May Auction Catalogue 2025
CREWE RAILWAYANA AUCTION CATALOGUE
9th to 11th May 2025
ONLINE AUCTION
How to bid
Prospective bidders.
Need to register with us either via telephone or email:
Landline: 01242 620020 Mobile: 07836 225711
or Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Preferably before the first auction day of 9th May 2025, note... registrations can be taken throughout the three days.
You will be allocated a unique 'PB' bidding number (postal bidder) in order that you can trace the status of your bid online through the weekend's regular updates.
When emailing to register, we will need your name, full postal address and your contact telephone details and we will then confirm your registration by return.
Previous customers... Who have already been issued with a ‘PB' number may retain and use the same number, when showing an interest to bid on lots.
Bidders... Can either leave a firm bid or a bid range on items of interest to them, which can be activated on your behalf throughout the auction period, should circumstances not allow you to personally engage with us during the sale. We are scrupulously honest and will never abuse your instructions by using your limit to create fictitious bids.
Bidding increments... Are as follows
£10 up to £500... £20 up to £1,000.... £50 over £1,000 note... there are no £5 increments in our sales.
Emailed bids... Are accepted any time during the three-day duration... telephone calls can be accepted between 10am-8pm of the first two sale days (Friday and Saturday) and 10am-6pm on Sunday. Note: No phone calls will be accepted after 6pm on the third day (Sunday).
Thereafter... Only emails accepted on Sunday between 6pm-8pm. Any emails timed at arriving at our office after 8pm on Sunday 11th May will be invalid.
Note: please wait 48 hours after the end of the sale for the final realisation list to be posted.
Invoices will be emailed to winning bidders from Wednesday 14th May onwards.
If you are interested in any ‘unsold’ items on the realisation list, please contact us from 14th May.
As per our Terms & Conditions... Buyers pay a Hammer Price of 15% plus VAT, totalling 18%. Please note: VAT is only payable on the commission, not the hammer price.
Payment
Payments... Accepted by telephone via our card machine up to a value of £500 (Visa and Mastercard debit cards only). We do not accept credit cards.
All transactions thereafter via Bank Transfer, cheque (payable to Railwayana Auctions UK Ltd or 'RAUK Ltd' is acceptable) or cash on collection. Payments must be made within seven working days following the auction.
Collection of Lots
Winning bidders... Are invited to collect their items from the auction’s business premises at Toddington, Gloucestershire GL54 5DN by a prior and prompt appointment slot at a mutually acceptable time during our normal business hours of 10am-5pm.
This must be strictly no later than 14 working days (Monday to Saturday) following the close of the auction. Items not collected within 14 days of the sale will attract a £5 (incl. VAT) per week storage charge. This window must be adhered to as the office will be closed after this 14-day period until Wednesday 4 June.
Collection of Lot/s will not be released until funds have been cleared.
Due to feedback by collector's experiences in dealing with couriers and dispatch houses' 'hidden costs', we offer an insured 'goods in transit' delivery service AT COST to all parts of the UK using our regional agents.
We only dispatch items through Royal Mail if required...
There is a standard charge for packing of small items (minimum £10 + VAT, multiple items £20 + VAT) in addition to postal fees. Tracked and insured items at cost undertaken if required. Due to the office being closed, Items will only be posted from Wednesday 4th June.
Consignments for future auctions can also be made via our regional agents, saving on your postage/courier costs and peace of mind against third party abuse of your valued items. This ensures a benefit for collectors in that your consigned items arrive with us and are delivered and collected in a secure manner.
Please Note: We are now consigning for our next major auction which will be held from 3rd - 5th October 2025. Modern Traction items are now being consigned for our special Modern Traction Summer Auction on 28-29 June.
We offer free valuations... On private collections for insurance purposes and probate.
Transport and storage capabilities of clearing large collections at short notice in difficult times. For advice and sympathetic guidance, Call the auction team on
01242 620020 or 07836 225711, or email [email protected]
Vendor offer for 2025: Only 10% commission on all steam and diesel nameplates, station totems and target signs. Full collections and special items subject to favourable terms. Enquire for more details.
