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Antiques & Collectibles
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29th June 6th July Specialist Free Valuation Days
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Unreserved Collection of Trials Bikes & Monday 12th Pictures, Maps, Books & Postcards Parts at our Salerooms Tuesday 31st May
Tuesday& 13th Jewellery, Watches & Clocks Viewing full Silver, details on charterhouse-auction.com Wednesday Model Cars, Trains, Days Dolls & Toys Free14th Specialist Valuation Thursday Medals, Militaria, Stamps Model15th Cars, Trains, Dolls &Coins Toys&23rd
Watches, Jewellery & Silver 24th Friday 16th Asian Ceramics & Works of Art
Coins, Medals, Militaria & Stamps 25th Classic Motorcycle Auction 28th October Chinese Ceramics, Pictures & Bronzes 26th Classic Car Auction 11th November Pictures, Maps, Books & Postcards 27th Classic Motorcycle Auction 29th June Further entries now being accepted Classic & Vintage Car Auction 6th July3BS The Long Street Salerooms Sherborne DT9 Further Entries Now Invited
Teen’s gallantry medals for auction In the Charterhouse Collectors’ auction of June 9 and 10 there is a group of Second World War medals awarded to a teenage Apprentice Seaman for bravery at sea. “As an apprentice he was under training and yet ended up taking command of the situation despite there being officers about,” said Richard Bromell of the auctioneers. “The market for medals and militaria remains strong and we expect this group to sell towards £1,000.” Apprentice Ian Alastair Clark was born in South
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The Long Street Salerooms Sherborne DT9 3BS 01935 812277 • www.charterhouse-auction.com
Free valuations every Friday, Wimborne office
GOOD CONDITION VINYL RECORDS WANTED Larger collections preferred No classical please, cash paid 07831 266478
Africa in 1924. He joined up as an apprentice in 1941 aged just 17. In 1942 he made his first full voyage on the Congella. In 1943 the Congella was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine. The ship’s master was mortally wounded and pinned down by debris and issued the order to abandon ship which was on fire. Apprentice Clark, aged 18, stood by the dying master rendering what help he could. As one of the last to abandon ship he took charge of a lifeboat which had been damaged. With 29 other survivors the boat needed constant bailing to keep afloat. After four days and 180 miles of sailing they were
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An untreated ruby & sapphire clip.
SOLD FOR £10,000 • Entries invited for
our forthcoming Specialist sales • Catalogues available online • Full calendar of Specialist sales A Chinese carved pale celadon jade model of a Phoenix.
SOLD FOR £20,000 8 West Borough, Wimborne Minster BH21 1NF 01202 842 900 www.semleyauctioneers.com Offices in Dorset, Wiltshire and London
Just Like the Old Days
PASTIMES Of Sherborne (near the Abbey)
Thirty years of dealing in antique and Collectible Toys. Top prices paid for all types of model railway, die cast cars, early Action Man and Star Wars, Scalextric, Meccano, unmade Airfix kits etc. Those magical makes; Hornby, Dinky, Triang, Spot-On, Corgi, Subbuteo, Britains, Timpo plus plus plus Telephone; 01935 816 072. Mobile; 07527 074 343 COVID SAFE
