£6600 pound record for Hornby model train set
Published November 15th, 2007
On Tuesday, October 28, Chilcotts auctioneers sold a boxed Southern Railways green liveried “Folkestone Flyer” electric passenger train set for £6,600.
More than seven bidders competed for ownership, the eventual winner, being from London.
The model was part of a collection of Hornby ‘O’ gauge model trains, Meccano, Dinky toys and railway and marine jig-saw puzzles that in total fetched £68,418 at Chilcotts’ Tiverton branch.
The collection belonged to Dr Clifford Patrick, a retired veterinary surgeon and medical doctor who died in 2003.
Dr Patrick was fascinated by the old railways of Devon and Cornwall and wanted the collection to be sold in Devon so collectors there could share in his joy.
“This was a remarkable sale, reflecting the remarkable quality and diversity of the collection formed by the late Dr Patrick,” said auctioneer Duncan Chilcott.
“We had buyers from New Zealand, Adelaide, Ontario and throughout Europe, while Tiverton’s bed and breakfast establishments were all full of UK buyers who travelled to attend the view and sale.
“The excitement in the room was palpable and it was a thrill to take it. There were countless bids on every lot, either on the telephones or in the room, and book prices were smashed time and again for some of the rarities which Dr Clifford had acquired over the 30 years he had been collecting.
“The collection was one of the best I have had the privilege of selling. Dr Patrick had built his magnificent train set on specially constructed waist-high tables encircling a room in the attic of his home in Surrey, arranged so that he could control them on a huge oval of tracks from a central well. This really was a case of cash in the attic!
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