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Auction of Steam Engines, Vehicles, Workshop Machinery and Consumables Antique & Vintage Items, Books, Literature & Bygones Instructed by Richard Sandercock Esq In the matter of his retirement sale. Note: the Fairground Heritage Trust Attraction goes on from strength to strength and is in no way affected by this sale. Auction of Steam Engines, Vehicles, Workshop Machinery and consumables Antique & Vintage Items, Books, literature & Bygones 2nd Revision All lot numbers for lots presently identified will remain the same but pictures and further lots may be added Saturday 21st October 2017 DINGLES FAIRGROUND HERITAGE CENTRE, MILFORD, LIFTON, DEVON, PL16 0AT Sale will commence at 10:00am prompt Directions: Follow the brown signs to Dingles Heritage Fairground from the A30 2 miles East of Lifton Village. (SatNav PL16 0AT) www.kivells.com FOREWORD This would have been the 25th annual collective auction to be held at Milford farm by Kivells in conjunction with Richard Sandercock. Richard purchased the strategically well placed Milford Farm in 1991 with the intention of opening his steam collection to the public in the first museum buildings and utilising the workshop facilities to relocate his R. Dingle & Sons contracting business from their historical site in Stoke Climsland. The museum evolved into what is now The Fairground Heritage Trust collection and visitor attraction and the workshop was to become a centre of excellence for the repair and rebuilding of steam engines with Clive Gibbard working under Richard’s direction. Clive has recently retired and moved away and Richard has decided the moment is right to close the workshop business and sell the equipment and stores. That raised the question of who would look after his long cherished engine Conqueror. It is several years since Richard could drive the engine since when his apprentices have displayed it for him and he has made the decision the engine and the associated tackle and the rest of his heritage collection should also be dispersed. There was an early commitment to a few outside lots which has been honoured but this sale is predominately Richard’s sale and has moved away from the collective pattern of earlier years. VENUE Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, Milford, Lifton, Devon, PL16 0AT Sale will commence promptly at 10:00am AUCTIONEERS CONTACT DETAILS Kivells, Exeter Livestock Centre, Matford Park Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8FD. Auctioneers:- John Wakeham 07977 479686, Ian Caunter 07813 068935 Office:- Megan Dennis 01392 251 261 The Full Catalogue (with images) and Lot List (without images) is available to download from www.kivells.com, Hard Copy Lot List (without images) is available on request from the Exeter Office 01392 251261 and on the Sale Day Viewing: The lots are set out under cover in the workshop complex but space is limited and intending purchasers are encouraged to inspect with care. To that end there will be an opportunity to view from 2pm to 6pm on Friday 20th October and on the morning of sale from 8am. The Waller and Blackstone remain in the Fairground Collection premises. These two items will be available for viewing by appointment on the Friday afternoon from 4.30pm to 5.30pm and on the morning of sale from 8.30am to 9.30am. Arrangements will need to be made for removal by the purchasers at a time when the Museum is closed to the public. Steam Engines: Boiler reports can be inspected at www.kivells.com. The in test engines will be in steam on the day of sale. Parking: Please park where directed by signage and attendants. Those ignoring this instruction and parking indiscriminately are liable to find their vehicle has moved without explanation! If you are bringing a low loader or abnormal transport unsuitable for field parking arrangements can be made for a limited number, a prior telephone call please. Please enter the parking field off the drive at the top and leave from the gate on the mid lower side of the field returning to the drive by the hard track. Order of Sale: The sale will start with some outside lots around the yard moving from there into the sale shed of previous years and thence to the workshop finishing with the engines and associated equipment back in the yard. The books will be sold at 10.30am by a second auctioneer and for a limited period there will be two sales running concurrently. VAT: Items used in the conduct of the workshop business will carry VAT and are printed in bold in this catalogue with a star next to the lot number. Other items are printed in plain type and will not carry VAT. Buyers premium: Richard has elected to hold this sale at his commission expense without the