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The Bruce Mai Sale - A major lifetime collection of New Zealand railway and shipping memorabilia — Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

Auction House:Dunbar Sloane Ltd.Number of lots recorded:535
Sale Title:The Bruce Mai Sale - A major lifetime collection of New Zealand railway and shipping memorabiliaLots with images:29
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:440
Date:16-Oct-2010
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Brass locomotive makers plate, W.G. Bagnall Ltd., no. 3105, Stafford, England. Replica cast from original. Dunbar Sloane Auckland, October 2010
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Curved brass locomotive smokebox plate, a direct copy cast from original. Baldwin locomotive works, Philadelphia, Williams & Co, 13908, January 1894 ex WandMr 13, the lady.
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Bronze cast Westinghouse no.4 brake valve handle engraved with Ab735, from north British-built 4-6-2 Pacific class Ab 735, 1921. Together with brass stamped or fly pressed & folded Florentine bronze seat number destination card brackets. (3)
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Brass tram car honesty box, without internal tin coin container.
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Brass tram car honesty box, with internal tin coin container.
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Rare New Zealand Railways tin plate & brass Semaphore signal parafin lantern with adjustable lenses, no font or burner, Adlake?, 1907.
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New Zealand Railways copper two gallon billy (tinned).
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Tin plate New Zealand Railways Shunters colza oil three aspect hand lamp complete with red/green lenses, reflector & burner. Marked Mt.
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New Zealand Railways tin plate shunters hand lamp, Colza oil three position. Complete.
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New Zealand Railways large tin plate room lamp complete with burner & chimney, 210 mm x 210 mm x 430 mm.
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Early tin plate guards van side lamp colza oil, complete with early burner, & two lenses. (Not rubber lens retaining ring type).
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Tin plate guards van/carriage tail light (single lens) with burner, complete with original paint. Good condition.
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New Zealand Railways tin plate railway station cash box.
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Framed coloured picture of Kingston Flyer, c.1970s. Together with print of steam locomotive. (2)
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Cast bronze pillar with Art Deco capital from the former Auckland Railway Station built in 1929.
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Wooden Tyers Train Tablet apparatus 'bell box'. Teak box painted red with large chrome bell, stamped with no. 333 & 315, c.1900.
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Wooden Tyers Train Tablet apparatus 'bell box'. Teak box painted red with large chrome bell, stamped with no. 357, c.1900.
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Wooden Tyers train tablet apparatus 'Bell box'. Teak box painted red with small chrome bell, stamped with No. 574, c.1900.
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Small cast iron free standing two plate coal stove, including plate guard, from the New Zealand Railways Oamaru signal box, c.1880s.
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Stainless steel New Zealand Railways guards van drinking water container with tap, c.1970s.
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Two New Zealand Railways galvanised tin waste paper baskets. (2)
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An early tin plate oil can, ex Dunedin locomotive.
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Zinc, brass, copper & steel carriage gas lamp, missing reflector & globe, c.1920.
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New Zealand Railways cast bronze and steel tablet exchanger from the left hand side of a Vulcan railcar, c.1940.
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Tin & copper steam locomotive side lamp/lantern, probably European, no burner.
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Two brass scroll type luggage rack brackets, gilded, c.1904. (2)
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Early cast iron carriage second class plate large, c.1900.
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Cast brass 2nd class carriage plate. First issued 1901.
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Cast iron carriage second class plate, c.1920.
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Glass mirror with cream painted wooden border from carriage or waiting room, etched New Zealand Railways in two places, c.1938. 500 mm x 500 mm.
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Iron sleeper auger used by platelayers to drill holes for dog spikes.
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Wrought iron fireman's shovel forged out of a single billet of iron. Probably used on first generation steam locomotives, late 19th century
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Very rare New Zealand Railways wooden & cast iron Semaphore 'home' signal blade/arm, late 19th-early 20th century Has been repainted for use as a prop in the recent C.S.Lewis film The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe, filmed in NZ.
