The overall market for Irish railwayana - some comments (2012-)

GNRI Newry Edward St station plaque. Source: SRA911

First quarter 2012

GCR on 14/1 had: a locomotive worksplate, Metropolitan Vickers, 1955, from a CIE Class A Co-Co DE cast brass, 46x13cm, ex loco condition with original paintwork £380, BR(W) qr poster, Fishguard-Rosslare,The shortest Sea Route to Ireland, by John S Smith, rolled, (PR168/60) £250, A BR(Sc) quad royal poster, Great Britain and Ireland TSS Caledonian Princess, by Johnson, a panoramic view of Stranraer Harbour station (B33951) £100, Framed carriage print, Kilkenny Castle, a colour tinted example produced for the GWR by the Photochrom Co. circa 1895 £85, A CIE three aspect handlamp, with a copper plate Westland Row 12 (Dublin), the top and the vessel stamped with company initials, the lamp in original condition £120, locomotive worksplate, Neilson Reid, Hyde Park Works, No 5562, 1899, from narrow gauge 2-4-2T No 5 of CBPR which closed in 1932 whereupon the 4 steam locos moved to the CLR cast brass, 23x17cm, in ex loco condition £1800.

Stafford on 21/1 had: 1970’s d/s wooden station platform destination board 'Motor Rail Services to Fishguard for Ireland via Rosslare - Maidenhead, Slough and all stations to Paddington' black lettering on a white background, ex-Reading General, 97x15cm £50, dr poster 'B & I Line Dublin Liverpool' British & Irish Steam Packet Co Ltd. good rolled condition £ns, dr poster 'Ireland by CIE' by Curran good rolled condition £150, GNRI coa 56x56cm gc £ns.

TRA on 11/2 had: a miniature steel staff ('C' configuration). 'Lismore-Ballyduff' £320, GSWR, oval cast iron wagon plate 'GSWR 7164 Inchicore Works' unrestored 32x17cm £ns, GSR 3 aspect handlamp, top stamped 'G.S.R.' as is the original vessel, complete with burner, reflector and all glasses, restored, door sliding catch is missing £100, miniature steel staff ('B' configuration) 'Ballyduff-Fermoy' £280.

ebay in February had a LMSNCC cabside No. 7 from ex-WT Class 2-6-4T which sold for £651.

Solent on 18/2 had a GNRI ornate Cross/Footbridge £75, a GNRI 'Hereby give public warning...' trespass £80, a Ballyduff-Fermoy miniature staff £320 and another miniature staff Wellington Bridge-Campile B £400.

SRA on 10/3 had: Irish railway standard Harpers wooden cases block instrument with glazed front showing 'Down Line' and 'Up Line' with semaphore signals pivoted from central brass post showing the state of the line, below the display is a glazed aperture showing 'Train on line', 'All clear' and 'Train off but section blocked' which are moved round by the brass knob below, at the base is a brass plunger, the instrument is labelled by the maker 'WR Sykes' and comes complete with a key to lock the front opening case. 27x14cm base, 55cm high in good unrestored condition, origin unknown £850, Cast iron cabside numberplate: 'Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway 4 Crewe Works 1876' from the 0-6-0ST No. 4 named 'Newry' one of two built at Crewe in 1876 to the design of LNWR Chief Mechanical Engineer, John Ramsbottom, to work the extension of the line to Newry. The sixth and final locomotive was added in 1898, the locomotives were consecutively numbered, in order of building, from 1 to 6 and all carried names. During WW2 three of the remaining five locomotives were loaned to the LMS-NCC for shunting duties around York Road, Belfast, but were returned due to not being satisfactory for the NCC's needs, the line closed on 31 December 1951 but by this time only one loco was serviceable. 'Newry' was scrapped by Hammond Lane Foundry, Sutton, Co. Dublin. An LNWR style plate, 73x30cm with rounded ends, in ex-loco condition both sides, with a hairline crack visible at the right hand end through the bolt hole £1900, BR(M) dr poster: Londonderry-Travel there in comfort by sea and train (Kerry Lee) 1953, folded, edge tears, good otherwise, £100, GNRI ground signal lamp having two red bullseye lenses, with red and white signals one fixed in the 'stop' position, the other fixed in the 'proceed' position. In working order, the signal swivelled through 90° to change aspect, miniature tell-tale clear lens at rear, lifting reducing cone and copper topped chimney with the initials 'GNRI' stamped thereon, no innards, in good, ex-lineside condition £100, LMSNCC Silverplate grape scissors manufactured by Elkington, 18cm long the initials 'LMS-NCC' are clearly incised into one of the handles, vgc £ns, GSR Original gold leaf coat of arms professionally mounted on a board 42x44cm vgc £30, LMSNCC china chamber pot by Dunn Bennet & Co., Burslem, 23cm diameter rim, 13cm high, pot with the company title in full in a belted garter surrounding part of the company coat of arms, and the words 'Northern Counties Committee' below it glazed in light blue into the side, vgc £280, BCDR standard type 'Adlake' lamp with clear bullseye lens, unusual in that it has a small brass label on the back with the initials 'BCDR', these lamps were rarely marked in such a way, 17x39cm in original condition £20, Irish railway copper 3-sided station lamp with two glazed sides, one side opening, the back plain metal and provision for wall fixing, overall dimensions: 38cm wide, 47cm high, glazing 29x33cm, no innards, no railway identification, nor place name, good ex-station condition £55, brass single line tablet: 'Limavady-Limavady Junc 25', square type in good ex-section condition £180.

While there is nothing Irish in the SRA telephone auction, the SRA postal auction in March has: GSWR director's report and statement of accounts for half year ending June 1901. 18p, folded est£10 £ns, BNCR time and faretable booklet, illustrated paperback covers showing ship and places served, 120pp plus fold out map, dated August 1901, spine and r/h edge of front cover taped £55, CVBTC small poster type PTT. 33x23cm, two small string tears along top edge, dated June 1932 folded £140, DNGR handbill type 1pp PTT for services on the Newry and Dundalk lines. Dated June 1933 £190, LLSR 3 page typescript WTT dated March 1952 £10, CDRJC WTT. 4pp dated June 1953 £12, GSR PTT, brown and cream covers, foolscap sized, 56pp dated July 1925, covers detached at rusty staples, a little dog-eared £60, GNRI WTT of the Sutton and Howth Electric Tramway, 4pp thin card, dated September 1952 £14, LMS-NCC PTT booklet, pocket size, maroon and cream covers, 176pp dated June 1936 £18, CDRJC (including Strabane and Letterkenny Railway) timetable booklet, red and black print on cream coloured covers showing company railcar, 32p including adverts, dated October 1957, plus company free pass for all stations (2) £30, Four CIE PTT booklets, dated Winter 1952, 1953, 1954, Summer 1966, plus GNRI PTT dated September 1952 (5) £22, Irish railways locally published timetable booklet 'The Red Guide', paperback, 84pp, dated December 1944 £30, GSWR official publication 'Hotels on the Grand Atlantic Route to Killarney', decorative card covers, 52pp guide with centre page map, dated 1903, gc est£28, CBSCR guide book 'Visit Glengarriff and the South West Coast', black and white artwork covers showing company coat of arms 36pp illustrated guide circa 1904, gc £40, CBSCR guide book 'Prince of Wales Route to the Lakes of Killarney via Bantry & Glengarriff', brown, gold and black card covers showing Prince of Wales feathers, 60pp plus adverts and fold out map, dated 1903, slight wear, generally OK £30, MR-NCC time and faretable booklet dated October 1907 36pp pocket sized booklet, coloured pictorial covers showing Dunluce Castle, disbound from larger volume causing a little spine damage, generally good £55, Two different Great Southern Hotels Ireland luggage labels from Killarney, green and orange design showing various company hotels and coloured photo type showing Eagle's Nest Mountain, slight creasing to top edge of second example (2) £24, Carriage print MV Cambria British Railways Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire Service by Claude Buckle (LMR series), small mark to white border, plus Hamilton Ellis carriage print showing Leicester and Swannington train (2) £12.

