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Totems

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1

 B.R (E) Station Enamel Totem Sign KING'S CROSS YORK ROAD. Fully flanged. Black Flange. Virtually Mint Condition. Only the third example to be offered at auction, last appearing in 2018. A rare sign from the suburban platform adjacent to the famous London terminus.

Guide: £10,000-15,000
Lot Sold For: £12000 (PB 800)

2

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign BROAD STREET. Half flanged with three areas of matched repair, lettering unaffected. The usual 3ft version - this station also had 4ft examples. Only the sixth example to appear at auction, an uncommon sign from the former London terminus.

Guide: £6000-8000
Reserve Not Met

3

 B.R (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign CHARING CROSS. Fully flanged. Black flange. Excellent condition from the SR London terminus in the heart of the West End.

Guide: £1500-2000
Lot Sold For: £1800 (PB 1333)

5

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign PADDINGTON. Fully flanged. Black Flange. Virtually Mint Condition. Only the third example to be offered, last appearing in 2009. A rare sign from the famous London terminus.

Guide: £10,000-15,000
Lot Sold For: £12000 (PB 1306)

6

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign ROYAL OAK. Half flanged. Good ex-service condition with some chipping to flanges. The first station out of Paddington. A rare totem and only the third example to be offered at auction.

Guide: £2500-3000
Lot Sold For: £3200 (PB 1306)

7

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign BURNHAM (BUCKS). Fully flanged. Black flange. Good condition with just one area of chipping to left hand wing edge.

Guide: £2000-3000
Lot Sold For: £2300 (PB 1339)

8

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign MAIDENHEAD. Half flanged. Good condition with minor chipping to flanges.

Guide: £1000-1200
Lot Sold For: £1100 (PB 1339)

9

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign BOURNE END. Fully flanged. Black flange. One of the stations chosen to receive these experimental black and white totems. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £2000-2500
Lot Sold For: £2200 (PB 1700)

10

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign DIDCOT. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £700-900
Lot Sold For: £800 (PB 341)

11

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign SWINDON. Half flanged. Good Condition with minor chipping in lower border.

Guide: £1000-1500
Lot Sold For: £1000 (PB 1306)

12

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign BADMINTON. Half flanged. Good Condition with some restoration to borders.

Guide: £1000-1200
Lot Sold For: £1500 (PB 800)

13

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS. Half flanged. Very Good Condition. A rare totem as this station also had roundel signs and only the third example to be offered at auction.

Guide: £4000-5000
Lot Sold For: £6200 (PB 1710)

14

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign BEDMINSTER. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good Condition.

Guide: £700-800
Lot Sold For: £820 (PB 1738)

15

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign PARSON STREET. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £820 (PB 1445)

16

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign TAUNTON. Half flanged. Very Good Condition with some restoration to borders.

Guide: £1000-1200
Lot Sold For: £1000 (PB 1918)

17

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign TORRE. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good condition with some loss of shine.

Guide: £1000-1200

18

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign BRENT. Half flanged. Ex-station condition with damage to right wing but an uncommon totem.

Guide: £500-600
Lot Sold For: £520 (PB 1915)

19

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign NEWQUAY. Half flanged. Fair condition with areas of well-matched restoration. Only the fifth example to be offered at auction. See Lot No. 86 for Bodmin Road running-in board.

Guide: £2000-3000
Lot Sold For: £2500 (PB 99)

20

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign PENZANCE. Half flanged. Good condition with one repair under the first 'N'. Only the fifth example to be offered at auction from this famous Cornish main line terminus.

Guide: £3000-4000
Lot Sold For: £7000 (PB 1434)

21

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign BRADFORD-ON-AVON. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition with a repair in the top section.

Guide: £2500-3000
Lot Sold For: £3100 (PB 812)

22

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign MELKSHAM. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £1250 (PB 975)

23

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign DEVIZES. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £1000-1500
Lot Sold For: £1300 (PB 975)

24

 B.R (W) Enamel Station Totem Sign CHELTENHAM SPA MALVERN ROAD. Half flanged. Good Condition. Last appeared in 2020.

Guide: £2000-3000
Lot Sold For: £1800 (PB 1824)

25

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign BROMSGROVE. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £1200 (PB 1438)

26

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign KIDDERMINSTER. Half flanged. Some restoration to borders.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1500 (PB 302)

27

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign LEDBURY. Half flanged. Good Condition, colour and shine, with some chipping to borders.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1800 (PB 65)

28

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign LLANWRTYD WELLS. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition. Only the third example to appear at auction.

Guide: £1500-2000

29

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign SHREWSBURY. Half flanged. Good ex-station condition with usual touching-in to flange chipping.

Guide: £900-1100
Lot Sold For: £1200 (PB 1702)

30

 B.R (W) Station Enamel Totem Sign WREXHAM GENERAL. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good condition with two small areas of damage to top flange.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £1200 (PB 1702)

31

 B.R (NE) Station Enamel Totem Sign STOCKTON. Fully flanged. Black edged lettering. Very Good Condition and virtually mint. Would make a nice pairing with the next lot.