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Enamelled steel Home red & white Semaphore signal arm. Made by McKenzie & Holland Ltd. Has strengthening bracket attached.
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Enamelled steel Distant yellow & black Semaphore signal arm. Made by McKenzie & Holland Ltd. Has strengthening bracket attached.
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Cast iron & steel Tyers Train Tablet apperatus, London; complete with engraved station name plate, Khandallah.
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Cast iron & steel Tyers Train Tablet apparatus, London. Box painted red with engraved station name plate, Welsford.
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Cast iron & steel Tyers Train Tablet apparatus, London. Box painted red with engraved station name plate, Thorndon.
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Enamelled brass locomotive plate, 'No. 397, 1956/ New Zealand Railways/ built at Hillside Workshops.'
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Brass cab plate from Dubs A196. This plate was cast in 1993 directly from the original owned at the time by Mr Jack Ryer of Avondale.
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Brass cab plate from Dubs A196. This plate was cast in 1993 directly from the original, owned at the time by Mr Jack Ryer of Avondale.
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Replica cast brass oval locomotive cab plate J 1211.
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Brass diesel locomotive cab plate 'DSB 321'
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Brass steam locomotive cab plate from KA 930 class leader. KA 930 began service in 1940 and originally streamlined the North Island; hauled funeral train for Michael Joseph Savage.
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Brass cab plate L 507, cast for the centennial reenactment on the Nimt August 2008. One of three made (two were fitted to the engine side tanks). It was placed in tool box of locomotive for the trip.
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Brass steam locomotive cab plate KA 958, originally from a 93 ton streamlined North Island KA 4-8-4 class locomotive (one of two Baker valve gear KA's built at Hutt workshops 1950, W/O 1967).
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Cast brass oval locomotive cab plate Tr 29. Built by the Drewry car Co. C1940.
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Very rare brass second Class carriage plate, large No. 2, c.1901.
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New Zealand Railways cast iron oval carriage underframe plate Aa 1751 for a 50 foot South Island Main Trunk 2nd class car. Built at Addington workshops 1931 and allocated to Christchurch.
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Cast brass locomotive makers plate Bth (British Thompson Houston), locomotive 16?
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New Zealand Railways cast iron oval carriage underframe plate Aa 1663 for a 50 foot North Island Main Trunk 2nd class smoking car. Built at Otahuhu workshop and allocated to Auckland.
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Cast iron carriage number plate Aa 1135 from a 1909 47½ foot main trunk car.
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Cast iron wagon plate from Z 634. This plate has been sand blasted and painted in white. It should have black numbers.
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Cast iron wagon plate from Z 637. This plate has been sand blasted and painted in white. It should have black numbers.
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New Zealand Railways cast brass guards van number plate painted in canary yellow from F 518 A (Auckland) (formally F 156 - the original number has been mostly machined off).
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Cast iron wagon plate Z 412.
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Cast brass wagon number plate Z 620. Rare to have been cast in brass, normally only cast iron.
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Cast iron guards van number plate F 398 W (Wellington).
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Cast brass carriage number plate a 1033 from 1st class car (now owned by Gvr and is a car van), along with Oahu Railway workshop file on the carriage.
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Cast iron carriage plate Aa 1710. Ex 5ZB Radio car, removed from underframe at Otahuhu shops in 1980s by Mr Jim Savage.
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Cardboard advertisement of New Zealand Railways Radio mobile studio 5ZB 0f 1939 (carriage Aa1710), possibly a copy.
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Cardboard advertisement of New Zealand Railways Radio mobile studio 5ZB 0f 1939 (carriage Aa1710), original.
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A large railway station clock, c.1920s.
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New Zealand Railways poster featuring Ka class locomotive, For Your Holidays Travel by Train, c.1938.
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Enamel sign, 'This station (Greatford) is 113 miles from the D.I.C Wellington'. Only two signs per station were made.
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Enamel sign, ‘This station [Aramoho Junction] is 147 miles from the D.I.C Wellington. Only 2 signs per station were made.
