cheesy_peas

Possibly dating pre 1922, British ensigns and stars and stripes? An advertising sign from an auction plus two spotted at a long closed agricultural store premises in Co Kerry.

One series of IR/IE era white/orange/black nameboards were reversed, English above Irish, an error by the signmakers I'd say.

Easier to paint those on, to be fair. A coat of arms is way more intricate.

I'd say it's on a board or metal sheet as a transfer couldn't be applied neatly over lines of rivets.

I imagine the choosing of Sambo and Jumbo was from popular culture of the time; Jumbo the Elephant being world famous in the mid to late 1800s, he unfortunately (and ironically) met his end when a train collided with him and his remains were mounted and put on display by a certain PT Barnum. The Story of Little Black Sambo was a hugely popular childrens' book first published in 1899. Unusually for the time, the main character was one of the first black heroes in childrens' literature, a positive portrayal of black characters compared to contemporary books that regarded black people as uncultured and uncivilised, unfortunately the characters' names chosen were of course racial slurs.

Was the first CIE/pre RPSI iteration of 184 in lined green with cast numberplate an early example of painting a loco in "heritage livery" before that phrase was coined? I note that 90 was similarly treated around the same time, prior to being sited at Fermoy, afterwards "stuffed and mounted" at Mallow.

AI slop in dead tree format it would appear. Since the original book was published as far back as 1928, author is definitely gone to his reward and the publishers are probably out of business for decades, no one to pursue a copyright case. "It'll do"* *Insert stock image of old timey train.

It's like someone asked AI to design a memorial.

They would want to look at their prices again if they want them sold.

It might sound like a lot, but it's chicken feed compared to what people pay for a King, Castle or A4 etc nameplates in uk. £10,000, £15,000 or more.

A fair few things didn't sell, mainly paintings and paperwork, could be down to the overly optimistic starting prices. A couple of surprises; 380 for a fairly mundane Tuam Ballyglunin mini ets was nuts some items here and there people appeared to bid over the odds.

The binding wasn't great on them. In common with the CB&SCR books, they have an unedited "scrapbook" feel to them, but some really interesting contents.

Called to his place a couple of times, a really nice gentleman. Gave me one of his leftover CB&PR books and signed it.

Unlikely to appeal to United Stateians due to the T word (tariffs on posted items that is) discouraging potential bidders. It would do far better at one of the specialist uk auctioneers, they would at least give lots proper descriptions and weed out the junky bits, plus their home audience are far more interested in railway stuff than we are here.

It's not as if they couldn't ask L O'N what these items are. Pretty sure the "LSWR" coat of arms is generic British/Royal insignia. Most Irish auction houses are fairly clueless about railwayana.

Lots of paperwork, as usual in these things some lots poorly described or misidentified. Red and brass cabside plates are almost certainly B&NCR or NCC.

I note there's a photographic grey option now. I imagine it never ran in PG other than from paint shop to photo taking site and back to paint shop for repainting into green? It does look nice though not to everyone's taste.

Could have been a crated, partly disassembled "kit of parts" scenario like shipping out privately built locos for export. Not as exciting though.

A large scale touring coach model, said to be one of Fry's and once part of a CIE window display, surfaced for sale maybe a decade ago and disappeared again into the ether.

It rotted for decades in the open in Halfway Co Cork, now removed to another site, under cover I gather.

Maybe not so much a bargain. The first one looks like an enlarged modern print of a booklet or leaflet front page than a poster. Currently there are repros of posters being sold online which may be passed off knowingly or unknowingly as originals, buyer beware. The only way one can tell is by close inspection by someone who knows what to look for in terms of paper quality and telling old from modern print methods. Old Imperial poster sizes will differ from modern.