Guide: £2000-3000
Lot Sold For: £3000 (PB 150)

32

 B.R (NE) Station Enamel Totem Sign DARLINGTON. Fully flanged. Very Good Condition and virtually mint. Would make a nice pairing with the previous lot.

Guide: £2000-3000
Lot Sold For: £4000 (PB 107)

33

 B.R (NE) Station Enamel Totem Sign WEST HARTLEPOOL. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £1500-2500
Lot Sold For: £3400 (PB 1277)

34

 B.R (NE) Station Enamel Totem Sign PONTEFRACT. Fully flanged. Tangerine flange. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £2000-2500
Lot Sold For: £2200 (PB 25)

35

 B.R (E) Station Enamel Totem Sign FELIXSTOWE TOWN. Half flanged. Nice colour and shine although curved as many early BR (E) half flanged examples were want to do. Crease repair to right hand flange. Four years since the last example appeared. See Lot No. 95 for Felixstowe Town Lamp Tablet.

Guide: £1000-1200
Lot Sold For: £1200 (PB 501)

36

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign GLENEAGLES. Half flanged. Good Ex-station Condition from the home of golf.

Guide: £2000-3000
Lot Sold For: £3100 (PB 12)

37

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign CARNOUSTIE. Fully flanged. Very Good Condition. Only the fifth example at auction and another one for the golfing enthusiast.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £2100 (PB 415)

38

 B.R. (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign KINLOSS. Fully flanged. Excellent Condition with one well-repaired chip to the left of 'O'.

Guide: £600-800
Lot Sold For: £1000 (PB 1446)

39

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign CULTER. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good Condition.

Guide: £1000-1200
Lot Sold For: £700 (PB 1915)

40

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign ABOYNE. Fully flanged. Good Condition.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1400 (PB 418)

41

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign TAYNUILT. Fully flanged. Good Condition.

Guide: £1000-1500
Lot Sold For: £1200 (PB 1445)

42

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign ABERLOUR. Fully flanged. Black flange. Virtually mint condition.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1400 (PB 512)

43

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY EAST. Fully flanged. Only the fourth example to appear at auction, much rarer than Grantown-on-Spey West. Good Condition.

Guide: £2200-2500
Lot Sold For: £2500 (PB 512)

44

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign TYNEHEAD. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good condition. Ex-Waverley route.

Guide: £600-800
Lot Sold For: £1200 (PB 418)

45

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign COATDYKE. Fully flanged. Good Condition.

Guide: £500-600
Lot Sold For: £400 (PB 4)

46

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign CAMBUSLANG. The rarer Half Flanged version. Ex-station Condition.

Guide: £500-600
Lot Sold For: £550 (PB 1446)

47

 B.R (Sc) Station Enamel Totem Sign HAIRMYRES. Fully flanged. FIRST TIME AT AUCTION for this ex-Caledonian Rly station between East Kilbride and Thorntonhall. Ex-station condition, mottled and a little weather-beaten but nonetheless a rare totem.

Guide: £700-1000
Lot Sold For: £1000 (PB 1737)

48

 B.R (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign MAIDEN NEWTON. Fully flanged. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1500 (PB 273)

49

 B.R (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign DORCHESTER WEST. Fully flanged. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £1000-1200

50

 B.R (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign SHERBORNE. Fully flanged. Very Good Condition with restoration to borders.

Guide: £1000-1200

52

 B.R (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign WINCHESTER CITY. Half flanged. Very Good Condition with minor face restoration.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1700 (PB 1715)

53

 B.R (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign BRIGHTON. Fully flanged. One of only three known survivors thus far from the lamp posts outside of the large train shed this was the example that was displayed for many years in Frank Burridge's Big Four Railway Museum at Bournemouth. Very Good Condition with some areas of restoration to flanges.

Guide: £6000-8000
Lot Sold For: £8200 (PB 1253)

54

 B.R. (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign EAST MALLING HALT. Fully flanged. Ex-station condition with small chip to top flange and right wing. This is the much rarer bottom panel version, appeared only once before at auction, 24 years ago. The majority of totems from this location have all three words in the main central panel.

Guide: £500-600
Lot Sold For: £550 (PB 1446)

55

 B.R (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign SANDWICH. Fully flanged. Very Good Condition. One for display over your bread bin?

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £1100 (PB 501)

56

 B.R (S) Station Enamel Totem Sign DOVER PRIORY. Fully flanged. Good Condition with three areas of chipping. Only the fourth example to be offered at auction. Lettering unaffected.

Guide: £2000-2500
Lot Sold For: £2100 (PB 244)

57

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign LAKE SIDE. Fully flanged. Black flange. Ex-station condition and with a lovely shine so probably hung under a canopy. Only the fourth example to appear at auction, the last time in April 2009.

