LONDON – Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions will conduct the sale of the Dennis Brown Collection of gauge 1 locomotives as part of their September Transport Auction on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Donnington Priory saleroom in Berkshire. The sale includes Live Steam and Model Engineering Works of Art.

LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

Brown was a longtime member of the Gauge 1 Model Railways Association, running the models he built all around the North and East of England. Born in 1924, Brown attended an engineering apprenticeship with Marshalls of Gainsborough, before serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. After the war he returned to engineering and, in retirement took up building and running gauge one locomotives.

The first locomotive he ever built was a LNER V2 The Snapper, which took a silver medal at the Olympia Model Engineering Exhibition, and he went on to win many other prizes.

Brown’s models are of exceptional quality, and attract estimates ranging from a few hundred pounds, to over a thousand pounds each. Eighteen out of 20 examples that Brown built will be offered in the Dreweatts’ auction, including LMS Duchess of Sutherland [Lot 28], LNER A3 Gainsborough [Lot 26], GWR Prairie tank and a Stirling Single.

Also on offer is an exhibition standard model of a rare 5-inch gauge AD60 Garratt Locomotive No 6063, wheel arrangement 8-4+4-8-4. This locomotive weighs in at approximately 450 pounds and is some 12 feet in length. It is fully operational, being powered by live steam, and would be every exciting to drive. It has an estimate of £15,000 to £18,000 [Lot 6].

Another large locomotive being offered at a similar estimate is a 5-inch model of the 4-6-2 Merchant Navy class tender locomotive No 35003 Royal Mail [Lot5], built by the late J. Holden of Accrington in Lancashire. Other live steam locomotives include examples of Jubilee, Black 5, Massie, Princess Royal, Torquay Manor and Britannia.

In the Model Engineering Works of Art section, the locomotives on offer are of a very high standard and quality. They include a rare exhibitionquality model of a World War I side tank locomotive in 3 1/2-inch gauge. This model is of a design that took ammunition and supplies to the front lines in France. Also in 3 1/2-inch gauge, is a fine exhibition quality model of a Southern Railways C15 tender locomotive built by the award winning model engineer J. Wingate of Winchester.

Three live steam traction engines will also be on offer and include an award-winning example of a 1-inch scale model of the Agricultural traction engine Minnie and 1 1/2-inch scale model of a Royal Chester to the design by W.J. Hughes and a 3-inch scale Aveling & Porter Showmans engine.

Also included in the sale is a fine collection of over 30 live steam stationary engines, which have been all built by one man and consigned from his collection in the north of Scotland. These include many models based on the designs by Anthony Mounts and Stuart Turner.

Those looking for something a bit different should note that the sale includes a large scale model of the steam tug Englishman powered by a live steam Stuart D10 engine, built by another award-winning builder, C. Putt of Guildford, and an exhibition standard model of a Burton Gipsy caravan.

There will be something for everyone with an interest in live steam and model engineering, including many part built models, steam toys and transport related items in the Dreweatts Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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