Bagshaws Auctioneers report a tremendous turn out of buyers in the room as well as online bidding
for the catalogued sale of over 600 lots of Rural and Agricultural bygones from a local collector. The
sale attracted bidders from all corners of the UK, including buyers from Ireland, Scotland, County
Durham, Bedale, Lincoln and London, as well as numerous buyers from the surrounding area. There
were items for all pockets with some very unusual lots on offer with a collection of 120 implement
seats amongst it.
Sale Highlights;
• Farm Implement Books £65
• Army and Navy Catalogue £42
• Fordson Booklet £44
• Butchers Cardboard Boxes £54
• Pot Eggs £62
• Pole Axe £140
• Horse Measuring Stick £140
• Wood Planes £146
• Spanners £55
• Collection of Small Oil Cans £300
• Hedge Laying Tools £115
• Albion Seat £155
• Plain Seat £220
• Transplanter Double Seat £270
• Ransome Tool Box £115
• Bamford Tool Box £110
In the enamel sign section bidding certainly warmed up with all the signs starting to show their age.
• Palethorpes £540
• Players £560
• Hudsons £300
• Calabar £300
• Alexanders £500
• Pluxex £240
• Royal Daylight £300
The sale concluded with some larger items and buyers stopped to the very end.
• Coopers Wooden Sheep Dip £580
• Coffin Bearers Cart £400
• Cast Cheese Press £300
• Round Pig Troughs £170 and £140
• Galvanised Bath £100
