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A box of train and model railway related books including Haynes Flying Scotsman.

The Royal photographic collection of Colonel Vassa Voynovich otherwise known as 'John Scott'.A remarkable archive of photographs from the most respected Royal photographer of the 20th century. Note: This lot was withdrawn from a previous sale and please be aware it is being sold with an on going copyright dispute despite having a sworn assignment of copyright from the vendor. We therefore offer no guarantee as to the purchaser's entitlement.Over 4000 colour transparencies dating from 1949 up to the early 1980s.Voynovich came to England in the 1940s after escaping occupied Yugoslavia. Originally from a remote Serbian village, he had already experienced a life of danger and intrigue. As a 17 year old in World War I, he had commanded a platoon on the Russian front during which time he was taken prisoner, escaped, wounded, returned to command a battalion, wounded again, then used his recuperation in hospital to study Law and gained a Doctorate from Zagreb University. Between the wars he held several important military and civilian posts before ending up in German-occupied France in 1940. In 1941 he escaped to England via Paris on a train reserved for German Generals, carrying three different passports and smuggling out important Intelligence reports as well as a cache of British and American currency. The young King Peter of Yugoslavia, who had himself escaped the German invasion of his country and was living in London in a suite at Claridges, appointed Voynovich his Private Secretary, Master of the Royal Household, Keeper of the Privy Purse and Political Adviser. Voynovich spent several years in the service of the young King Peter, but when the King decided to move his household on to Monaco, Voynovich, fearing a life of indolence, declined to accompany him. Instead, he resolved to remain in England and become a photographer. He took his Leica camera everywhere he went, often his hosts at weekend country house parties would invite him to take pictures. Before long, the young Princess Elizabeth saw some of these photos of her friends. The official process in order to gain a photographers pass to Royal events was to apply to the Palace each month when the Royal engagements were published. However, Scott's diplomatic contacts gave him unparalleled access. He was a friend of Sir 'Jock' Colville who was Princess Elizabeth's Private Secretary (and had also been assistant Private Secretary to three wartime Prime Ministers: Chamberlain, Churchill and Attlee). Through Colville, Elizabeth requested that Voynovich photograph her in uniform during one of her first Trooping the Colour ceremonies. This was a success and he was asked again in 1951 when she took the salute herself as the King was ill. The resulting photograph of her in the scarlet tunic of the Grenadier Guards was the image that the new Queen chose after she had succeeded to the throne, to be shown in cinemas whenever the national anthem was played. The success of this photograph really launched Voynovich's photographic career. It was at this time that he changed his name to the more manageable John Scott, partly because in his native Yugoslavia, photographers were considered third class citizens.As an ex-cavalry officer with equestrian expertise and having been a member of the diplomatic service he was very well positioned to intimately capture favourite Royal events such as Ascot, Badminton and Windsor Horse Show. He had a great passion for horses which was shared by all the Royal Family. Scott was also extremely charming and his diplomatic experience meant he was suave and comfortable around Royalty. In addition, he spoke 10 languages which made him very useful.One of the Royals once told him "You are the only photographer who lasts with Lillibet, because when you are taking pictures you behave accordingly, and when you are not, you are one of us."Although initially reluctant to exploit his connections, he was advised to employ an agent. His agent found him an unconventional client - he refused to charge any royalties for the Trooping the Colour photograph, "I am not a shopkeeper!" he protested, but his scruples changed and his work went on to command the highest fees from magazines and publishers around the world. His clients included a number of well-known British publications including Woman's Own magazine where in 1953, he met Judy Appelbee (nee Stoakes) who was a secretary. His contract work for Woman's Own was more conventional in nature and he often needed a model. Judy was clever and beautiful and he persuaded her to pose for him. They shared a love of horses. It was the beginning of a career-long collaboration which placed Judy in front of, and also behind the camera, and in which she found herself rubbing shoulders with and photographing the upper echelons of the aristocracy and the Royals. She was to become his assistant for the next 30 years.Together they photographed numerous Royal events all over the world and took some of the most iconic Royal images of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Judy retired to Cornwall with her husband. When Voinovich died in 1986, he left his photographic collection to Judy. As well as the two occasions the Queen requested Scott to photograph her for the Trooping of the Colour, other notable photo shoots of his career (although not included in this lot) include the 3 year-old Prince Charles and his baby sister Anne in the gardens at Clarence House. A selection of these photographs was sent by the then Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip in Malta where he was on active service. Official commissions included the formal portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales used for a special Crown Agents' Omnibus Series of postage stamps to commemorate her 21st birthday amongst the Commonwealth countries. He also did a series of 19 official portraits of Prince Charles in uniforms with full military and naval regalia, see lot 397A for prints, copyright for these belong to the Crown.Some of the most remarkable images include Prince Charles laughing with Mother Theresa in India in 1980 and in complete contrast, the Prince dancing with scantily clad carnival dancers in Brazil. Also iconic images of Charles and Diana announcing their engagement and on honeymoon at Balmoral, looking happy and comfortable in each other's company. In 1971 Prince Phillip took up carriage driving. In 1973, Scott was asked to help organise a Yugoslavian team to compete in the European Carriage Driving Championships at Windsor. Scott acted as interpreter. They competed with four bay Lippizzaner stallions and brought a team of reserve horses. One was presented to Princess Anne and another to Scott as a thank you for his assistance. There many images of these beautiful horses and others belonging to Princess Anne. When Scott died, as well as inheriting his photographic archive, Judy also inherited his Lippizaner and brought it to Cornwall.Looking through the thousands of images in this archive, covering almost forty years, it is possible to see the Royal family grow up before ones eyes. Knowing them now, in their older years, it is easy to forget how dashing Prince Charles and Prince Andrew were, how poised and stylish Princess Anne was or the luminous beauty of Princess Margaret and indeed our current Queen. Yet everything is here, from childhood to maturity, Royal engagements with all their pomp and ceremony to unguarded family moments between the Queen and her children. It is an astonishing collection.The collection consists of colour transparencies housed in plastic display sleeves that hold 12 or 20 transparencies. Many are annotated with date and location.5 filing boxes containing 3917 transparencies and 9 folders containing 623 transparencies, assorted prints and some negatives. Some of the contents of the folders are duplicates of images in the boxes. (See inside back cover illustrations)

