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OT: BBC in pictures, Railways golden age!

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Sofa - Spud

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Mar 4, 2010, 4:21:32 AM3/4/10
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A collector had hundreds of old style BR travel posters and his family
stand to make a fortune. These are brilliant pictures.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8537539.stm

Jeff Lawrence

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Mar 4, 2010, 4:36:13 AM3/4/10
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Yes, great posters but I can't see them without thinking of this:
http://www.vizprints.com/lowres/47/main/1/121245.jpg
And the original: http://www.ssplprints.com/lowres/43/main/3/81745.jpg
Cheers
Jeff

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Fred X

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Mar 4, 2010, 10:59:19 AM3/4/10
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I was just about to ask where is the famous Skeggy picture! But that one
of Southport is 1930s porn. Naked legs? Outrageous!

Fred X

allantracy

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Mar 4, 2010, 1:08:33 PM3/4/10
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> A collector had hundreds of old style BR travel posters and his family
> stand to make a fortune. These are brilliant pictures.
>

The whole collection is expected to fetch in excess of a million
pounds.

I don’t know if this is the same collection reported last year and
found in a loft in Walsall,

That collection included locomotive nameplates, carriage and
locomotive headboards; the family had been about to throw it all out
but asked a friend of their deceased father to take a look first, to
see if he wanted anything.

After picking himself off the floor he broke the news to the family
that they were sitting on a small lottery win.

Nowadays an old steam locomotive nameplate can be expected to fetch in
excess of £50K (the record is 60K).

Those posters will fetch between £700 and £1500 each.

Sofa - Spud

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Mar 4, 2010, 6:17:04 PM3/4/10
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I thought that too - love that skeggers one!

Sofa - Spud

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Mar 4, 2010, 6:17:43 PM3/4/10
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allantracy wrote:
>> A collector had hundreds of old style BR travel posters and his family
>> stand to make a fortune. These are brilliant pictures.
>>
>
> The whole collection is expected to fetch in excess of a million
> pounds.
>
> I don�t know if this is the same collection reported last year and

> found in a loft in Walsall,
>
> That collection included locomotive nameplates, carriage and
> locomotive headboards; the family had been about to throw it all out
> but asked a friend of their deceased father to take a look first, to
> see if he wanted anything.
>
> After picking himself off the floor he broke the news to the family
> that they were sitting on a small lottery win.
>
> Nowadays an old steam locomotive nameplate can be expected to fetch in
> excess of �50K (the record is 60K).
>
> Those posters will fetch between �700 and �1500 each.
>

They look great, can't imagine anyone doing that now.

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