The railwayana.net auction on 25/3 had nothing Irish.

The GCR postal auction on 30/3 had: an MV Cambria carriage print, in original frame, fine ex-coach condition £30, GNRI cast iron Trespass, small size 20x14cm, original condition, the letter 'I' intact £30, GNRB coa, a pair of unmounted 20cm garter coa which would have been used on loco splashers £3, CDRJC, a collection of 79 tickets, in glazed frame, 76x61cm £10, LMSNCC Track Circuit No. 109, cast iron oval 29x23cm, old weld repair to the left hand side, unrestored £30.

Second quarter 2012

The GCR main auction on 14/4 had: a GNRI signal box diagram, Fintona Junction, from the Enniskillen to Derry route, which includes the platform used by the horse-drawn tram that operated the Fintona branch, 114x48cm, rolled, drawn by the Signal Superintendent's Office, Dublin, 1945, with a 1953 note lower right that the down distant is now slotted to Racrane Crossing £380, GSWR dr poster promoting the Liverpool Overhead Railway to visitors travelling to England, featuring views and vignettes of the line, rolled £240, CVR coa transfer, 27x29cm, mounted on a maroon board, overall 33x38cm £100, an LMSNCC solid silver cigarette case, marked with the year 1933 and the owner's initials, G.W., 8x8cm, curved to fit a jacket pocket £360, locomotive headboard, 'The Shamrock', as carried on the Euston to Liverpool (Lime Street) service which operated in conjunction with sailings from Liverpool to Dublin and Belfast, inaugural titled run was on 14 June 1954 and its last on 16 April 1966, the front paintwork has been lightly cleaned, the back is untouched and marked '8F' £1500, A Webb and Thompson large staff, Ballyhaise-Belturbet £500, A Webb and Thompson large staff, Belleek-Castlecaldwell £460.

TRA in 5/5 had GWR Irish traffic luggage labels, 40 large paper labels ‘R1, 2, 3 & 4’ types with green print and diamond, circular & rectangular borders, vgc in the main, no duplication £60. It still has the, unsold at its February auction, GSWR 7164 Inchicore Works plate now offered at £170.

GWRA on 19/5 had: poster Fishguard-Cork direct service 'The Innisfallen Way, British & Irish Steam Packet Co. Ltd' by Derrick Moody dr size, view of the Innisfallen ship lit by moonlight surrounded by a shamrock, exc condition £170, locomotive nameplate LYDIA, ex WDR (later CDRJC) Class '1' 2-4-0 locomotive built by Sharp Stewart in 1882, measures 81x170 cm and has both letters and rim brass riveted to a steel backplate, top rim is clearly stamped 'No 3', the original 1960 receipt accompanies, made out to Patrick Mallon (who was Erecting Shop Superintendant at the GNRI Workshops in Dundalk, County Louth) for 21 shillings £3500, brass Locomotive Whistle ex WDR Class 1 locomotive, believed to be from No 3 LYDIA, measuring just over 13" in length and having a barrel diameter of 4cm the receipt accompanies, made out to Patrick Mallon for the sum of £1 £290, poster, 'The Antrim Coast Road-Ireland for Holidays', by Norman Wilkinson, LMS dr size, image of a hiker and local sat beside a rock out crop, bottom border has been trimmed by approximately one inch, folds and slight edge crinkling otherwise vgc £80, poster, 'M.V. Princess Victoria-New Motor Car Ferry Service Stranraer to Larne LMS-Accommodation for 80 cars (driven on and off and 1500 passengers)', by Norman Wilkinson, LMS dr size, top half depicts a vibrant image of the ship in full flow, printed in Britain by Jordison London, folds and very minor edge crinkling otherwise excellent £150, poster, 'Ireland Glengarriff-Heron Island, Glengarriff, Co Cork', by GH Bland, GSRI dr size, image across the water to the hills in the distance, printed in Ireland (Eire) by Hely's Ltd, Lithographers, Dublin, folds with one 10cm tear of the top, minor edge tears and crinkling otherwise gc £110.

Stafford on 12/5 had nothing Irish.

SRA on 16/6 had GNR(I) enamel trespass sign: 'Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) Hereby Give Public Warning To All Persons Not To Trespass Upon This Railway – Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted' in white lettering on dark blue, very good colour and shine, although bearing a few chips. The makers name 'Patent Enamel Co Birmingham' can be seen in the bottom right hand corner. 51x30cm and rare £240, LMS qr poster 'The Irish Mails' (Bryan de Grineau 1882-1957) features a night view of 'Royal Scot' loco 6123 'Royal Irish Fusilier' on the North Wales Coast, hauling the Irish Mail, folded, good otherwise £2500, UTA dr poster 'Enjoy a holiday in Northern Ireland' (Costello), modern and colourful image depicting the mountains, loughs, beaches and countryside, folded, good otherwise £80, Great Northern Railway (Ireland) double-sided carriage board with 'Dublin' painted on one side 'Belfast' the other, black letters shaded in red on a cream background, thought to have been carried on the 'Enterprise' express between the two cities, wood with metal ends to prevent wear, vgc. £180.

The SRA postal auction on 16/6 had CDR hanging card notice re excursion tickets to Londonderry, Belfast, Dublin, red print, 30x20cm gc. £45, RCH map of Ireland dated 1897, Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, covers rubbed and spine poor, map OK £350, RCH map of Ireland dated 1927. dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, some ink staining to rear of map, visible on front at folds £65, CDRJC (including Strabane and Letterkenny Railway) timetable booklet, red print on yellow coloured covers, 12pp and 1pp amendment sheet, plus several pages of adverts, dated September 1953 £10, Irish railways locally published timetable booklet 'The Red Guide' paperback, 84pp, dated August 1950 £14, CIE PTT booklet dated September 1960, plus CIE Dublin suburban area PTT dated Summer 1955, also CDRJC 'Excursion Arrangements' leaflet dated June 1956 and CIE 4pp handbill for new time-saving services dated 1954 (4) £70, GNR(I) four handbills, mostly on coloured paper, combined rail and golf tickets to Greenore from Belfast June 1940, Newry general holiday cheap returns from Warrenpoint to Dublin and Belfast July 1940, excursion to Bundoran May 1948, special train from Dublin to Mountain Bay and Greenore August 1940 (4) £30, Railway Executive NCC publicity booklet 'NCC 1848 – 1948' detailing the origins and history of the company, artwork covers, gc., plus UTA 'July holidays 1960 traffic arrangements' booklet, illustrated paperback covers, 88pp. (2) £35, Railway Hotel Mallaranny Co. Mayo (MGWR owned) guide to the local area, coloured artwork covers, 24pp, circa 1920s vgc £35, MRNCC time and faretable booklet dated October 1907 36pp pocket sized booklet, coloured pictorial covers showing Giant's Causeway, disbound from larger volume causing a little spine damage, generally gc £35, MRNCC time and faretable leaflet for services between Belfast and Larne, pocket sized, 8pp fold out type dated October 1919 £55, DSER PTT dated June 1915, pocket sized, yellow paperback covers, 52pp, rusty staples, slightly faded covers £30, GNR(I) brass collar badge showing company initials in capitals £16, Irish Railways approx 228 luggage labels, predominantly GNR(I) but including a few examples from CLR, UR, Donegal Railway, SLNCR, some duplication. (228) £85, Stockbook containing approx 188 Irish railways luggage labels variety of companies, no apparent duplication (Qty) £85, Two Irish Railways letter DSER (4d green), CLR (2d red) both unused (2) £130, GSWR official correspondence card 'Meeting of the Waters' and 'Muckross Abbey' (GSWI012A), UB, postally used 1901 £20, CBSCR official card 'Chetwynd Viaduct near Cork' (CBSC002), plus GSWR official cards 'Cashel Station' (GSWI002) and 'Parknasilla, and Southern Hotel' (GSWI009) last example postally used 1905 (3) £16, Irish Railway 23 B&W postcards showing Irish locomotives. publishers include LPC, F.Moore, Alpha, Casserley, etc. plus 21 postcard sized B&W photos showing Irish locos and a few station views, various companies featured including WTR, Dublin & Blessington, BCDR, DSER, etc. (44) £50, BR(M) qr poster map of Ireland, coloured pictorial type showing illustrations of well known sights, not dated, folded and with fold tears, some creasing and wear. £16, Box of softback books including Irish interest £290.