Three boxes of model train ephemera, box one with two controllers, track and forty-six assorted body shells of coaches and rolling stock. Box two with two controllers, track, buildings, tunnel and fifteen assorted coaches and wagons. Box three Railway Modeller issues from 2007, 2008 and 2009. As found.

A quantity of Dinky Toys and diecast by various makes. Dinky items include; a boxed Muir-Hill Dumper Truck (562), Streamlined Train Set (A4 loco and 2x coaches), Dodge Royal Sedan, Plymouth Plaza, Studebaker Golden Hawk, Daimler Ambulance, Bedford Refuse Wagon, Aveling-Barford diesel roller, Austin Taxi, Esso filling station and a Vega Major Luxury Coach. Together with; 8x Gilco road signs. Hornby Dublo Trough Station, level crossing and signal box. A Siku coach (3121). Britains tractor and dumper truck. A Benbros No.2 Log Cart. Master Model Toilet, Sand Bucket, Garage and Filling Station. A Lone Star Taxi and a few other items. A few items boxed. GC-Mint. (Approx. 35 items). £60-80

A 00 gauge model of ' Mallard', in sealed box, along with a sealed train jigsaw and a vintage tinplate toy train.

HORNBY DUBLO ELECTRIC TRAIN, in box, along with collection of other model trains and accessories including a Hornby Dublo Tank Locomotive B.R., in box, a Hornby Dublo DI Island Platform, a Hornby Dublo C3 Controller A.C. Power Unit, another power control unit and a quantity of track

Large quantity of model train items including trains and tracks. Condition reports are not available for the Interiors Sale.