imposition of Buyers premium on the purchaser’s accounts. What you bid is what you will pay. Registration: Intending buyers will need to register to obtain a bidding card. Persons not known to the auctioneers will be asked for proof of identity. Bids will only be accepted from persons holding a valid bidding card. Payment Terms: Cash (to a limit of £7000) or card before or at the close of sale. Cheques are acceptable from persons known to the auctioneers. Accounts in excess of £10,000 require prior arrangement. Purchasers of high value lots will be required to pay a non-returnable deposit of 15% on the day and the balance within 14 days and prior to removal. Warranty: All items in this auction are sold as seen being pre-used and no warranty is given in any respect. Purchasers must satisfy themselves as to condition and suitability for purchase. Lotting: It is anticipated lots will be sold in catalogue order but this cannot be guaranteed. Removal: Purchasers are advised to remove smaller lots and loose items as soon as possible after payment. Everything is strictly at the purchaser’s risk in every respect at the fall of the hammer. There will be a 2Ton forklift on site on the day of the sale and the day after. Otherwise and for heavy items it is for the purchaser to make their own arrangements. Such heavy items can be left for up to two weeks from the day of the sale pending specialist removal or otherwise strictly by arrangement. The buildings are moving into other occupation after the sale and the vendor will be clearing the site 14 days after the sale of everything remaining. Catering: The Fairground and the attendant Café will be open on the Friday and the Saturday. On the Saturday sale day there will be a canteen in the sale yard. Disputes: The full conditions of sale will be displayed in the auctioneer’s office. In all matters including disputed bids the auctioneer’s decision shall be final and the right is reserved to re-offer items subject to dispute. Commission Bids: Commission bids will be acted upon on the strict understanding that once the successful bid has been made the purchaser will be liable for payment as though they had made prior inspection and there will be no right of return. Commission bids will be handled as though the intending purchaser were present in person and the bid will be one bidding interval above the next highest bid or the reserve price if appropriate. The auctioneers will accept no liability in any respect on a commission bid. A person bidding the same price in the room will take preference to commission bids. Telephone and Internet Bidding: The site has very poor mobile and broadband signals as a result there will be no internet service. Telephone bids are possible to parts of the site but with the auctioneer walking the lots very much at the intending purchaser’s risk. A commission bid is the safe approach. Security: No warranty of security is given but persons attending the sale should note there will be undercover security and CCTV in operation Further information in any respect: Please view www.kivells.com in the first instance or telephone one of the team: Auctioneers:- John Wakeham 07977 479686, Ian Caunter 07813 068935 Office:- Megan Dennis 01392 251 261 We very much look forward to your company on the day. LOT NO. DESCRIPTION 1 Pallet of Netting 2 20 Large Traffic Cones 3 Belfast Sink 4 Corn Mill 5 Line Shaft Pulleys 6 Axle 7 Fast and Loose Pulleys 8 Oil Tank 9 Wash Trough 10 Cooling Tank 11 Trolley 12 Trolley 12A Fowler Front Axle 13 Sand Blasting Unit 14 2qty. Trestles 15 Slate Fireplace 16 Wheelwrights Plate 17 2qty. Stillages 18 Wagon Wheel 19 Girders on Pallet 20 2qty. Steel Tubes 21 Cup-Lock Scaffolding 22 2qty. Large ‘I’ Beams 23 Sleeper & Telegraph Poles 24 Used Tractor Tyres 25 3qty. Drinking Troughs 26 Steam Roller Scraper Parts – very rare 27 Steel Frame 28 Granite Roller 29 4” Plastic Ducts 30 Line Shaft and Pulleys 31 Line Shaft and Pulleys 32 Line Shaft and Pulleys 33 Large Plumber Blocks 34 Cladding Sheets 35 Qty. Steam Coal in Bags 36-50 Numbers retained for further lots 51 Pallet of Tyre Sections 52 Cabinets 53 Belts, Steering Wheel etc. 54 Hydrant Key and Hose etc. (Entered By W Hunt) 55 Boiler Tubes (Entered By W Hunt) 56 Pulleys etc. 57 Burrell Chimney Base (Entered By W Hunt) 58 Burrell Chimney Base(Entered By W Hunt) 59 Evans Steam Pump 60 Steam Engine Back Axle 61 Pallet of Timber Packing 62 Pallet of Timber Packing 63 Pallet of Timber Packing 64 Pallet of Timber Packing 65 Pallet of Timber Packing 66 ‘EW Hatfield’ Enamel Sign 67 Pallet of Forms 68 Tower Scaffolding 69 Drain Grids 70 Fuel Delivery Hose & Oil Gun 71 Trays of Electric Fittings, Fuses etc.
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