tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post3465555477761602205..comments2024-03-07T08:35:05.928+00:00Comments on Collecting Toy Soldiers: Toy Soldier Auction at Sheffield Auction GalleryBrian Carrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-7863769759296305122017-10-27T06:41:04.564+00:002017-10-27T06:41:04.564+00:00Hi David, thanks for the link and congratulations ...Hi David, thanks for the link and congratulations on your wins. It certainly was something of a one-off, nice to see the variety rather than endless lots of holowcast Britains. We've all been wondering who the original collector was, we think someone in their late 50's early 60's given the preponderance of plastics but a name has yet to emerge. Brian Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-18855910068335606862017-10-26T09:08:23.168+00:002017-10-26T09:08:23.168+00:00Hi Brian
I was a key buyer at this sale and looki...Hi Brian <br />I was a key buyer at this sale and looking forward to the goodies heading my way soon ( yet to be packed and shipped ). Includes the Farish figures , the Courtenays in your blog , Richard I with his crown , the medical lot , both bullfight trays , Mignot, the SAE lots , some of the space figures , blenheim figures ..... I've been in aquisition mode while working on a project but its very rare a sale with so much variety on offer comes up. This article below give some more background on where they came from. I wonder if anyone knows who the collector was . Over 30000 figures.<br /><br />http://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/rare-toy-figures-under-hammer-at-sheffield-auction-1-8739110<br /><br />David Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-51538673167696982252017-10-26T08:49:33.975+00:002017-10-26T08:49:33.975+00:00I had a go at lot 64 - 34 boxes HO/OO that went fo...I had a go at lot 64 - 34 boxes HO/OO that went for £190 - mixture of early boxes but nice themes , robin hood, cowboys and indians , romans, ancient brits and lots of Napoleonics which always sell very well. My max bid off 170 didn't make it ....If I recall the lot that sold for £320 had 2 boxes of High Chaparral , farm stock, 4 boxes zoo , Tarzan etc ..... the price may have been driven by the information they were all on sprues still ....even so I think £320 + Comm was expensive David Brownhttps://collectablefigures.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-33780721395987161462017-10-26T06:06:37.576+00:002017-10-26T06:06:37.576+00:00My Airfix figures all come from the 10p junk tubs ...My Airfix figures all come from the 10p junk tubs so I don't know anything about the boxes! I think the Ananbas figure is just a Britains re-pack.Brian Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-32758586330012073442017-10-25T16:59:59.110+00:002017-10-25T16:59:59.110+00:00Yes it is, funny I never even noticed that!Yes it is, funny I never even noticed that!Brian Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-67741488087799624362017-10-25T13:59:53.264+00:002017-10-25T13:59:53.264+00:00Re - the Airfix prices . . . they go up and down, ...Re - the Airfix prices . . . they go up and down, I'm guessing they were 'Blue Box' ends, they tend to hold a £20 value any-day, but it's 'all the money' at 19-odd! Far more interesting is the stuff you've posted, that Cavendish looks lovely! And the Ananbas looks interesting - Britians re-pack, or HK clone?<br /><br />HHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-71050955854463198532017-10-24T13:41:49.953+00:002017-10-24T13:41:49.953+00:00The marbling of color in the Kleeware castle is be...The marbling of color in the Kleeware castle is beautiful! Thank you for another excellent post Brian!Brad DeSantisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-13855729161049650762017-10-23T15:57:31.920+00:002017-10-23T15:57:31.920+00:00Nice to see the Kleeware stuff is still going stro...Nice to see the Kleeware stuff is still going strong "unbreakable plastic" just like they said it would be! I think the Marx and Barzso lots would have gone for a lot more in the US.Brian Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-35826581578683155532017-10-23T15:52:29.599+00:002017-10-23T15:52:29.599+00:00It just shows how big the field of toy soldier col...It just shows how big the field of toy soldier collecting is, there's something new to see every day.Brian Carrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221659266588227029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-89488726778395838932017-10-22T17:31:08.723+00:002017-10-22T17:31:08.723+00:00Miscellaneous thoughts.
Kleeware? That's my ...Miscellaneous thoughts. <br /><br />Kleeware? That's my brothers old castle which I used to umh borrow, when he wasn't home. Recently gave to his grandson.<br /><br />Something particularly irrisistably joyful about most old, painted, Robin Hood sets.<br />(And Henry VIII)<br /><br />If that's what an old OOP Barzso fort is worth, I'm glad I chopped mine up to make it useable for 40mm games on a smallish table.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136207120003342101.post-69625034440770692722017-10-22T13:14:23.890+00:002017-10-22T13:14:23.890+00:00A most interesting post Brian.A most interesting post Brian.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.com