/corrosion to roof, ‘anti-lock’ additions to corridor ends, small black retouches underneath and around front end, front slight distortion to truss rods £150-200 coupler replaced, small areas of scabbing to £80-120 tender (2) £200-300 Lot 14 23.