Auction alert: Toys, Antiques, Books & Ephemera

Corgi Toys, no. 420 'Ford Thames Airborne Caravan' (two tone lilac)

This week, we’re shining our spotlight on the Toys, Antiques, Books & Ephemera sale being held by Lockdales Auctioneers. There will be 511 lots coming under the hammer on from 10am on Wednesday 29th June 2022. The auction house is based in Martlesham Heath in Ipswich, Suffolk.

This is a great sale if you’re an avid collector of things. There are many groups of items on offer; toy cars, vans & lorries, toy trains & accessories, writing instruments, vintage football programmes and (my favourites) vintage tins.

If you’re the high bidder on one or more lots, a buyers’ premium of 18% + VAT will be added to the hammer price. Also to bear in mind:

All bids made via The Saleroom.com are subject to a surcharge of 4.95%+VAT and all bids made via Easyliveauction.com are subject to either a surcharge of 3%+VAT or a one-off fixed pre-payment of £3.00 per auction. This also applies to autobids placed via their website.
You can avoid paying these charges by choosing to leave absentee bids on the Lockdales website absolutely free of charge.

Corgi Toys, no. 258 'The Saints Car, Volvo P.1800'

Lot 26: Corgi Toys, no. 258 ‘The Saints Car, Volvo P.1800’
Contained in original box
Estimate: £40 – £60

Corgi Toys, no. 420 'Ford Thames Airborne Caravan' (two tone lilac)

Lot 31: Corgi Toys, no. 420 ‘Ford Thames Airborne Caravan’ (two tone lilac)
Contained in original box
Estimate: £40 – £60

Must de Cartier black lacquered fountain pen

Lot 201: Cartier. Must de Cartier black lacquered fountain pen
In original case & outer packaging
Estimate: £100 – £150

Advertising interest interesting collection of small tins advertising various products Housed in an original Cadburys metal display case

Lot 224: Advertising interest – collection of small tins advertising various products
Housed in an original Cadbury’s metal display case
Estimate: £40 – £50

Advertising interest collection of small tins advertising various products Housed in an original Crawford's metal display case

Lot 225: Advertising interest – collection of small tins advertising various products
Housed in an original Crawford’’s metal display case
Estimate: £40 – £50

Cadburys Dairy Milk Chocolate tin

Lot 396: Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Chocolate tin
Depicting a milk churn (lid present), height 14.5cm approx
Estimate: £30 – £50

Miniature cabinet with six walnut fronted drawers

Lot 441: Miniature cabinet with six walnut fronted drawers
Circa late 19th to early 20th century, height 24.5cm, width 30cm, depth 12.5cm approx
Estimate: £40 – £60

Original framed advertising mirror for Wills's Star Cigarettes

Lot 509: Wills Cigarettes. An original framed advertising mirror for ‘Wills’s Star Cigarettes’
Frame size 24cm x 29cm approx
Estimate: £40 – £60

How to declutter at speed

How to declutter at speed

Every now and then, you may get the urge to have a good tidy up; and, as you’re tidying, you may notice that you have much more stuff than you need or use. All of these extra things are taking up precious space for no good reason.

If you’re short on time and budget to declutter your home as fast as possible, there are a few things that you can do to make it much quicker – and a little easier too! You may want to consider dumpster rental in elizabethtown pa. With a dumpster, you can pick up all the items you don’t want or need in one quick and easy step.

Rubbish

You probably only have a set amount of bin space, and that means you need to be strict with your space. One of the services that can help you quickly and easily and is worth the investment is a professional rubbish clearance company.

Instead of needing to hire a skip, you can gather up everything that they’re to take – and let them do the work.

As part of the process, make sure that, where possible, you’re recycling. For everything else, bag it up and get it ready to go out on bin day. It might take a few bin days or one very productive day driving it all to the tip.

Room specific

One thing that can make you feel like you’re living in a cluttered mess is when things aren’t in the right place – or don’t have a place at all. Books and bric-a-brac piled up in the kitchen, bath products that never made it to the bathroom – or anything else.