Onslows on 29/6 had: G H Bland Ireland Land of Romance, Blarney Castle Co Cork, original poster printed for Great Southern Railways by Hely's circa 1930, 102x64cm, Grade A, £410, G H Bland Ireland Killarney Gap of Dunloe Co Kerry, original poster printed for GSR by Hely's circa 1930, 102x64cm Grade A £410, Hesketh Hubbard (1892-1957) Northern Ireland, original poster printed for LMS by Jordison 1944, 102x127cm Grade A est£700-1000 £ns, Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) 5 Routes to Ireland , printed for LMS by Jordison c 1935, 102x63cm est£700-800 Grade B mounted on linen small area of restoration bottom right edge £ns.

Solent on 30/6 had a Great Northern Railway Makers Dundalk 90B 1906 tenderplate and an LMS Blarney Castle (Wilkinson) poster.

Third quarter 2012

GCR on 14/7 had: a GNRI signal box diagram, Pettigo Station, drawn by McKenzie and Holland, Worcester, 1895, 76x33cm, rolled, a little wear in place and a stain at the right end £540, a Webb and Thompson large single line staff, 'Castlecaldwell-Pettigo', from the GNRI branch to Bundoran £500, a Webb and Thompson large single line staff, 'Victoria Bridge-Newtownstewart', £200, a Railway Signal Company miniature train staff, 'Letterkenny-Glenmaquin', an early and unusual pattern from the Letterkenny to Strabane route, the names engraved on a triangular brass block £200, a BR(M) double royal poster, Northern Ireland, The Giant's Causeway, by Greene, (LM25060) £230, a BCDR coa transfer, 46x33cm, mounted on board, overall 51x38cm £20.

TRA on 13-14/8 had: 'GS&WR Look-Out' enamel armband in vgc and complete with leather straps although one is loose, £250, 'Great Southern Hotels' Arklow Ware china cream/milk pourer, the title base marked vgc. 5cm tall, £40, UTA six items of Ulster Transport Hotels china from the ex-LMS NCC Laharna Hotel in Larne, Co. Antrim: a large milk jug, soup bowl, side plate, cup & saucer and butter pot, four items are base marked, two (side plate & saucer are not) but all match vgc (6), £ns, 'Great Southern Hotels Ireland' small china dish with scalloped edge, title top marked with 'GSH' monogram, base marked 'Great Southern Hotels. Arklow Ware', vgc 10cm diameter, £50, 'Cork & Bandon Railway Company' medium 20mm. nickel title & arms button, (F62/4), pre-July 1888, £720, Dublin Wicklow & Wexford Rly. small 17mm. nickel 'DW & WR' script button, (F62/7) vgc, £30.

Justaclick, a newly discovered online auction, from 1/9 had: GSR(I) luggage label 'Parknasilla - Ireland' 9x11cm, in pristine condition £8, GSR(I) luggage label 'Kenmare - Ireland' 9x11cm, in pristine condition £8.

SRA on 8/9 had: Webb and Thompson large single line staff, Bundoran-Ballyshannon, £560, DNGR coa transfer, 38x33cm, mounted on a wooden panel, overall 52x47cm, £40, GSR cast iron trespass notice, 25x27cm, in original condition, £85, LMSNCC, 2574, wagonplate from a wooden bodied wagon scrapped at Adelaide Yard in Belfast, cast iron, 35x18cm, of unusual pattern, the front repainted, £50, cast brass nameplate, Slieve Donard, carried by one of the lifeboats from the British Railways Anglo-Irish steamer, 38x6cm, with white enamel infill to the raised lettering, £ns.

The SRA postal auction on 8/9 had: RCH map of Ireland dated 1927, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, gc £45, LMSNCC PTT pocket sized booklet 16pp dated October 1941, plus similar dated October 1940, second item grubby and worn (2) £65, GNRI PTT of rail services, paperback, 48pp dated February 1942, plus similar dated April 1942 (2) £55, LMS 'Programme of Excursion and Tourist Facilities from Scotland to Ireland via Stranraer and Larne', green and red covers, 40pp dated 1927 season, some wear to covers, rusty staples, plus similar dated 1925 season with worn and faded covers (2) £18, CIE Dublin district bus timetable booklet, green paperback covers, 111pp dated July 1950 £60, Northern Ireland Road Transport Board timetable booklet, paperback, green print with small illustration of single decker, 120pp dated September 1940, covers dusty. £60, MRNCC time and faretable booklet dated November 1907 36pp pocket sized booklet, coloured pictorial covers showing waterfall, disbound from larger volume causing a little spine damage, generally good £28, CLR 24mm brass uniform button showing company initials in script form, F62/1 £180, CDRJC 16mm nickel uniform button showing coat of arms surrounded by initials, F61/11 £70, GWR, approx 100 mostly G78 and G79 type luggage labels to 'foreign' destinations, many coloured print examples and many with routing information, no apparent duplication, plus 14 G82/1-G82/4 types to Irish destinations 'via Fishguard & Rosslare', printed green on white with destination contained in a diamond, circle, rectangle or square (104) £50, Irish railways approx 49 luggage labels including examples from MRNCC, GNRI, GSWR, SLNCR, BNCR, GSR, CLR, some duplication (49) £60, GWR 22x17cm unframed carriage print coloured photographic type card: at Parknasilla Co. Kerry. est£10 £ns, Three LMS sepia photo type carriage prints, Howth Castle Dublin, Port Erin Isle of Man, Bettws-y- Coed, tape applied to edges of last example (3) est£10 £ns, Box of softback books including Irish interest £160 £na.

Fourth quarter 2012

GCR on 13/10 had: Great Northern Railway of Ireland signal box diagram, Dromore Road, 99x45cm, rolled, drawn by the Signal Superintendent's Office, Dublin, 1921, £500, Webb and Thompson large staff, Killorglin-Glenbeigh £250, Webb and Thompson large staff, Bundoran Junction-Dromore Road £260, UTA signal box diagram, Bellarena, showing the routes towards Belfast and Derry, dated 26 April 1963, 66x29cm, in the original frame £150.

Bristol Railwayana auctions on 21/10 had: Belfast Steamship Co, small milk/cream jug showing the company crest with the English Rose, Scottish Thistle and Irish Shamrock (also used by Coast Lines) in gc except for a tiny nick in the bottom edge £6, RCH coloured framed map of Ireland (1927) Official approx 48x71cm £7, SLNCR poster approx 28x43cm dated Feb 1957. Football Railway Cup semi-final between Ulster & Connaught on Sunday 10th Feb 1957 pre decimal prices, gc 1xcentre fold £9.

