Toy Collectors Price Guide 2015 preview: Model Railways

We’re pleased to report that the Toy Collectors Price Guide 2015 will be available to buy in stores and online from 14th November. You can pick up the Guide in store at WH Smith or order direct from Warners Group Publications… if you’re quick, you’ll be able to get it just in time for Christmas.

The 2015 edition is a bumper issue with 148 pages dedicated to the collectables sold at auctions around the globe during the past year. With selections from the likes of Wallis & Wallis, Cottees, Morphy Auctions, Vectis, Sheffield Auction Gallery and plenty more, it’s a handy field guide to help you put a valuation on your vintage toys or pieces you see at swapmeets.

To give you some idea of the amount of information contained within the Guide, there are more than 1,300 toys listed, totaling a whopping £292,000+. The diecast section alone has 324 lots, with a combined total of £61,190. What’s more, as eBay continues to play a bigger part in the collecting community, we’ve included more than 66 items sold on the auction website, with a total of just over £56,000.

Finally, there’s an introduction about how to buy at auction – just in case you’ve previously been daunted by the prospect – and we highlight some ways of spotting potential collectables of the future.

To give you a taste of this year's guide, you can see a preview of some of the items featured below:



Bassett-Lowke O Gauge Clockwork Peckett Green 1017 0-4-0ST, generally nearly good with minor repairs and re-touching, scarce. Sold for £150, Warwick & Warwick, September.



Bassett-Lowke by Bing 1921 Series GWR 3251 3rd Brake Coach No. 64/0, good plus in fair box, tape to edges of lid. Sold for £200, Warwick & Warwick, September.



Hornby O Gauge Compagnie International Express Europeens (CIE) Blue 2862 Dining Car No. C560, about excellent, wheel bogies reaffixed, in nearly excellent box. Sold for £130, Warwick & Warwick, September.



Wrenn Railways LMS Royal Guard Scot Class 6P 4-6-0 BR 42110 'Grenadier Guardsman', green, no. W2262, about mint in good plus box, with packing pieces and instructions. Sold for £150, Warwick & Warwick, September.



Wrenn Railways LMS 'Royal Scot' Class 6P 4-6-0 LMS 6102 'Black Watch' no. W2261/5P, excellent in excellent box with packing pieces and instructions. Sold for £260, Warwick & Warwick, September.



Wrenn Railways SR Streamlined Bullied Pacific 4-6-2 Southern 21C155 'Fighter Pilot Golden Arrow'  no. W2265A, excellent plus in excellent box with packing pieces and instructions. Sold for £240, Warwick & Warwick, September.



Hornby O Gauge No. 50 0-4-0 Clockwork Locomotive, finished in BR black with R/No. 82011. Overall very good, boxed with paperwork. Sold for £45, Sheffield Auction Gallery, September.



Hornby 1930s O Gauge No. 3C 4-6-2 Locomotive and Tender 'Flying Scotsman' finished in LNER green with R/No. 4472, Overall appears complete and in original condition. Sold for £120, Sheffield Auction Gallery, September.



Hornby O Gauge 3R 20V LMS Maroon 'Princess Royal' Class 4-6-2 'Princess Elizabeth' no. 6201, in a late production blue box with green interior. Locomotive is missing both front buffers but is otherwise excellent. Sold for £750, Cottees, September.



Hornby O Gauge No. 1 Clockwork GWR (button) Green 0-4-0 Tender Locomotive No. 4300, excellent condition. Sold for £85, Cottees, September.