Viewing Arrangements

Lots can be viewed at our Banbury depot, strictly by prior appointment.

As viewing slots are limited, we are charging a deposit fee of £200 which will be deducted from your invoice total if you are successful, or refunded if your competitive bid fails. We cannot accept unrealistic bids. Unfortunately, we have no alternative but to charge this deposit fee as we need to keep limited viewing slots available for those with a particular interest in the material and discourage casual viewing.

Please note that viewing will be under supervision and the use of cameras is not permitted. If you wish to bring any viewing equipment, please feel free to do so. This will not be provided.

To book a slot and pay your deposit, please phone 01865 362520 or email .

Buyer's Premium

The Buyer's Premium for SRA Postal Auctions is 15% of the hammer price and subject to VAT at the standard rate, total 18%.

Postal Auctions

In pre-covid times, Sheffield Railwayana Postal Sales were held after the main GCR Stoneleigh auctions at three-monthly intervals and included a wide variety of railwayana and printed material of all types. These auctions are continuing, offering a wide range of paperwork and ephemera in the on-line catalogue. Please watch our website for announcements regarding dates etc. of our future postal auctions.

Lots will be illustrated on this website together with descriptive text. We recommend that bidders view the catalogue here. PDF, text only, versions of our Postal Auction catalogues will continue to be made available for download from this website. You can print these out, if you like a hard-copy for reference.