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Enamel sign, ‘This station [Marton] is 116 miles from the D.I.C Wellington. Only two signs per station were made.
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Drawing, New Zealand Railways of ‘Proposed Crusher Foundations [For] Mount Albert Ballast Pit’ (Auckland), c.1910. Ex District Engineers Office Bp 2897. (Also see lot 925).
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A rare cartographer paper hand coloured plan, Kaipara-Puni Railway, Amended Design for a Tank Stand, no. 149, Dr F 230, 1/11. Drawn 15th April 1880. Foxing & small tears.
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Rare cartographer paper, hand coloured plan, ‘N.Z.R. Auckland Section. Drawing Of Hose Reel’, c.1880. ‘Dm 265’, ‘1/12 J’. Foxing.
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Enamelled metal sign, 'New Zealand Railways Road Services. '
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Enamelled metal sign, 'Express Railcar between Wellington and Auckland. '
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Early New Zealand Railways wooden painted sign, black writing on white background, 90 Wagons from Main Line Points.
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Early New Zealand Railways wooden painted sign, black writing on white background, 50 Wagons from Main Line Points.
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Enamel sign, ‘Entering Three Position Signalling Area.’
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New Zealand Railways poster featuring Ka class locomotive, For Your Holidays Travel by Train, c.1938.
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New Zealand Railways wooden line side sign ‘Whistle’. A/f.
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Brass carriage or bogied wagon king pin plate, New Zealand Railways Railway Workshops.
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Early brass carriage or bogied wagon king pin plate, New Zealand Railways Railway Workshops. A/f.
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Brass carriage or bogied wagon king pin plate, New Zealand Railways Railway Workshops.
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Cast iron wagon tare load plate, Distributed Load 10 Tons.
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New Zealand Railways transfer on wood ‘Passengers are requested not to stand in this vestibule’, c.1930s.
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Rare brass boiler plate, Boiler no. 667 Maximum Pressure 175lbs on Sq Inch, A & G Price, Bb locomotive.
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New Zealand Railways brass cast plate for carriage, ‘Pressure Turn off before removing filler cap.’
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Drewry Car Co. Ltd. brass works/makers plate ova. Locomotive no. 2498, 1954, 260 Hp Dsa class diesel, Vulcan Foundry Ltd., Newton-Le-Willows, Lancs no. D224.
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Cast iron second class plate with large no. 2, c.1901- 1925.
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New Zealand Railways bakelite or plastic carriage Id plate from 2nd class 56 foot carriage A 1926.
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Bakelite painted internal carriage designation plate, Aa 1616. Dunbar Sloane Auckland, October 2010
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Carriage toilet sign ‘Gentlemen’, from 56 foot car. A/f.
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New Zealand Railways bakelite or plastic carriage Id plate from 1st class 56 foot ambulance carriage A 2009 - a 20 bunk car built in 1943 for transporting wounded soldiers in World War II.
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Bakelite etched internal (above door) carriage designation plate. Originally from New Zealand Railways 56 foot first class carriage A 1981, over painted with A 2008.
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A painted metal sign, ‘NZ Railways.’
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A large New Zealand Railways enamelled station waiting room ‘Smoking’ sign.
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Bakelite internal (above door each end) carriage designation plate, etched with ‘A 1883 First Class.’
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Bakelite internal (above door each end) carriage designation plate, etched with ‘A 1882 First Class.’
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Bakelite internal (above door each end) carriage designation plate, etched with ‘A 1880.’
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Brass steam crane plate, ‘Spring jacking screws must be raised when travelling with train and screwed down before jib is raised from match truck.’
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Brass boiler Id plate, Boiler Number 526 Maximum Pressure 150 lbs On Sq Inch.
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Cast iron wagon tare load plate, Distributed Load 10 Tons.
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Enamelled metal plate, 'Metropolitan Cammel/ built at Midland works 1947/ carriage & wagon Co. Ltd., Birmingham.'
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