Solent on 3/11 had: miniature staff 'Gort- Ardrahan A' £ns, LMS qr poster 'LMS Dunluce Castle Northern Ireland' by Julius Olsson R.A. published 1924, top edge/ bottom lh corner damage, mounted on linen, rolled £410, a large staff 'Abbeyfeale-Listowel' cast brass embossed description plates, key end £175, a BR(M) dr poster 'Northern Ireland travel by the services of British Railways, Ulster Transport Authority, Great Northern Railway Board' by L.A. Wilcox, published 1957. Depicts a man/dog in field of haystacks to foreground, looking down on dwellings/Irish Sea/headland to middle/background in Co Antrim, horizontal centre fold, in light wood glazed frame £86, GSWR c/i gate notice, front repainted 27x29cm £30, 4 posters including 'Larne & Stranraer Royal Mail Steamers. The shortest sea route to Ireland is via Stranraer and Larne' colour image of the Turbine Steamer Princess Maud to Centre 24x37cm £10.

GWRA on 10/11 had: GWR ships flag, somewhat ragged at the edge and well worn, probably used on one of the Fishguard to Rosslare ships £100, poster, 'Holyhead For Dublin & The Republic Of Ireland' by Claude Buckle, dr size (64x102cm), shows the BR Ferry 'Cambria' mid-channel, published by BR LMR in 1960, printed by Jordison & Co. exc. cond. £320, GNRI coa on what looks like an original part of an old, mahogany wooden carriage exterior. measures 48x46cm in original condition £60, LMS Poster, 'The Antrim Coast Road-Ireland for Holidays ' by Norman Wilkinson, dr. depicts a rocky outcrop on the coastal road, one of a series by Wilkinson issued around 1925 promoting Irish Holidays, bottom border has been trimmed by approximately one inch, folds and slight edge crinkling otherwise vg £150, GWR enamel advertising sign 'To Ireland By The New Fishguard Route' smaller 37x28cm excellent colour and shine, some restoration to the red route line, professionally executed £ns.

TRA on 17/11 had: LMS cut down double royal pictorial Poster 'LMS London Midland & Scottish Railway Connemara by Paul Henry Ireland This Year'. Approx 5 inches has been removed from the base of the poster but apart from printers details no text has been lost £140, A pair of MGWR Signal Lamp Interiors, both are stamped 'MGWR' and one has a 'W.Curtis & Sons Manufacturers Dublin' shamrock leafed brass plate, both have original vessels, burners and glasses vgc and unrestored (2) £220, Oval cast iron Plate 'LMS NCC Track Circuit No. 64' with directional arrow face restored only £70.

SRA on 15/12 had: Webb and Thompson large staff, Ballinderry-Crumlin £40, A framed signal box diagram, Bangor, UTA. 109x33cm, within original frame £520, A Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway 5-line cast iron gate notice, 29x30cm, original condition (GTWD102), lettering not seen before £50.

Onslows on 19/12 had: Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) 5 Routes to Ireland, printed for LMS by Jordison c 1935 - 102x63cm, condition Grade B mounted on linen small area of restoration bottom right edge est£500-600 £ns, Leonard Richmond (1889-1965) Killarney Meeting of the Waters, original poster No 169 printed for GWR by Lowe & Brydone 1938 - 102x127cm Grade A mounted on linen est£700-900 £ns, Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) Launch of T.S.S Duke of York Queen's Island Belfast, original poster printed for LMS by London Lithographic c 1935 - 102x127cm Grade A mounted on linen est£800-1200 £ns, Walter Till (dates not known) Ireland Glengarriff Killarney, original poster printed for Great Southern Railways c 1920 - 74x100cm Condition Grade A mounted on linen est£200-300 £ns.

The SRA postal auction on 28/12 had: Navan and Kigscourt Railway share certificate for one £10 share dated 1871, ornate scrolled title, engraving of crown type company logo top centre, embossed seal, not cancelled but stamped 'paid in full', some edge discolouration but reasonable condition £40, WDLR share certificate for one 'guaranteed preferred' £10 share dated 1877, ornate scrolled title with large side embellishment, embossed seal, mauve print, neat cancellation, paper wrinkled/creased £16, UR director's report and accounts dated 1846. Large size, 4pp, sent postally and with 'penny red' stamp attached est£10 £ns, GNRI director's report and accounts for half year ending December 1902 18pp est£5 £ns, RCH map of Ireland dated 1906, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, small annotations on map £140, LMSNCC WTT. Brown paperback covers, 39pp dated October 1941, minor cover wear £12, LMSNCC PTT booklet. Pocket size, red covers, 44pp dated March 1947 £12, LMSNCC handbill for special excursion fares for the international football match between Scotland and Ireland at Windsor Park, Belfast, printed on green paper, dated October 1934, minor staining along top edge £16, GNRI 5 handbills including early example for Baldoyle Races dated September 1884, others dated 1930s-50s including use of pavilion at Warrenpoint and fireworks at Newcastle (5) £24, GSR coloured brochure 'Holidays in the Irish Free State 1931' orange and green print, centre folding, 16pp plus fold out map vgc £22, CMDR guide book 'The Tourist's Route to Glengarriff and Killarney', pictorial artwork covers showing stagecoach. 60pp, fully illustrated guide to the area, circa 1910, minor wear to covers £32, Clogher Valley Tramway Company rule book, clothbound, hardback covers with title in gold on front, 130pp, circa 1887, gc £180, GNRI bookmark advertising Enterprise express services between Belfast and Dublin. Green print, front showing map of route, dated 1948 £14, MGWR brass button showing initials in script style (F62/10) £26, GNRI uniform cap,red embroidered trim with company initials, also in red, on front, gc £180, GSWR official card "GS&WR Hotels in Kingdom of Kerry' (red-GSWI038), not postally used £12, LLSR timetable poster of Londonderry-Burtonport service. 43x56cm dated September 1939, folded £60, SLNCR poster timetable for services between Sligo and Enniskillen. 48x36cm dated September 1951, folded £30.

First quarter 2013

GCR auction of 19/1/2013, postponed because of weather to 16 March, had: an LLSR Webb & Thompson staff, Carndonagh-Clonmany £130, MRNCC nameplate, 'Knockagh', from a Class A 4-4-0 Compound No 65 built at Derby in May 1905, rebuilt as a simple in April 1927, further rebuilt at York Road and re-classified to Mountain Class A1 in June 1929 and named in February 1931 after a hill overlooking Belfast Lough, scrapped in October 1950, 137cm long, the front repainted £4000, GNRI signal box diagram, Irvinestown, drawn by the Signal Superintendent's Office, Dublin, 1925, 76x33cm, rolled £300, CIE carriage board, 'Failte', cast aluminium, 84x13cm, as mounted over the carriage doors, front repainted £220, BR(W) dr poster, 'Fishguard-Rosslare', by Arthur G Mills, showing the St David (PR30) £240.

