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It would be easy to forget the other four engines on offer, of which two found new homes. ‘The Big A’ another Burrell of repute, this time in traction engine form, was sold for £93,000 and an American Reeves engine in original working clothes sold for £29,000.
The un-sold Clayton & Shuttleworth traction engine is still available for sale and interested parties should contact our steam consultant Willem Middlemiss on 07801 229129.
SALE 1
Literature, live steam models, and spares were on offer in the building and the choicer lots attracted some serious bidders. Top literature prices were given for a Whitlock salesmans handbook and a quantity of construction equipment sales leaflets both taking £220.
The model buyers had to dig deep and consequently a 1.5inch scale Burrell sold for £2,500 with a matching scale threshing drum at £1,850. The wonderfully preserved Ferguson Salesmans Model selling at £6,100 proved that Cheffins previous price of £6,400 for a similar model was no fluke. Burrell models sold well with a 3inch scale agricultural engine taking £3,900 whilst the ex Pleasurewood Hills 7.25inch gauge tank Loco’ Victoria made a satisfactory £3,000.
Amongst the tractor spares a scarce Ferguson hours recorder was sold for £310 but was topped by the Fordson E27N headlights at £420.
SALE 2
The Marquee sale started with vehicle literature, posters and prints, amongst these a set of 6 framed prints by Carlo Demand were in demand at £850 closely followed by an original Pat Nevin drawing at £200.
The large spares and decorative section saw a Lotus Cortina steering wheel with Graham Hill provenance sell at a solid £650 whilst a fabulously original Edwardian pedal car made £1,800 after protracted bidding. A large collection of motorcycle engines found favour with single cylinder examples from New Imperial and AJS selling at £240 and £220 respectively, a JAP 250cc example took £420 and an early Clyno made £340.
A fabulous collection of enamel signs saw strong bidding, top prices went to Spratts (Keeps Pussy in Fine Form) £400, Hercules Cycles £410, Fry’s Breakfast Cocoa £600 and Taylors Depositary Pimlico £720.
The motorcycles attracted bidders from around the globe and the Australian provenanced Velocette DOHC racer achieved an estimate busting £14,200 and is heading ‘Down Under’ to an Australian motorcycle museum. Of the 29 machines offered 22 found a new home, a conversion rate of over 75%, the 1930 Sunbeam Model 9 sold well at £8,500 and a barn find Norton Commando Mk3 achieved a very sound £5,400. The October 15th sale is eagerly awaited and some very interesting machines are in the offing. The amazing 1912 Flanders Twenty car with under 7,000 miles from new attracted much interest pre sale and the £22,000 - £25,000 pre-sale estimate was left far behind after a lengthy bidding battle, a buyer in the room eventually beating the telephone bidders with a £30,000 winning bid.
The steam spares section brought the marquee sale to a close but top prices were paid for a pair of Meteor showmans’ engine lamps at £3,000 with a pair of Eli Griffiths sprung lamps following at £1,150.
SALE 3
With a select entry of stationary engines, some good results were still achieved with a c.1920 Petter M 5hp Appletop selling well at £620, a Petter Junior hit £300 and a Lister 3.5cs knocked down at £140. Other highlights in the horticultural equipment section went to a Wolseley hand driven sheep shearing machine at £100, a cast iron copper fired water heater sold at £170 and an iron boxed stone grinding wheel topped £140.
SALE 4
As usual we had an excellent selection of spares on offer and trade was very competitive with a set of E27N rear wheel weights selling at £350, a Ferguson TE20 pick-up hitch hit £150, a pair of 12.4x28 wheels surprised at £260 and as usual good straight tinwork was the order of the day with a Fordson Major cowl with lights topping £440, wings at £140, a Power Major front cowl complete with lights smashed the reserve with a winning bid of £680 and a pair of wings followed at £460. A TE20 seat took £250 and to top the tinwork rankings was a straight pair of New Performance Super Major wings at a monster £900!
Implement trade was brisk, with an interesting line up and top lots went to a Ford Ransomes Elite 2furrow plough at £510, a David Brown Albion 2furrow plough hit £230, a wooden horse drawn plough took £210, a Ransomes TS59 2furrow plough with YL bodies hit £500 and a sharp Ransomes single leg subsoiler sold well at £250. Good trade continued with a Howard Mini gapper tractor hoe selling for £560, a 1963 Whitlock 4wheeled flatbed trailer stormed to £720 and a tidy John Deere 224T baler sold well at £660.