9th to 11th May 2025
ONLINE AUCTION
How to bid
Prospective bidders.
Need to register with us either via telephone or email:
Landline: 01242 620020 Mobile: 07836 225711
or Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Preferably before the first auction day of 9th May 2025, note... registrations can be taken throughout the three days.
You will be allocated a unique 'PB' bidding number (postal bidder) in order that you can trace the status of your bid online through the weekend's regular updates.
When emailing to register, we will need your name, full postal address and your contact telephone details and we will then confirm your registration by return.
Previous customers... Who have already been issued with a ‘PB' number may retain and use the same number, when showing an interest to bid on lots.
Bidders... Can either leave a firm bid or a bid range on items of interest to them, which can be activated on your behalf throughout the auction period, should circumstances not allow you to personally engage with us during the sale. We are scrupulously honest and will never abuse your instructions by using your limit to create fictitious bids.
Bidding increments... Are as follows
£10 up to £500... £20 up to £1,000.... £50 over £1,000 note... there are no £5 increments in our sales.
Emailed bids... Are accepted any time during the three-day duration... telephone calls can be accepted between 10am-8pm of the first two sale days (Friday and Saturday) and 10am-6pm on Sunday. Note: No phone calls will be accepted after 6pm on the third day (Sunday).
Thereafter... Only emails accepted on Sunday between 6pm-8pm. Any emails timed at arriving at our office after 8pm on Sunday 11th May will be invalid.
Note: please wait 48 hours after the end of the sale for the final realisation list to be posted.
Invoices will be emailed to winning bidders from Wednesday 14th May onwards.
If you are interested in any ‘unsold’ items on the realisation list, please contact us from 14th May.
As per our Terms & Conditions... Buyers pay a Hammer Price of 15% plus VAT, totalling 18%. Please note: VAT is only payable on the commission, not the hammer price.
Payment
Payments... Accepted by telephone via our card machine up to a value of £500 (Visa and Mastercard debit cards only). We do not accept credit cards.
All transactions thereafter via Bank Transfer, cheque (payable to Railwayana Auctions UK Ltd or 'RAUK Ltd' is acceptable) or cash on collection. Payments must be made within seven working days following the auction.
Collection of Lots
Winning bidders... Are invited to collect their items from the auction’s business premises at Toddington, Gloucestershire GL54 5DN by a prior and prompt appointment slot at a mutually acceptable time during our normal business hours of 10am-5pm.
This must be strictly no later than 14 working days (Monday to Saturday) following the close of the auction. Items not collected within 14 days of the sale will attract a £5 (incl. VAT) per week storage charge. This window must be adhered to as the office will be closed after this 14-day period until Wednesday 4 June.
Collection of Lot/s will not be released until funds have been cleared.
Due to feedback by collector's experiences in dealing with couriers and dispatch houses' 'hidden costs', we offer an insured 'goods in transit' delivery service AT COST to all parts of the UK using our regional agents.
We only dispatch items through Royal Mail if required...
There is a standard charge for packing of small items (minimum £10 + VAT, multiple items £20 + VAT) in addition to postal fees. Tracked and insured items at cost undertaken if required. Due to the office being closed, Items will only be posted from Wednesday 4th June.
Consignments for future auctions can also be made via our regional agents, saving on your postage/courier costs and peace of mind against third party abuse of your valued items. This ensures a benefit for collectors in that your consigned items arrive with us and are delivered and collected in a secure manner.
Please Note: We are now consigning for our next major auction which will be held from 3rd - 5th October 2025. Modern Traction items are now being consigned for our special Modern Traction Summer Auction on 28-29 June.
We offer free valuations... On private collections for insurance purposes and probate.
Transport and storage capabilities of clearing large collections at short notice in difficult times. For advice and sympathetic guidance, Call the auction team on
01242 620020 or 07836 225711, or email [email protected]
Vendor offer for 2025: Only 10% commission on all steam and diesel nameplates, station totems and target signs. Full collections and special items subject to favourable terms. Enquire for more details.