PTA on 26/1/2013 had the following ticket and labels: DSER & City of Dublin Joint Railways issued 3rd Revised Fare Sgl Tara Street to Westland Row (dated 1923), together with issued whole Edmondsons with DSER heading all from Blackrock, including a return (badly (/)). (5) £30, Dublin Southern District Tramways Company 5d buff named stage tram ticket for the journey Nelson's Pillar-Dalkey in vgc. The tramway opened on 11/3/1879 and was taken over on 28/9/1896. The ticket could well date from the horse/steam haulage era (1) £20, DSER Platform ticket: Westland Row (dated by Pull Bar machine 1/8/1925) in exc. condition (1) £120, GSWR issued 3rd class Express Sgl Dublin (Kingsbridge) to Westland Row Via D (Dublin) Link Line (rare printed route), plus an undated whole Rtn and seven severed halves (2wh 7hlf) £60, Issued whole Edmondsons: GSR(sic!): two 3rd class Sgls including Thurles to Dronkeen (dated 1895); CIE: 18 issued Sgls, mostly good/vgc. (20) £30, Whole Edmondsons: MGWR issued 1st Sgl Dublin (Broadstone) to Longford (dated 1895) and two whole Rtns (1 stamped 'Spec' on back and 'Cancelled' on front), CVR selection of unissued whole from Augher, Ballygawley, Clogher and Maguire's Bridge, D&BB&P 3-part whole Excursion Rtns from Terenure, plus an unused GSR folding season ticket (14) £30, Clontarf & Hill of Howth Tramroad 4d green through tram ticket Sutton-Nelson's Column. The ticket was printed in two portions, the lower section valid in a Dublin United Tramways car, together with six all different DUT geographicals covering Dalkey, North Quays, Phibsborough and Howth lines (7) £30, LNWR special print luggage labels all from 'Euston Station London' and 'via Kingstown' to Irish destinations: L67/1 in yellow frame to Enniskillen (GN(I) Ry) and to Omagh (GNI(I) Ry); type L67/3 in blue frame to Ballycumber (GSWRy); L67/4 in green frame to Westport (MGWRy), all vgc (4) £200, mixed luggage labels comprising DR (5), CDRJC (11), DWWR (2), DSER (1), GSWR (2), plus two MGWR Parcels Labels (23) £25. DSER folding leatherette 3rd class season ticket valid between Westland Row & Blackrock or Harcourt Street & Dundrum for July 1919, together with two card 6 Day Zone Season Tickets headed DSER and GSRs (following print run) dated 1925, all in good/vgc. (3) £20.

Solent on 16/2/13 had: miniature staff 'Gort - Ardrahan A' £ns. The Gort staff must be the most popular Irish staff at auctions.

ebay in February had a GSWR collar badge starting at £45 but unsold, a DUTC cap badge sold at £45 and 2 unsold GNRI signal lamps 48cm high and approx. 30cm in diameter, copper with brass fittings bulls eye lenses and cast iron base, one needing its lens casing braised back on, all original parts are in place. Into March, on 5/3/13 there was a G.N.R.(I) Dundalk ampmeter, made in England by Elliott, wooden case surround with minor bumps and scratches, uses very basic nut & bolt connecters rather than thumbscrews £36.50.

TRA on 9 March had: SLNCR small cast iron gate notice, unrestored £300, MGWR brass 'MGW' script cap badge without fixings, ex-Gaunt archive £ns of@£80, GNRI large cast iron trespass notice with 'Co (I)' ground off but still legible, stripped of paint and unrestored £ns of@£40.

The SRA postal auction to 22 March had: Irish railways, approx 13 paperwork items including waybills, memos, share transfers, etc from various companies including WCR, WTR, WLR, WDLR, Waterford & Kilkenny, WCIR, TDLR, Schull & Skibbereen Tramway, etc. (Qty) £110, RCH map of Ireland dated 1918, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, covers rubbed and spine poor, map OK. £120, SLNCR PTT booklet, photo illustrated covers showing steam loco and railcar, 28pp dated June 1957, plus SLNCR second class 'Contract Ticket', season ticket type with title in gold on green clothbound covers, not issued (2) est £10 £ns, CVR 4pp public timetable leaflet of the diesel rail coach service, photo illustration of coach on front, dated September 1938, vertical fold. £35, CDRJC WTT. 4pp dated June 1958, folded £13, CDRJC appendix to the WTT, red covers, 20pp, dated January 1935 £24, CIE PTT booklet, pocket sized, blue and black photo illustrated covers showing train crossing viaduct 96pp dated Winter 1948, slightly worn £ 12, SLNCR large sized handbill 'Notice of Closing Down of Rail and Road Services' re lines through Enniskillen dated October 1957 £15, Irish railways, 7 handbills from various Irish railways including CVR & GNR, LLSR, LMSNCC, CDR, GNR(I), GSR, DNGR, dated 1889 - 1939, faults to some (7) £35, Dundalk & Greenore Railway invitation card for the opening of the railway and harbour at Greenore, 30th April 1873. 20x15 cm, green and gold print, ornate design with coat of arms at top, corner crease otherwise gc £35, LMSNCC publication 'Northern Ireland Tours and Excursions by Rail and Motor Coach', coloured pictorial covers showing cottage by lake, 64pp detailing tours available with fold out map, dated May 1932, small ink stains to covers. £22, CIE provincial bus services timetable booklet, red and black photo illustrated covers showing company single decker in rural scene, 148pp dated Summer 1948, some wear to covers £75, WCR rule book, blue card covers with title stamped into front 177pp plus index, dated 1916, tears to front end page, minor annotations. £65, GSWR rule book type publication 'Telegraphic Code', red clothbound hardback covers with coat of arms in gold on front, 112pp dated October 1901, some staining to covers, contents OK £85, WLR locomotive department first class free ticket for one journey, printed on pink paper, unused, dated 189x, counterfoil still attached, plus three other paper tickets from SECR, GSWR, LYR (4) £12, Irish railways, approx 16 card and paper labels including caution tickets, train staff ticket, banking engine pass, pilotman's ticket, etc., various companies including DNGR, CDRJC, MGWR, SLNCR, LLSR, GSWR, CIE, GNR(I), etc., used and unused (Qty) £26, 4 Lots GWR. Approx 30 (25, 35,30 & 28) G82/1-G82/4 types to Irish destinations 'via Fishguard & Rosslare, printed green on white with destination contained in a diamond or square (circle or rectangle, diamond, circle or square, circle, diamond or rectangle) £50, 40, 45, 35, 35, GWR poster card 'The Direct Route to Ireland via Fishguard' (GW314A) showing coloured view of ship St.Patrick, overprint on back for Irish International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, not postally used, gc. est £60, GSWR official correspondence card 'Southern Hotel, Kenmare' (GSWI017A) showing distant view of hotel, postally used 1905 est £ 15 £ns, Irish, approx 40 b&w postcard sized photos showing Irish railway views, mostly on the LLSR, varying quality (40) £50, GWR 22x17cm unframed carriage print coloured photographic type card: Lismore Castle Co. Waterford est £10 £ns, Lot 1209 GNRB(I) coa on board est £10.

The railwayananet auction from March 24th - March 31st 2013 had nothing Irish.

Second quarter 2013

The GCR auction on 13 April had an RSC 'Thomastown-Ballyhale' miniature staff £150 and a UTA quad royal poster 'Antrim Coast Road Northern Ireland' by Costelloe £300.

Crewe Auctions on 20 April had a BR(W), dr poster 'Fishguard – Rosslare' by Arthur G Mills showing the steamer St. David, in vg rolled condition £125 and a cast iron wagonplate 'GSWR 3109 Inchicore Works' in vg restored condition £100.

