Just a small sample of world records broken by GWRA
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for B17 Locomotive Footballer Nameplate, Nottingham Forest, sold for £43,000
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for A3 Locomotive Nameplate, Coronach, sold for £23,000
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for a GWR 'Grange' Class Locomotive Nameplate, Bucklebury Grange sold for £15,100
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for LNWR 'Experiment' Class Locomotive Nameplate, Sanspareil, sold for £12,500
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for H1 Class Locomotive Nameplate, The Needles, sold for £14,000
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for a Great Western Railway Locomotive Worksplate, sold for £10,100
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for a BR(E) London Totem, Kings Cross, sold for £6750
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for a Southern Railway London suburban Target Kew Gardens, sold for £3,300
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for a Single Line Tablet from the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, sold for £6,300
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for a brass Fireman's Helmet, this one Great Eastern Railway, sold for £2,650
GW Railwayana Auctions hold the World Record for a Carriage Panel Coat of Arms, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, sold for £3000
8415 Brass Cabside from a Worcester Pannier Tank Locomotive smashed the World Record selling for £2200. Cabside numberplates, like locomotive nameplates are extremely desirable for obvious reasons of locomotive association. This particular cabside numberplate was fitted to a small Pannier Tank that just happened to be the very locomotive that officially worked the very last 'Banking Duty' on the Lickey Incline from Bromsgrove to Blackwell.
Gresley A4 Pacific Chime Whistle ex LORD FARINGDON ~ sold for £5,200
Stanier Black 5 Smokebox Numberplates ~ sold for £880 and £850 respectively
Canterbury & Whitstable Railway Truncheon smashed the world record by a huge margin, sold for £3000
South Eastern Railway Truncheon ~ sold for £1,600
(worth noting that this one was subsequently sold at Christies for just £800 !!!
just goes to show that specialist auctions can even leave the big London Auctions standing)
GW Railwayana Auctions held the World Record for a British Railways Station Totem Evercreech Junction, sold for £8150
Did you know that railway items sold at auction seen on Flog-It and both internet and non-internet, turn up at GWRA and often sell for considerably more than they originally did? Totem auctions are few and far between but GWRA always have an abundance of totems at their sales and invariably a rare totem or two appear
IT MAKES SENSE TO ENTER SPECIALIST ITEMS IN SPECIALIST AUCTIONS. TOTEMS ARE SPECIALIST ITEMS, LET GWRA HANDLE THEIR SALE FOR YOU
If you have a special item, particularly a station Totem sign
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