Guide: £2000-2500
Lot Sold For: £5000 (PB 1434)

58

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign WINDERMERE. Half flanged. Virtually mint condition.

Guide: £2000-2500
Lot Sold For: £2000 (PB 1814)

59

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign GRANGE-OVER-SANDS. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £1700-2000
Lot Sold For: £2200 (PB 1814)

60

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign BOLTON-LE-SANDS. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition. Only the sixth example to appear at auction.

Guide: £1700-2000
Lot Sold For: £2000 (PB 583)

61

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign ST. ANNES. Fully flanged. Black flange. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £1000-1200
Lot Sold For: £1000 (PB 1382)

62

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign CHERRY TREE. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good Condition.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £2600 (PB 1635)

63

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign TYLDESLEY. Fully flanged. Good condition with some mottling. See Lot No. 84 for the Tyldesley running-in board.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1200 (PB 1446)

64

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign PATRICROFT. Fully flanged. Black flange. Ex-station condition.

Guide: £700-900
Lot Sold For: £800 (PB 1446)

65

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign MOORSIDE AND WARDLEY. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good Condition.

Guide: £700-900
Lot Sold For: £600 (PB 1000)

67

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign SALFORD. Thin flange, four face-drilled holes version. Good Condition. Only the sixth example to appear at auction.

Guide: £700-900
Lot Sold For: £1000 (PB 1444)

68

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign MANCHESTER EXCHANGE. Thin flange, four face-drilled holes version. Very Good Condition. Only the fifth example to appear at auction.

Guide: £1000-1500
Lot Sold For: £2000 (PB 1446)

69

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign KNOTT MILL AND DEANSGATE. Fully flanged. Full white border. Only the fifth example to appear at auction, the last being in 2017. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1000 (PB 1388)

70

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign WARWICK ROAD. Fully flanged. Black Flanged. Damage through 'AR' but a rare totem, having only been out at auction once before, in 2006.

Guide: £600-800
Lot Sold For: £1300 (PB 1446)

71

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign DANE ROAD. Fully flanged. Black Flange. Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £1100 (PB 1446)

72

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign NEWTON HEATH. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good Condition.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £2500 (PB 507)

73

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign HEATON PARK. Thin flange, four face-drilled holes version. Good Condition.

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £2200 (PB 1446)

74

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign MIDDLETON JUNCTION. Fully flanged. Some areas of repair.

Guide: £600-800
Lot Sold For: £1100 (PB 1281)

75

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign LITTLE SUTTON. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good Condition. Only the fifth example to appear at auction.

Guide: £1000-1500

76

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign HOOTON. Half flanged. Good Condition.

Guide: £500-600
Lot Sold For: £550 (PB 380)

77

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign CAPENHURST. Fully flanged. Black flange. Some mottling. See Lot No. 89 for Capenhurst Signal Box Nameboard.

Guide: £500-600
Lot Sold For: £450 (PB 1454)

78

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign UPTON-BY-CHESTER. Fully flanged. Black flanged. Areas of repair to top and bottom sections. Lettering unaffected.

Guide: £700-900
Lot Sold For: £750 (PB 1915)

79

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Sign NOTTINGHAM. The rectangular signs used at Nottingham Victoria station, rather than totems. A little face chipping with lettering unaffected.

Guide: £500-700

80

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign GRETTON. Fully flanged. Black flange. Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £1600 (PB 233)

81

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign KENTON. Half flanged. Some restoration.

Guide: £500-700
Lot Sold For: £800 (PB 1446)

82

 Wooden Travel Agency Totem Sign BRITISH RAILWAYS - BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE AT STATION PRICES. Minus the central clock that it would have once carried.

Guide: £100-150
Lot Sold For: £100 (PB 1723)

510

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign PADGATE. Fully flanged. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £900 (PB 1700)

511

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign LEIGH. Fully flanged. Face drilled 4 holes. Good Condition

Guide: £1200-1500
Lot Sold For: £1600 (PB 1706)

512

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign WIGAN. Fully flanged. Fair Condition, some mottling.

Guide: £500-600
Lot Sold For: £600 (PB 1446)

513

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign HINDLEY NORTH. Fully flanged.

Guide: £400-500
Lot Sold For: £600 (PB 1446)

514

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign INCE. Fully flanged. Only the fourth time at auction. Good Condition. Three areas of repair in bottom section.

Guide: £600-800
Lot Sold For: £800 (PB 1446)

515

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign SQUIRES GATE. Fully flanged. Light scratching. Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £750 (PB 1915)

516

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign SALWICK. Fully flanged. Thin flange, face drilled 4 holes. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £600-800
Lot Sold For: £550 (PB 1915)

517

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign KIRKHAM AND WESHAM. Fully flanged. Very Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £900 (PB 1700)

518

 B.R (M) Station Enamel Totem Sign LYTHAM. Half flanged. Repaired central chip between T and H. Good Condition.

Guide: £800-1000
Lot Sold For: £1400 (PB 1446)

 

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