PTA also on 20 April had the following labels and tickets: Irish North Western Railway type II12 luggage label to Leamington (L&NW Rail) via Greenore & Holyhead (foxed), together with later GNRI mostly red printed examples, all to different English destinations, variously via Greenore or Greenore & Holyhead, apart from one black printed example to Liverpool Via Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company, condition varies, mostly good (7) £30, BCDR selection of issued (18) and audit (12) 1st, 2nd and 3rd class Singles and Returns mostly from Belfast and Bangor, but some of the intermediate stations noted also, number of different types noted including Afternoon Excursion, One Day Excursion, Bus Exchange, Ordinary Exchange, Workman, Privilege, etc. all different and mostly vgc (30) £65, CIE all issued selection of whole Edmondsons from a wide range of stations mostly dated in the 1950s/1960s, all appear to be different and mostly vgc (150) £40, Irish trams, a selection of punch type tram tickets comprising Galway & Salthill Tramways Co 2d to or from Eyre Square and Salthill (some creasing), Clontarf & Hill of Howth Tramway Co 3d from Howth to Dollymount and Dublin Southern District Tramways for three 4d journeys from Sackville Street, Morrison Street or Haddington Road and a 5d from Dalkey to Nelson's Pillar (4) £110, Irish railways free passes contract and season tickets. Leatherette passes from SLNCR, BCDR, NIR and GSR. The SLNCR issues consist of a fully printed 1st class Free Pass for 1912 issued to FW Crossley Esq, Shannon Steamers, between all stations; a smaller fully printed Free Pass for 1926 issued to L Kidd Esq, MD for all stations, and a 2nd class Contract Ticket with hand entered details from Collooney to Sligo dated September 1957. The BCDR is represented by three different seasons, 1st class, 2nd and 3rd class for different journeys. One NIR Standard class yearly Season between Greenisland and Belfast dated from 1978 and finally an unissued GSR 1st class Season between Westland Row and Glenageary or Harcourt Street and Carrickmines, mostly vgc (8) £120, A ring binder type album of approx 500 mostly whole Edmondsons from CIE (60 plus sundry Almex issues), CDRJC (400 plus one or two larger cards), Strabane & Letterkenny Railway (8), the vast majority are unissued (c.500) £35.

ebay, closing on 12 May, had an NIR extra nameplate for 'Belfast Castle' presented at the launch of the train, the first of its class, in 1985. It is 39cm long and approx 6cm high and is mounted on a wooden base, finished with green felt, which is 47cm long and 8cm high. On the rear is a plaque giving the details of the official launch of the train. On 2 May a flying snail badge cap badge, advertised as CIE, but DUTC, made from copper with Irish words in enamel/paint across the badge and long split pin at the rear to attach onto a cap in excellent condition went for €36. On 26 April it had, together with an LNER handlamp, another which could have been GNRI (rather than GNR) The lamp has got a 'larger body than most rail lamps and is around 340mm tall. The stamp on the handle body reads GNLL or GN11, but the seller is not sure. It also has a metal and brass wick part which reads vaporite patent No 583326,all glass is unbroken its clear front part and the red/blue inside turning part (2) £60, a carpet measuring 229cm long and 69cm wide with a left hand surrounded by Great Northern Railway in what looks like Gaelic script, and said to have been used for the inside of a carriage or compartment on the GNRI, sold on 29 April for £75.

TRA on 11 May had: a pack of 72 GWR Irish destination Luggage Labels, green print and border types with print codes R1 to R4, no duplication, vgc throughout £40.

A GCR ticket auction on 19 May had individual tickets too numerous to mention. As well as SLNCR and a CBPR passes (illustrated below) and English tickets to Irish destinations, they had tickets from the DNGR(16), GSWR(12), CIE(9), CMLR(9), CVR(8), DSER(8), GNRI(8), MGWR (8), DWWR(8), WLR(8),CBSCR(7), CBPR(6), WLWR(4), WCR(4), CLR(4), SchullST(4), WTR(4), DR(3), CDRJC(3), CMDR(2), CVBTC(2), LBR(2), LMSNCC(2), WCIR(2), TDLR(1) and Fermoy & Lismore(1).

Railwayana Auctions UK (formerly Stafford, now Cotswold) on 18 May had: a BR maroon and cream carriage board in original condition 335x13cm - 'London-Holyhead' £200, a 'Chester & Holyhead Railway' wax seal stamp, brass with wooden handle £780, and a GNRI coat of arms on a backing board gc, 56x56cm £30.

GWRA on 25 May had: BR Poster 'Royal Mail Route To Ireland - Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire' by Lander, dr size, view of ship at nightime, published by BR LMR, printed by Jordison, minor edge tears only £140, Lot 135 GWR enamel sign 'GWR to Ireland by the new Fishguard Route - Shortest Sea Passage 2 3/4 Hours - Magnificent Turbine Steamers 22 1/2 Knots', 91x127cm, fair condition £ns, MGWR cast iron carriage plate, 'M.G.W.R 3 Broadstone 1883', ex 30' 1st class 6-wheel carriage which had 4 compartments and 32 seats, oval with scalloped bottom containing the date, 18x15cm in ex carriage condition £180, BR Posters, qty 3 qr comprising: British Railways European Rail Services, with BR Totem beneath a map of the whole of Europe, encircled by 20 smaller images of individuals in national costume; British Rail Isle Of Man depicting a central map of the island with sea routes and places of interest noted and 8 photographs at the side; British Rail Ireland For Restful Holidays - British Rail Shipping Services, published by British Rail LM and printed by Stafford & Co. all in excellent condition £60, 4 Horsebrasses mounted on a board CIEx1, GNRx2 & GSRx1 £100.

SRA on 8 June had: a tenderplate, GNR(I) 105 B2, Makers 1910 Dundalk, from a 2500 gallon tender built at Dundalk in 1910 with a running number of 111. By 1958 it was coupled with Class PP 4-4-0 No 44, cast brass 23x13cm, the front lightly cleaned £210, a Belfast Steam Ship Co sherry glass, the side marked with the company name in scrollwork £ns, a silver plated sugar bowl, Caledonian Steam Packet Company (Irish Services) Limited, by Walker and Hall of Sheffield £60.

The SRA postal auction on 14 June had: Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow & Dublin Railway share script certificate for ten £20 shares, deposit paid, dated 1845, ornate title, green print, not cancelled, gc. £26, RCH map of Ireland dated 1927 dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, gc. £40, DSER official handbook for the 1910 season 'Through the Garden of Ireland' pictorial card covers showing view through a carriage window 145pp plus advertisements, covers dusty and worn, plus GSR centre-folding brochure 'Ireland -Gem of the Sea' coloured pictorial covers, 28pp guide to Cork, Killarney and Kerry with fold-out map, circa 1930s (2) £24, GSR official publication 'Ireland 1939 - Motor Coach Tours' artwork covers, 41pp plus adverts, details coach tours run by the company, plus GSR guide book 'Ireland - Gem of the Sea' illustrated covers, 48pp plus plates, adverts and fold-out map, dated 1935 (2) £22, LMS bookmark advertising 'LMS Save to Travel' and 'Ireland. A Great Place for Sportsmen' blue print, gc plus GNR(I) bookmark advertising Enterprise express services between Belfast and Dublin, green print, front showing map of route dated 1948 (2) est£14 £ns, Nineteen LNWR and LNW&LY Joint official cards showing hotel and hotel related views, locations include Holyhead, Liverpool, Bletchley, Birmingham, Preston, Crewe Arms, Greenore, etc. (19) £18, GSWR official card 'Hotels in Kingdom of Kerry' (green-GSWI036) unused, plus similar official card 'Great Southern Hotel, Parknasilla, Co. Kerry' (GSWI074), used 1909, also real photo commercial card for the same hotel and b&w card for Eccles Hotel Glengarriff (4) £24, SLNCR poster timetable for services between Sligo and Enniskillen 48x36cm dated June 1954 folded £20.

Onslows on 21 June 2013 had: Walter Till, Ireland Glengarriff Killarney, original poster printed for GSR circa 1920 - 74x100cm, (est£300-400) £290, Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) The Antrim Coast Road, Ireland for Holidays, printed for LMS by Jordison circa 1930 - 102x66cm, (est£400-500), £250, G H Bland (dates unknown) Ireland Glengarriff Heron Island, Co Cork, original poster printed for GSR by Hely's circa 1935 - 101x57cm, (est£500-600), £600, Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) 5 Routes to Ireland, printed for LMS by Jordison c 1935 - 102x63cm, (est£250-300), £250, Leonard Richmond (1889-1965) Killarney Meeting of the Waters, original poster No 169 printed for GWR by Lowe & Brydone 1938-102x127cm, (est£400-500), ns, Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) Launch of T.S.S Duke of York Queen's Island Belfast, original poster printed for LMS by London Lithographic c.1935 - 102x127cm(est£500-700), ns, Costello (Eileen 1911-1976) Antrim Coast Road Northern Ireland, original poster printed for UTA c. 1950 - 102x127cm, (est£400-500), ns.