A Hornby OO gauge model of Stephensons Rocket Real Steam Train Set with track, G100-9140, boxed

A Meccano clockwork motor, a selection of model train accessories, including carriages and other items

Quantity of 00 gauge model railway items including a Bachmann digital starter set, a Marks & Spencer 'The Royal Train', a Hornby R195 electrically operated lifting bridge, all boxed, a quantity of kit form buildings, still bubble packed etc

Hornby 00 gauge model railway boxed engines, carriages and rolling stock including a GWR freight electric train set (boxed), a Duchess of Sutherland body shell with tender, Flying Scotsman and Duchess of Abercorn, both with tenders in apparently near mint condition

Selection of boxed Liliput and Electrotren scale model train freight

Selection of boxed Liliput and Electrotren scale model train freight

Two boxes of train parts and model railway kits

Victorian black slat mantel clock, with an enamel dial and single train movement, together with a model of a dog surmounted to the top

A group lot of Railway items to include Hornby oo gauge Good Masters train set, boxed track, model buildings, display locomotives on stand etc.

A Mamod Steam Plant model, 22cm high, a Japanese tinplate clockwork motorcycle and side car, 9.5cm high, a Santa Fe train, 35cm long and assorted tinplate vehicles including Tri-Ang etc (Qty)

A model of a Flying Scotsman, model barge, one other model train, two railwaymen's hats and a metal sign

Model Railways - Tri-ang OO Gauge R346C Stephenson's Rocket Train in original box with outer sleeve. Loco and coaches appear to be in excellent condition in good box. Estimate £60 - £80.

Model Railways - Hornby-Dublo OO gauge Duchess of Montrose passenger train set reference # EDP12 with small quantity of boxed track, controller and transformer in excellent to near mint condition in very good to excellent boxes Est £60 - £80.

A wooden model train

TRI-ANG HORNBY MODEL TRAIN, with track and electric RP15 power unit

Electric Model Train and Track

A Meccano set together with a cricket game and model train

A 00 gauge kit built model of a continental train station, approx 30 inches

A green painted wooden model train

Triang Hornby Model electric train set, The Blue Pullman, boxed

A Collection of Hornby train models includes Thomas the tank engines, Electric train set, Power packs and loose track. Also includes a cast metal train model named Lyon.

Boxed Hornby OO gauge model R825 Electric Train Set with BR Diesel 37130 engine and rolling stock plus 8 items of Hornby rolling stock (7 boxed), and track

A Quantity of Railway Related Books, British Rail Rule Book 1950; Cooks Continental Timetable - August 1939 and modern European Rail Timetables and a Corgi model train:- One Box

A Pug 'O' Gauge/7mm White Metal 0-4-0 Locomotive Kit, by Chuffs Model Train Peddlers Ltd, Aspinall Saddle Tank Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, boxed. Unchecked

A GERMAN BOXED 'TRIX' HO GAUGE 22364 TGV MODEL TRAIN SET

A 1 3/4 INCH GAUGE MODEL TRAIN TRACK ON WOODEN BOARD

Model Train Interest - Hornby - Collection Of Track And Accessories. To Include Bridges, Platform, Track,Hornby R473 Station, Hornby Bristol Signal Box Etc. Please See Accompanying Image.

Box of assorted Hornby 'O' gauge railway to include No.50 lumber wagon, a Hornby type 40 train with clockwork engine, various train tracks, etc and Mamod model steam engine with Meccano and another 

Tinplate electric model tank engine, maker unknown, 4,2,0, marked 'Brecon & Merthyr Railway Company' to side, believed to be made by Stanley Clark, son of the artist G Clarkthe train measure 22cms buffer to buffer, 18 cms the engine. the wheels measure 3.5 cms and the flange is 2.5 - I hope this right. If not please ring 01285 642420 to talk it through

A Revel 1:24 bus model kit; together with a Mighty Red Rocket train set

Boxed Triang 00 guage R3.A electric model train set, with a Mail Coach train set both boxed

A Norton Commanda motorbike kit, 1.9 model together with a part completed Desert train model and a BMW part model kit.