Go around your home with a box that’s destined for the bathroom, another for the bin, then the bedroom etc. Collect up the items and successively return them to their rightful place.

Once you’ve done this, you’ll notice a marked improvement. It can be trickier to achieve when you have young children, but it’s a job in which you can involve everyone.

Storage

It may not be that you have too much stuff, but rather your stuff simply isn’t well organised. Getting the right storage can be one of the biggest changes that you make. Using storage systems with drawers, boxes and compartments can enable you to put a lot of your things in one place.

Take a moment to have a look through Pinterest and other interior design magazines – and even the IKEA catalogue as they’re all full of great storage ideas for any budget and size of home.

When you’re considering a better way to manage things in the future, getting three or more storage bins that can be used to gather and move items to the right place is a great idea. They can also be used to help keep recycling going well.

Ruthlessness

People tend to get attached to ‘stuff’, and that makes it more difficult to declutter effectively. When you decide that you’re going to shed some of your belongings, you need to be as ruthless as possible. If you don’t need it, use it or love it – it’s time to say goodbye.

A big declutter can make your space feel incredible, but there are other things that can give your home a freshness: Giving your home a new look and feel.

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There’s a new-ish interiors trend in town – it’s called Japandi and, as the name suggests, it’s a blend of Japanese and Scandinavian styles.

Both cultures are known for unfussy, pared-back product and interior design. It’s no surprise that the likes of Muji and IKEA have both taken the rest of the world by storm.

We came across this setting above and thought that it illustrates the Japandi style very well.

Kris Manalo, senior upholstery buyer at Heal’s, sums up the Japandi trend perfectly:

Aspects of the Scandi notion of ‘hygge’ and Japanese ‘wabi-sabi’ harmonise to create a stress-free atmosphere… these pieces allow people to create a clean, calm environment in which they can truly unwind

If you’d like to explore this blended trend further, a new book, Japandi Style: When Japanese and Scandinavian Designs Blend, is being published in early October 2022.

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The best way to ensure your home stays tidy

The best way to ensure your home stays tidy

If you’re someone who loves a tidy home then you need to be doing everything in your power to keep it that way. We know that if you’re the only person in the house who seems to be cleaning and tidying up, it can become a little overwhelming and you may even end up not wanting to do it at all. In this post, we’ll be taking a look at some of the things that you can do to ensure that your home stays tidy, so keep reading down below if you would like to find out more.

Everyone helps

The first thing that you should be doing is making sure that everyone is helping. If you think that people will stick to a chore list or chore wheel, make one of these for your household. It’s not fair for all of the responsibility to fall to one person when it comes to cleaning or tidying up; you should all be pulling your weight. Each person’s room is their own responsibility, and the family areas of the home such as the living room, kitchen and bathroom should be a joint effort. Everyone should be clearing up their own stuff, but if a mess does occur, it should just be cleaned when it’s noticed to avoid any kind of build-up.

If everyone helps, and if you manage to keep on top of it, then there is no reason for your home to be messy, fulfilling your tidiness goals.

Storage options

We also want to mention that you should look into storage options to put things away. If you’re someone who prefers minimal design rather than something that looks cluttered, you need to look into different options such as drawers and cabinets. These can go in every room in the house to keep things tidy such as the living room and the dining room.

If you already have a black dining table, then you might want to go for something that matches this, and the same with the other rooms you’re going to add these units too.

Make use of space

The final thing we’re going to advise is that you should be making use of space that’s available to you. If you want to ensure that your home stays tidy, make sure that things that can be put away or not left out. We’re not saying that you have to fill all of the available space that you have as this would be counter-productive, but what we are advising is that if you’re struggling for places to put things to keep it tidy, check if there’s any available space.

We hope that you’ve found this post helpful, and now see some of the things that you can do to ensure that your home stays tidy. It takes the entire house to make this possible, so it’s essential that you make this known to the people that you live with, ensuring that they all contribute to keeping the home in the best possible order.

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