10 June 2014
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Collection of limited edition Tekno models sells at Halls auctions
The trucks were the latest consignment from a vendor from the Welsh borders. ...
Collection of limited edition Tekno models sells at Halls auctions Images
A collection of Tekno limited edition and Corgi truck models sold for nearly £3,000 at a toys, collectibles and interiors auction in Shrewsbury. The trucks, the latest consignment of a large collection owned by a Welsh borders vendor, went under the hammer at fine art auction house Halls last week.
Top selling lots from the latest collection were two Tekno limited edition models of a DAF in the livery of Kay Transport and a Scania in the livery of Astran European Transport, which sold for £210 and a Tekno UK Collectors Club special edition No.4 Scania in the livery of Robert Burns made £150. The collector also saw a group of four boxed Corgi 50th anniversary articulated trucks in the livery of various hauliers fetch £180.
"These limited edition and collectors club truck models are in high demand not just from haulage company owners and lorry drivers but also from collectors in general,” said Halls’ toys specialist Stewart Orr. “There is a thriving second hand collectors market for them.
“These models are made in low quantities and are exact replicas in the liveries of the real lorries. We have another 35 Tekno model trucks in our next auction on 23rd July.”
A collection of rare Tri-ang railway sets from around the world also went under the hammer, making a total of £2,500. Pick of the prices was £350 for an Australian NSWR Suburban electric train set, while a number of Tri-ang R-56 4-6-4 tank locomotives, made in New Zealand, UK and South Africa, sold to a peak of £170. Finally, a live steam, gauge two train set comprising a 4-4-0 tank locomotive and carriages sold for £380.
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Top selling lots from the latest collection were two Tekno limited edition models of a DAF in the livery of Kay Transport and a Scania in the livery of Astran European Transport, which sold for £210 and a Tekno UK Collectors Club special edition No.4 Scania in the livery of Robert Burns made £150. The collector also saw a group of four boxed Corgi 50th anniversary articulated trucks in the livery of various hauliers fetch £180.
"These limited edition and collectors club truck models are in high demand not just from haulage company owners and lorry drivers but also from collectors in general,” said Halls’ toys specialist Stewart Orr. “There is a thriving second hand collectors market for them.
“These models are made in low quantities and are exact replicas in the liveries of the real lorries. We have another 35 Tekno model trucks in our next auction on 23rd July.”
A collection of rare Tri-ang railway sets from around the world also went under the hammer, making a total of £2,500. Pick of the prices was £350 for an Australian NSWR Suburban electric train set, while a number of Tri-ang R-56 4-6-4 tank locomotives, made in New Zealand, UK and South Africa, sold to a peak of £170. Finally, a live steam, gauge two train set comprising a 4-4-0 tank locomotive and carriages sold for £380.
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