Antiques & Collectibles

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Unreserved Collection of Trials Bikes & 31st May 29th June 6th July Specialist Free Valuation Days Parts at our Salerooms Tuesday 31st May Monday 12th Pictures, Maps, Books & Postcards Viewing & full details on charterhouse-auction.com Tuesday 13th Silver, Jewellery, Watches & Clocks Free Specialist Valuation Days Wednesday 14th Model Cars, Trains, Dolls & Toys Model Cars, Trains, Dolls & Toys 23rd Thursday 15th Medals, Militaria, Coins & Stamps

Watches, Jewellery & Silver 24th Friday 16th Asian Ceramics & Works of Art Coins, Medals, Militaria & Stamps 25th Chinese Ceramics, Pictures & Bronzes 26th Classic Motorcycle Auction 28th October

Pictures, Maps, Books & Postcards 27th Classic Car Auction 11th November

Classic Motorcycle Auction 29th June Further entries now being accepted Classic & Vintage Car Auction 6th July The Long Street Salerooms Sherborne DT9 3BS Further Entries Now Invited The Long Street Salerooms Sherborne DT9 3BS 01935 812277 • www.charterhouse-auction.com

Free valuations every Friday, Wimborne office

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

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

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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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

WAR HERO: Some of the medals belonging to teenage seaman Ian Alastair Clark

spotted by two Catalina aircraft which landed in rough seas and rescued them. For his action, Clark was awarded a British Empire Medal and a rare Lloyd’s Medal for Bravery at Sea. Maybe this action put Mr Clark off a life at sea as, after the war, he only took one

further trip by sea, when he returned home to South Africa, for a life ashore.

Richard Bromell and the team can be contacted for advice and valuations on single items and collections at Long Street, Sherborne 01935 812277 info@ charterhouse-auction.com or charterhouse-auction.com.

OLD PICOnline auction is child’s play TURE POSTCARDS

by Lorraine Gibson

‘Bravo!’ to Susan Finklaire and the stalwarts of the Oakford Fitzpaine Village Community Group for raising a whopping £535 to help children in their village via a virtual charity auction. Susan first set up the online auction during Lockdown for a bit of fun. “No one was getting any retail therapy and one of the popular jobs people were giving themselves was to have a clear out, so getting things to auction was easy,” she says. The rest, as they say, is history. “Since last February,” adds Susan, “we have raised more than £3,000 for local projects in the parish. “This latest one will go towards much-needed improvements to the play area in Bovey Park.” The successful sale saw enthusiastic bidding on around 40 very diverse lots, including balls of wool, a popcorn-maker, piles of books, dog accessories and even an alien-shaped lemon squeezer. “We’ve had all sorts donated, from louvre doors to a breakfast in a community café,” she says. “More items for the next auction are welcome. It’s very rewarding to see how well a community cones together for a shared aim. “The next auction will be August, or before if I get enough donations, and will be to raise more funds for the playpark as it’s estimated we will need a few thousand . . .” To donate items, call Sue on 01258 861357 or email

Purchased for cash. Best prices paid. Pre-1950 preferred. In family albums or loose. All types wanted. Views of villages and towns, military, transport, glamour, sport, family photographs etc. Call 01202 743860 or 07922 069270 Email mycab19@ntlworld.com