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  • Heritage Under The Hammer

    Heritage Under The Hammer

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    A cast iron registration plate and a guide to the Norfolk Broads dating back at least 100 years are two items that make the headlines in Geoff Courtney’s bi-monthly round-up of canalia sold at auction in recent months. THE registration plate was BCN1461, which sold for £70 in a live online Great Central Railwayana auction…

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  • Heritage under the hammer..

    Heritage under the hammer..

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    Towpath Talk contributor Geoff Courtney reports on three auctions that saw canalia go under the hammer, including 18th century paperwork, Thames Conservancy boat registration plates and a collection of colour slides. AUCTIONS deliver the past in abundance and the quarterly email and postal sale held by transport paperwork specialist Paperchase in May was no exception,…

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