Sales platforms for totem station signs

Collected by a Scottish enthusiast, 26 railway station totems – the enamel signs introduced across the UK by newly nationalised British Rail in 1948 – gained UK-wide interest at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow.

Topping the July 17 sale was a standard 3ft (92cm) wide totem for Portobello, the station for Edin…

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