September 2024 Local History Auction

Name: September 2024 Local History Auction
Start: 2024-09-23T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-23T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Glebe Villas Hall

Schedule

Mon Sep 23 2024 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Glebe Villas Hall | Brighton, EN

Doors open 7pm, auction starts at 8pm
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE CATALOGUE HERE:
https://tinyurl.com/2cjr3mh7

A fantastic selection of 300 photos, books, postcards, maps, ephemera etc. etc. will be available at this month’s local history auction, organised by Robert Jeeves of Step Back In Time and Andy Garth of Brighton and Hove Stuff. Admission is free.

Some highlights include:
• Unique set of original photos from the 1896 first run of the Volks Railway.
• Great lot of Brighton directories, from the 1880s to the 1970s.
• Lots of interesting photographs, inc. Steyning Station.
• Selection of better Brighton and Sussex postcards.
• Various local ephemera.
• Selection of local books.
• Choice of various Bramber, Beeding and Steyning items.

All lots can be viewed in advance at Step Back In Time between now and 3.30pm on the day of the auction.
Photographs of 40 of the rarer lots can be downloaded here:
https://tinyurl.com/bdes3kj9

VENUE:
St. Leonard's Church Hall, Glebe Villas, Hove, BN3 4ED (between New Church Road (buses 6, 1 and 1A) and Portland Road (bus 49). Please note that parking is restricted until 7pm, which has actually made it a lot easier to find a space!

WHAT TO EXPECT:
You will be given a bidder number on your way in, and a catalogue if you need one. If your bids are successful you can either collect your items and pay card, cash or cheque on the night, or pick them up from Step Back In Time on Queens Road later in the week if you would like to pay by credit or debit card.

The auction and club is attended by well-respected dealers who always bring varied stock of interest to collectors of all eras and specialisms including postcards, all kinds of photos, plus books and ephemera, covering many themes.

If you have never been to one of our events you will be made very welcome. You don't have to be a member of the Sussex Postcard Club. Tea, coffee, biscuits compris, and there are ground floor loos.