Solent on 22 June had: a GWR Mountains of Killarney jigsaw puzzle £15 and a GSWR 7799 Inchicore wagonplate £50.

GCR on 13 July had: an LMSNCC, silver plated coffee pot, by Walker and Hall of Sheffield, 17cm high £90, an RSC miniature staff, Ballycar-Longpavement, with its leather carrier and hoop from the Limerick to Athenry route £210, a BR(S) double royal poster, Fishguard-Rosslare, St. David, by Arthur Mills, (PR30) £250, an RSC miniature train staff, Mullinavat-Ballyhale £160, a worksplate Neilson Reid, 6104, 1901 from a 3ft gauge 4-4-4T new to the Donegal Railway, their No 11 named Hercules, on the formation of the CDRJC in 1906 it was renumbered to No 3 and withdrawn in 1933, cast brass, 23x17cm, in original condition £3200. Although probably not Irish, there was an RSCo miniature staff instrument, complete with brass makers plate, 76cm high in original condition £1450.

TRA on 27 July had an LMSNCC cast iron wagon plate '1718' unrestored £20.

Railwayana.net on 28-29 September had nothing Irish.

Crewe on 5 October had: a GSR gate notice £260 and a GSR coa £50.

GCR on 12 October had: an LMSNCC, 1933, solid silver cigarette case, 9.5cm square £100, 'The Irishman' headboard, used from about 1951 on the Glasgow (St Enoch) to Stranraer boat train service which was diverted to Glasgow (Central) after St Enoch closed in June 1966, the last titled run being on 5 March 1967, cast aluminium 81cm long, ex loco condition, the back showing the name, The Comet, from the wooden pattern £2500, a Donegal Railway dr poster featuring vignettes of beauty spots on the company system, staining at the top and base £420, an LMR 'Dublin' poster by Kerry Lee £50.

The GCR Postal Auction for October had (but results cannot immediately be found): Lot 77 IRCH'Classification of Goods by Merchandise Trains', card covers, 128pp plus supplements, dated January 1932. est£10, Lot 170 Lartigue Railway Construction Company Limited larger sized share certificate for 'A Shares' dated 1887, ornate border, engraving of single rail loco and train top centre, embossed seal, not cancelled, folded, discolouration along r/h edge. est£10, Lot 220 Approx 60 items of paperwork from Irish Railway companies including smaller undertakings (Qty) est£10, Lot 285 Betts's' Road & Railroad Map of Ireland', coloured map, dmf into brown, clothbound hardback covers with title in gold on front, circa 1850s, spine poor, covers faded, some staining to rear of map, est£10, Lot 501 GNR(I) Omnibus Services timetable booklet, blue and black covers shows illustration of company double decker, 96pp plus fold out map, dated September 1956 est£10, Lot 584 GNR(I) rule book, leather bound hardback covers, 252pp dated 1890, covers a little rubbed, generally gc. est£10, Lot 597 SLNCR first class all stations free pass. Leather covers with coat of arms in gold on front, issued to JJ Haining of the Caledonian Railway and dated 1921, est£10, Lot 600 BCDR first class pass for use between Bangor and Belfast, leather covers with title in gold on front, unissued est£10, Lot 601 Two DSER 3rd class season tickets dated 1918, each leather bound folding card with route details in gold on back, issued between Westland Row & Booterstown or Harcourt Street & Dundrum and Westland Row and Blackrock or Harcourt Street and Dundrum (2) est£10, Lot 727 80 B&W postcard sized photos showing stations in Scotland and Ireland, appear circa 1920s-60s, reasonable quality (80) est£20, Lot 728 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing stations at various locations in Ireland circa 1930s-50s, varying quality (100) est£10, Lot 814 Quantity of B&W photos showing various Irish railway views circa 1950s and 60s, most captioned, reasonable quality est£10, Lot 872 Approx 100 35mm B&W negatives showing diesel and steam loco views in Ireland in 1964, includes a few station views, reasonable quality (100) est£10, Lot 897 GWR 22x17cm coloured photographic type card carriage prints: at Glengarriff Co Cork, small scuff at edge, top centre est£10, Lot 898 GWR 22x17cm coloured photographic type card carriage print: Ross Castle I Killarney, scuffed along bottom edge, est£10, Lot 908 GWR photographic type carriage print 'Meeting of the Waters, Killarney'. 41x28cm showing B&W view of the area. est£10.

The GNR auction on 19 October had: cast iron lamp tablet, 'Ballyshannon' from the CDRJC [but also a GNRI station and the tablet identical to those of that company] terminus station at the end of the branch from Donegal 41x10cm, is in original condition as removed from the station at closure in 1960 £675, dr poster, Liverpool Overhead Railway, overstamped GSWR, pictorial poster showing vignettes of Edwardian Liverpool, produced from 1892 to 1908, f&g, 102x64cm, not stuck down £200, BR(M) dr poster, Portrush Northern Ireland by King, showing the beach reaching into the town, 1953, folded now rolled, gc £93, BR(M) dr poster, Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire by Barker, showing a stylised night ferry, folded now rolled, gc £90, cast iron trespass sign, titled CDRJC 'Any Person Trespassing...', removed from Donegal station at closure in 1960, 51x30cm in original condition £300.

Solent on 26 October had a Gort-Ardrahan staff as well as Derry-Lisahally, Eglinton-Limavady Junct. and Lisahally-Eglinton tablets and a GSWR cast iron item. No prices are available.

GWR on 9 November had: Lot 88 BR Poster 'Fishguard-Rosslare - Shortest Sea Route to Southern Ireland' by John S Smith, quad royal size 102x127cm, classic view of station with chocolate and cream carriages and BR(W) locomotive with ships in the background, published by BR Western Region, printed by the Haycock Press Limited, vgc with just a few pin holes in the corner £440, Lot 161 LNWR framed and glazed advertising poster 61x48cm, the colour poster shows a map of the whole of the LNWR system with coloured vignettes of Holyhead, Morecambe, Killarney, Menai Bridge, Lichfield Cathedral, Greenore, Lime St Liverpool, Llandudno and Windermere, this was used in the LNWR offices in Paris and has the original French framers label to the back £200, Lot 164 BR Poster 'Ireland Overnight - Dublin via Holyhead-Belfast via Heysham' by Claude Buckle, qr size, 102x127cm, shows a nightime scene of the ferry ploughing its ay across the Irish Sea, gc with one small tear at the top middle fold and one small tear middle right £300, Lot 534 MR NCC 177 rectangular cast iron wagon plate, totally unrestored £100, Lot 535 LMSNCC Makers Belfast 1934 woksplate, oval brass, only four locomotives were built this particular year. Works numbers 24 and 25 Class U2 4- 4-0 Nos 85 and 86; Works numbers 26 and 27 Class W 2-6-0 No 94 The Maine and No 95 The Braid £1650, Lot 536 MRNCC 1044, rectangular cast iron wagon plate, totally unrestored £50, Lot 537 BNCR 510 wagon plate, rectangular cast iron, totally unrestored condition £80, Lot 538 Midland Ry Built 1923 Derby, oval brass worksplate ex NCC 0-6-0 Class 'V' locomotive, later rebuilt to Class 'V1', either No 71, 72 or 73 as only these three were built that particular year, all were withdrawn in 1961 £2100, Lot 539 LMS NCC 1499 wagon plate, rectangular cast iron, totally unrestored £40.