SALE 5
With an excellent line up of tractors on offer with many makes and models for the huge crowd assembled, we were set for an interesting few hours. First up was an excellent Doe Triple D Sn. D326 and although it was provisionally sold under the hammer for £35,500 we later agreed the sale. Good trade continued with a Minneapolis Moline 17-30 selling at £6,500, a well restored David Brown VAK1 took £6,000 and a very original 1975 Muir Hill 121 knocked down at £5,800. Original tractors still demand high prices and a 1975 Massey Ferguson 165 with low hours took £5,500 and a 575 sold well for £5,300, well restored tractors hit their mark too with a 1950 David Brown 990 selling at £6,300. Other highlights include an E27N P6 at £6,500, a 1981 Ford 6600 hit £6,600, a sharp Ford 4000 with a 6cylinder conversion sold at £5,200 and a restored Ferguson FE30 with plough was well received at £4,400. With a change of auctioneers from King to Godfrey a very original Ford 5000 with loader was pored over by many sale goers and it took a top bid of £5,900, a good straight ex-farm Ford 1987 Ford 6610 with just over 3,200 hours on the clock and selling for £9,350. With prices appearing encouraging and the huge crowd still filling in the gaps between the tractors it was the turn of a very original 1966 Ford 5000 pre-Force SOS with front weights and a new cab canvas, there was much speculation as to where it might peak and many were surprised when it was finally knocked down for a resounding £10,000!
With close to 70% of the tractors offered finding new homes, trade mirrored the massive attendance (possibly one of the largest for one of our July sales) and prices on reflection were strong, it seems there is still plenty of cash out there for the right lot.
A RIGHT ROYAL SALE
Nearly ten years has elapsed since Cheffins offered for sale an original, genuine Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive. On that occasion the late Fred Couplands scenic ‘No.1’ fetched a jaw dropping £320,000, at that time a record price for such an engine. On Saturday 23rd July, ‘His Majesty’, although not a scenic, set another record for a steam engine at auction achieving an equally impressive £550,000 (plus 5% buyers’ premium). This mighty leviathan with wonderful provenance featuring the West Country’s finest showman Charles Heal, who owned it from new in 1907 until 1959, was repatriated to its’ Bristol roots being purchased by Kevin Gamlen of Pensford near Bristol. It is a wonderful story that such a fine engine which had been previously owned by the Lee family of Sandy Baywas to be returned to the same area where it had worked all of its life.It would be easy to forget the other four engines on offer, of which two found new homes. ‘The Big A’ another Burrell of repute, this time in traction engine form, was sold for £93,000 and an American Reeves engine in original working clothes sold for £29,000.
The un-sold Clayton & Shuttleworth traction engine is still available for sale and interested parties should contact our steam consultant Willem Middlemiss on 07801 229129.
SALE 1
Literature, live steam models, and spares were on offer in the building and the choicer lots attracted some serious bidders. Top literature prices were given for a Whitlock salesmans handbook and a quantity of construction equipment sales leaflets both taking £220.
The model buyers had to dig deep and consequently a 1.5inch scale Burrell sold for £2,500 with a matching scale threshing drum at £1,850. The wonderfully preserved Ferguson Salesmans Model selling at £6,100 proved that Cheffins previous price of £6,400 for a similar model was no fluke. Burrell models sold well with a 3inch scale agricultural engine taking £3,900 whilst the ex Pleasurewood Hills 7.25inch gauge tank Loco’ Victoria made a satisfactory £3,000.
Amongst the tractor spares a scarce Ferguson hours recorder was sold for £310 but was topped by the Fordson E27N headlights at £420.
SALE 2
The Marquee sale started with vehicle literature, posters and prints, amongst these a set of 6 framed prints by Carlo Demand were in demand at £850 closely followed by an original Pat Nevin drawing at £200.
The large spares and decorative section saw a Lotus Cortina steering wheel with Graham Hill provenance sell at a solid £650 whilst a fabulously original Edwardian pedal car made £1,800 after protracted bidding. A large collection of motorcycle engines found favour with single cylinder examples from New Imperial and AJS selling at £240 and £220 respectively, a JAP 250cc example took £420 and an early Clyno made £340.