A Paul's Model Art 'Mini Champs' 1:18 scale Bentley 6.5 litre Blue Train Special 1930 classic car

A Lima HO scale electric train set, and three collectable model locomotives

Hornby 'OO' gauge: Intercity 225 part set in box, quantity of track, model making and layout accessories, various control units, three Train Driver hats, paperwork etc, in three boxes

A rare Solari Dator model 5 electric calendar flip/ticket wall timepiece, designed by Gino Valle for Solari di Udine, supplied by Gensign, London, 1960’s The interior with cast alloy dial frame forming the chassis fitted with electrically driven motionwork including complex arrangement of shunts, ratchets, locking levers and drive gears to control the various flip ticket carousels, the principal movement plate with SRC radial flip stamped trademark beneath serial number 50839, the dial composed of three panels with visible white-on black flip ticket digital displays for hours and minutes next to small trade label GENSIGN to top over day of the week to centre and date of the month to the lower panel, the whole behind cushion-shaped plexiglass cover set into a conforming white enamel painted cushion-shaped case with removable back panel incorporating power connector, start/stop switch and applied metal trade label GENSIGN, PROPERTY OF, GENERAL SIGNAL & TIME SYSTEMS LTD., 7 GT. PETER ST., LONDON S.W.1., ABBEY 5588/89, the right hand side also with repeat trade label for Solari, (day of month motionwork and set-up dial lacking), 34.5 (13.5ins) high; 28cm (11ins) wide. Solari di Udine, an offshoot of Ditta Fratelli Solari (Solari Brothers Company), was established by brothers, Fermo and Remigio Solari in Udine, Italy in 1948. It was there that Remigio Solari invented what would come to be called the Solari Board - a mechanical digital display that showed numbers and letters on a rotating flap system. For this innovation the company received the Italian ‘Compasso d'Oro’ (Golden Compass) award for industrial design. These information display systems have become the mainstay of arrival and departure boards displaying arrival and departure times in train and airports world over since the 1950s and 60s, with the first being installed at the Liège-Guillemins Railway Station, Liège, Belgium in 1956. The Solari di Udine range of wall and table timepieces were designed by the highly respected Italian Modernist architect Gino Valle and were most often used in semi-public environments such as banks.

Tin Plate - Chinese clockwork model boats beneath a double arched bridge, boxed, marked Walter & Prediger; another similar buses and cars, unmarked; another plane, train and boats, marked made in Taiwan (3)

A Triang 00 guage R3Q clockwork model train set, complete in original box, together with a Triang S24 electric model railway

EX-SHOP STOCK: HO Gauge: Model Power DCC 966781 DDT Plymouth Industrial Diesel Loco with box, together with five train Tech Coach Lighting Strips.

A large vintage wooden 'Pull-Along' Model Train on metal wheels with rubber tyres, approximately 60cm long, which has been repainted at some time, together with a small quantity of unboxed playworn diecast models by Matchbox and others and a boxed Corgi 99726 'The Chocolate Collection' set containing ten miniature vehicles from their 'Cameo' range in various chocolate themed liveries.

Model railways track-side plastic model kits by Airfix and others, along with accessories for train track layouts, figures of people, cars, and small selection of cased Ertl Thomas the Tank Engine models.

A HORNBY ST. JAMES' PARISH CHURCH MODEL, R 8516; boxed; together with A HORNBY NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM BRITISH RAILWAYS 2-BIL '2090' TRAIN PACK. (2)

'In The Service of the Nation', pub for the National Fire Service Benevolent Fund by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd 1944', Instructions for Drivers of Industrial Locomotives pub Andrew Barclay & Sons Co. Ltd, Caledonia Works, (copyright), Instructions Manual for BSA Model 1951, Ariel The Modern Motor Cycle Owners Guide 1957-59 and other motor and train related booklets:- One Box

SCALE MODEL OF THE ROYAL SCOTT STEAM TRAIN AND TENDER, 102cm long

Model Railway - Hornby Dublo electric train set, EDP12 Passeneger Train 'Duchess of Montrose' B.R. (L.M.R), together with Island Platform etc. Condition:

A collection of 00 gauge model railway carriages, including a Tri-ang two part Southern Region green commuter train, Inter-City livery, Pullman coach, Sleeping cars, restaurant etc.

Jouef HOe Model Railway, Decauville Steam Locomotive and Summer Cars Set 711000, Western Express Train Set 711200, Articulated Railcar 815000, in original boxes (good to excellent, Western Train weathered, tender altered, boxes fair to good) (3)

A box of model train parts

A box of model train parts

Selection of model train parts

A large selection of unopened model train kits

Selection of model train parts

A box of model train parts