Meeting Auction Catalogue : October 2026
This Auction will be held at our Society Meeting on 4th October.
Bids to be received by 1st October 2026, and can only be accepted from members of the BML&BS – click here to join.
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| Lot No. | Description |
|---|---|
| OCT 26/1 | 340+ Inn on the Park; Eddy & USA Bookmatches with Sayings |
| OCT 26/2 | 400 Worldwide Skillets |
| OCT 26/3 | 500 labels 1910-1950 |
| OCT 26/4 | 500 labels older items including: GB, Sweden, USA, Finland |
| OCT 26/5 | 400 Worldwide skillets |
| OCT 26/6 | 2000 Worldwide used & mint labels, some pre war |
| OCT 26/7 | Set of 30+2 packet labels complete boxes of Glamour Girls; Wiltshire Match |
| OCT 26/8 | 214 UPEC labels numbers range 3651-4000 |
| OCT 26/9 | Bag of 75+ complete boxes French women regional costumes & Maisons of France c1959 some duplication |
| OCT 26/10 | Damaged Capsule with matches John Lincoln of Norwich Congreves c1842 found under floorboards at Poplar Hall, Essex 50 years ago. A possibly unique item |
| OCT 26/11 | Stuck down late 1930s B&M labels and small album 1950s labels on wood |
| OCT 26/12 | 149 Belgium, Flanders, Dutch for UK labels on wood 1920s / 1930s |
| OCT 26/13 | 61 Finland for UK used labels on wood 1920s / 1930s |
| OCT 26/14 | 43 Baltic States & Russian labels for UK used on wood 1920s / 1930s |
| OCT 26/15 | 51 Polish, Czech, Bohemian, Austrian labels for UK on wood 1920s / 1930s |
| OCT 26/16 | 51 Tops on wood 1920s/30s from UK, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, S Africa |
| OCT 26/17 | Bag of UK Bookmatches: Restaurants |
| OCT 26/18 | Bag of UK Bookmatches : Hotels |
| OCT 26/19 | Bag of UK Bookmatches : Advertising Industry & Manufacturing |
| OCT 26/20 | Bag of UK Bookmatches : Advertising Services |
| OCT 26/21 | Bag of UK Bookmatches : Advertising Finance |
| OCT 26/22 | Star-Mark sample folder titled Tordenskjold although brand is not a sample |
| OCT 26/23 | Original typewritten press release relating to New Factory at B&M Empire Works, Glasgow July 15th 1958 |
| OCT 26/24 | Swedish bookmatches flats 13 probably pre 1920 for Swiss addresses |
| OCT 26/25 | 1930s Imported Giant Dutch Bookmatch for Dunhill complete with matches slightly battered |
| OCT 26/26 | Single Spring Flap Italian for Canada 1 of a set for 1953 Coronation |
| OCT 26/27 | About 50 Bookmatches advertising Tyres, lots of Dunlop worldwide |
| OCT 26/28 | 200+ Foil printed Venture Match irregular shaped covers (half moon type) |
| OCT 26/29 | 300 UK market skillets all without Manumarks for cafes, pubs, bars etc. |
| OCT 26/30 | 130 Airline hotel covers & skillets: Swissotel, SAS, Americana, Tulip, KLM, etc. |
| OCT 26/31 | 2000 older US booklets |
| OCT 26/32 | 64 different Foreign Made gross labels |
| OCT 26/33 | 210 different Starline Sales (Blackpool) booklets |
| OCT 26/34 | Original artwork for Cornish Wreck The Longships 1939 No.19 plus 2 packet and 3 box labels |
| OCT 26/35 | 2 different B&M Vesuvian boxes, 1 complete with matches both extremely fragile |
| OCT 26/36 | CO-OP / CWS: 74 ARTBs / panels & skillets + 3 packet labels + 3 B&M booklets |
| OCT 26/37 | About 225 mixed boxes from 1960s-1970s |
| OCT 26/38 | About 75 Bookmatches 1960s-1970s |
| OCT 26/39 | 2 albums of pre-war Worldwide labels and a small bag, plus letters to factories 1947 |
| OCT 26/40 | 64 Bookmatches / Flats from USA mostly Ohio Match 1930s-1940s with letters |
| OCT 26/41 | 24 B&M, 4 Swiss Bookmatches and 3 Pullmatches 1930s-1940s |
| OCT 26/42 | 100 pre-independence 1947 Indian labels; mint, used and some on wood |
| OCT 26/43 | 150+ old GB labels, ARTBs, panels from B&M, Anglia, Welwyn, Dunyerbit, UMI, R. Bell, NEMCO, Palmers, Vulcan Globe, Masters etc. |
| OCT 26/44 | Denmark: 60 labels and 6 packets mostly pre-war issues |
| OCT 26/45 | 4 Dutch sets: Co-op ships (40), Dogs (20), Car emblems (50), Hobbies (10) |
| OCT 26/46 | 85 Pre-war German labels home use and for export |
| OCT 26/47 | About 1950 old Japanese labels c1890s-1910 in x2 paper books sold as tourist items before the 2nd world war |
| OCT 26/48 | Hundreds of used mainly on wood labels 1930s-1940s wartime India, GB, Far East etc., plus 8 Japanese War Propaganda issues |
| OCT 26/49 | The Brymay Atlas of the World specially prepared for British children 1920s |
| OCT 26/50 | GB Mitchell labels: Loch Katrine, Labour Match x2, Pocket Matches x2, Red Cross x2, Kinning Park co-op society, plus 13 single panels from ARTBs |
| OCT 26/51 | Large box of many hundreds of Worldwide Bookmatches |
| OCT 26/52 | Hundreds of flattened skillets for UK use mostly England Glory |
| OCT 26/53 | Swedish presentation pack of 48 complete (with matches) boxes of old brands |
| OCT 26/54 | Large box full of thousands of Worldwide boxes, labels, skillets and wrappers |
| OCT 26/55 | 2 large albums of hundreds of Worldwide labels, skillets and wrapper |
| OCT 26/56 | Germany: Very Large Weltholzer Box probably pre-war |
| OCT 26/57 | Various: 15 Triangular boxes, 8 Cunard boxes, 12 Russian steam locomotives, 6+1 Maltese scenes, 6+1 Coca-Cola adverts, 6+1 Renault Cars |
| OCT 26/58 | 2592 Worldwide labels including complete sets |
| OCT 26/59 | 2700 Worldwide labels including complete sets |
| OCT 26/60 | 3000 Worldwide labels including complete set |
| OCT 26/61 | 3000 Worldwide labels including complete sets different to above |
| OCT 26/62 | Russian presentation box |
| OCT 26/63 | 100+ complete matchboxes many Swan varieties 1960s-1980s |
| OCT 26/64 | 50+ complete bookmatches and ring binder of bookmatches 1960s-1980s |
| OCT 26/65 | 25+ envelopes of Worldwide labels ready for filing 1960s-1980s |
| OCT 26/66 | 4 ring binders of Worldwide labels 1960s-1980s |
| OCT 26/67 | A ring binder of GB mainly Masters, Swan, Pilot 1960s-1980 |
| OCT 26/68 | A ring binder of Foreign Made labels |
| OCT 26/69 | About 500 Bouldens labels |
| OCT 26/70 | Bag of 100+ flattened skillets: B&M, Swan, Winners etc. |
| OCT 26/71 | Small bag of mixed boxes and 24 Cornish Wreck |
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