A fabulous collection of enamel signs saw strong bidding, top prices went to Spratts (Keeps Pussy in Fine Form) £400, Hercules Cycles £410, Fry’s Breakfast Cocoa £600 and Taylors Depositary Pimlico £720.
The motorcycles attracted bidders from around the globe and the Australian provenanced Velocette DOHC racer achieved an estimate busting £14,200 and is heading ‘Down Under’ to an Australian motorcycle museum. Of the 29 machines offered 22 found a new home, a conversion rate of over 75%, the 1930 Sunbeam Model 9 sold well at £8,500 and a barn find Norton Commando Mk3 achieved a very sound £5,400. The October 15th sale is eagerly awaited and some very interesting machines are in the offing. The amazing 1912 Flanders Twenty car with under 7,000 miles from new attracted much interest pre sale and the £22,000 - £25,000 pre-sale estimate was left far behind after a lengthy bidding battle, a buyer in the room eventually beating the telephone bidders with a £30,000 winning bid.
The steam spares section brought the marquee sale to a close but top prices were paid for a pair of Meteor showmans’ engine lamps at £3,000 with a pair of Eli Griffiths sprung lamps following at £1,150.
SALE 3
With a select entry of stationary engines, some good results were still achieved with a c.1920 Petter M 5hp Appletop selling well at £620, a Petter Junior hit £300 and a Lister 3.5cs knocked down at £140. Other highlights in the horticultural equipment section went to a Wolseley hand driven sheep shearing machine at £100, a cast iron copper fired water heater sold at £170 and an iron boxed stone grinding wheel topped £140.
SALE 4
As usual we had an excellent selection of spares on offer and trade was very competitive with a set of E27N rear wheel weights selling at £350, a Ferguson TE20 pick-up hitch hit £150, a pair of 12.4x28 wheels surprised at £260 and as usual good straight tinwork was the order of the day with a Fordson Major cowl with lights topping £440, wings at £140, a Power Major front cowl complete with lights smashed the reserve with a winning bid of £680 and a pair of wings followed at £460. A TE20 seat took £250 and to top the tinwork rankings was a straight pair of New Performance Super Major wings at a monster £900!
Implement trade was brisk, with an interesting line up and top lots went to a Ford Ransomes Elite 2furrow plough at £510, a David Brown Albion 2furrow plough hit £230, a wooden horse drawn plough took £210, a Ransomes TS59 2furrow plough with YL bodies hit £500 and a sharp Ransomes single leg subsoiler sold well at £250. Good trade continued with a Howard Mini gapper tractor hoe selling for £560, a 1963 Whitlock 4wheeled flatbed trailer stormed to £720 and a tidy John Deere 224T baler sold well at £660.
SALE 5
With an excellent line up of tractors on offer with many makes and models for the huge crowd assembled, we were set for an interesting few hours. First up was an excellent Doe Triple D Sn. D326 and although it was provisionally sold under the hammer for £35,500 we later agreed the sale. Good trade continued with a Minneapolis Moline 17-30 selling at £6,500, a well restored David Brown VAK1 took £6,000 and a very original 1975 Muir Hill 121 knocked down at £5,800. Original tractors still demand high prices and a 1975 Massey Ferguson 165 with low hours took £5,500 and a 575 sold well for £5,300, well restored tractors hit their mark too with a 1950 David Brown 990 selling at £6,300. Other highlights include an E27N P6 at £6,500, a 1981 Ford 6600 hit £6,600, a sharp Ford 4000 with a 6cylinder conversion sold at £5,200 and a restored Ferguson FE30 with plough was well received at £4,400. With a change of auctioneers from King to Godfrey a very original Ford 5000 with loader was pored over by many sale goers and it took a top bid of £5,900, a good straight ex-farm Ford 1987 Ford 6610 with just over 3,200 hours on the clock and selling for £9,350. With prices appearing encouraging and the huge crowd still filling in the gaps between the tractors it was the turn of a very original 1966 Ford 5000 pre-Force SOS with front weights and a new cab canvas, there was much speculation as to where it might peak and many were surprised when it was finally knocked down for a resounding £10,000!
With close to 70% of the tractors offered finding new homes, trade mirrored the massive attendance (possibly one of the largest for one of our July sales) and prices on reflection were strong, it seems there is still plenty of cash out there for the right lot.
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