Talisman on 16 November had: a GSWR small cast iron trespass notice, face restored only and a 'genuine example' £120, a GNRI small cast iron trespass notice, unrestored, £ns, a GSWR oval cast iron wagon plate 'GSWR 7164 Inchicore Works', unrestored 32x17cm, £45, a CIE 'D' Wagonplate 'CIE 12 tons 17528' repainted £45.

Onslows on 20 December had: Killarney Meeting of the Waters est£400-500, £ns, Leonard Richmond (1889-1965), original poster No 169 printed for GWR by Lowe & Brydone 1938 - 102x127cm, Lot 241 Launch of T.S.S Duke of York Queen's Island Belfast original poster printed for LMS by London Lithographic c 1935 - 102x127cm est£500-700, £520, Lot 251 Walter Till (Irish fl. 1930's) Great Southern Railways, Ierland (The Anglers Paradise) original poster titled in Dutch, circa 1925 - 76x101cm est£250-300, £300, Lot 252 Walter Till (Irish fl. 1930's) Great Southern Railways, Ierland, Ballinahinch Co.Galway (Land of Nature and Romanace) original poster titled in Dutch, circa 1925 - 76x101cm est£250, £200, Lot 253 Walter Till (Irish fl. 1930's) Great Southern Railways, Ierland (For your Holidays) Killiney Bay Co Dublin, original poster titled in Dutch, circa 1925 - 76x101cm est£200-250, £260, Lot 254 G H Bland Ireland Land of Romance, Blarney Castle Co Cork , original poster printed for Great Southern Railways by Hely's circa 1930 - 102x64cm est£300-400, £310.

GNRI (CDRJC) tablet. Source: GNR1013

CDRJC trespass notice. Source: GNR1013

GSWR poster for the LOR. Source: GNR1013

BR Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire poster. Source: GNR1013

BR Portrush poster. Source: GNR1013

GNR 1956 bus timetable. Source: GCR1013

BCDR pass. Source: GCR1013

SLNCR pass. Source: GCR1013

DSER season tickets. Source: GCR1013

BR 'The Irishman' headboard. Source: GCR1013

Donegal Railway poster. Source: GCR1013

Lartigue share certificate. Source: GCR1013

GWR Killarney 'Ross Castle'. Source: GCR1013

GWR Killarney 'Meeting of the waters'. Source: GCR1013

GWR Glengarriff carriage print. Source: GCR1013

GNRI Rule Book 1890. Source: GCR1013

Irish Railway Clearing House Goods Classification 1932. Source: GCR1013

LMSNCC '1718' wagon plate. Source: TRA713

Donegal Railway, 'Hercules' makersplate. Source: GCR713

LMSNCC coffee pot and engraving. Source: GCR713

'Ballyhaise-Mullinavat' miniature staff. Source: GCR713

'Ballycar-Longpavement' miniature staff. Source: GCR713

RSCo Miniature staff apparatus (probably not from Ireland but widely used there). Source: GCR713

GNRI tender plate. Source: SRA613

Caledonian Steam Packet (Irish services) sugar bowl and engraving. Source: SRA613

Belfast Steamship Co. glass and engraving. Source: SRA613

MGWR carriage plate. Source: GWRA513

Horse brasses. Source: GWRA513

GWR enamel. Source: GWRA513

BR poster. Source: GWRA513

BR poster. Source: GWRA513

GNRI coa. Source: RAUK513

SLNCR pass. Source: GCR513(tickets)

CBPR pass. Source: GCR513(tickets)

UTA poster. Source: GCR413

'Ballyhale-Thomastown' RSC miniature staff. Source: GCR413

SLNCR trespass. Source: TRA313

MGWR brass cap badge. Source: TRA313

GNRI Trespass. Source: TRA313

NCC 'Knockagh' nameplate. Source: GCR113

CIE Failte carriage board. Source: GCR113

Irvinestown signal diagram. Source: GCR113

W & T 'Carndonagh-Clonmany' staff. Source: GCR113

BR 'Fishguard-Rosslare' poster. Source: GCR113

'Ballinderry-Crumlin' staff. Source: SRA1212

WDLR gate. Source: SRA1212

Bangor signal diagram. Source: SRA1212

LMSNCC track circuit plate. Source: TRA1112

MGWR signal lamp interiors. Source: TRA1112

LMS Connemara poster (trimmed base minus printers details). Source: TRA1112

GNRI coa (on possibly carriage wood). Source: GWR1112

Fishguard-Cork poster. Source: GWR1112

LMS Antrim coast poster. Source: GWR1112

BR Holyhead for Dublin poster. Source: GWR1112

GWR 'To Ireland' enamel. Source: GWR1112

GWR maritime flag. Source: GWR1112

SLNCR poster. Source: BRI1012

Belfast Steamship Co. milk/cream jug. Source: BRI1012

GNRI Bellarena signal box diagram. Source: GCR1012

GNRI Dromore Rd. signal box diagram. Source: GCR1012

Staff 'Bundoran Jct - Dromore Rd.' Source: GCR1012

Staff 'Glenbeigh - Killorglin' Source: GCR1012

DNGR cabside. Source: SRA312

DNGR coa. Source: SRA912

'Bundoran-Ballyshannon' staff. Source: SRA912

LMSNCC wagon plate. Source: SRA912

GSR small trespass. Source: SRA912

GSWR armband. Source: TRA812

UTA hotel crockery. Source: TRA812

GS Hotels' jug. Source: TRA812

GS Hotels' ashtray. Source: TRA812

Cork & Bandon Railway button. Source: TRA812

Dublin Wicklow & Wexford button. Source: TRA812

BCDR coa. Source: GCR712

GNRI signal diagram. Source: GCR712

Northern Ireland poster. Source: GCR712

'Letterkenny-Glenmaquin' staff. Source: GCR712

'Castlecaldwell-Pettigo' staff. Source: GCR712

'Victoria Bridge-Newtownstewart' staff. Source: GCR712

GSR poster. Source: GWR512

Larne poster. Source: GWR512

Antrim poster. Source: GWR512

CDRJC nameplate. Source: GWR512

CDRJC whistle. Source: GWR512

Fishguard-Cork poster. Source: GWR512

GNRI signal diagram. Source: GCR412

GSWR poster. Source: GCR412

CVR coa. Source: GCR412

BR headboard. Source: GCR412

LMSNCC cigarette case. Source: GCR412

'Ballyhaise-Belturbet' staff. Source: GCR412

'Belleek-Castlecaldwell' staff. Source: GCR412

DNGR cabside. Source: SRA312

An Irish Harper’s instrument. Source: SRA312

GNRI ground signal. Source: SRA312

GSR coat of arms. Source: SRA312

LMSNCC chamber pot. Source: SRA312

BR Londonderry poster. Source: SRA312

LMSNCC grape scissors. Source: SRA312

BCDR lamp. Source: SRA312

Limavady tablet. Source: SRA312

Irish station lamp. Source: SRA312

GSWR wagonplate. Source: TRA212

GSR 3 aspect handlamp. Source: TRA212

'Lismore-Ballyduff' miniature staff. Source: TRA212

CBPR loco worksplate. Source: GCR112

CIE Metrovick worksplate. Source: GCR112

GWR 'Kilkenny Castle' carriage print. Source: GCR112

Fishguard-Rosslare poster. Source: GCR112

Larne-Stranraer poster. Source: GCR112

GNRI coa. Source: STA112

B & I Lines poster. Source: STA112

CIE poster. Source: STA112

BR 1970's wooden destination board. Source: STA112

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