Monday 15 September 2008
Auction 47 - Toowoomba 2 Day Auction - October 2008
Day 1 - Saturday 25th October 2008

Lots 1-400 (Lots 357 - 400 to be announced)
Australiana and Pottery Sale -
Featuring the collections of the late Alan and Myrtle James ( Remued & Kerryl pottery )
& the Lex Dow collection ( Outstanding colonial and studio pottery )

View 8am - Auction commences 10 am
( Special preview Friday 24th, 1 - 4 pm )

Live Auction with full absentee facilities available

Location: Lancaster's Auction Rooms
3 Railway street Toowoomba QLD 4032


Day 2 - Sunday 26th October 2008

Lots 401 - 1095
Antique Bottles, Pot Lids and Stoneware Sale -
Featuring the collections of Hazel and the late Allan Amor,
Wayne O'Neil & Part 2 of the Boyd Meppem and Eric Singh collections.

View 8 am - Auction commences 9:30 am

Live Auction with full absentee facilities available

Location: Lancaster's Auction Rooms
3 Railway street Toowoomba QLD 4032

Day 1 - Consists of a world class collection of Australian pottery including, Remued ( actual items made by Alan James), a Superb Studio piece by Gloria Lovelock, PPP, Boyd Family, L J Harvey, Lithgow majolica
A unique Thomas Field Barrel, a Campbell's majolica Water Filter, Kerryl sample items that never went into production, Bendigo Pottery, Fowler, so much more as well.
Day 2's - consists of Whisky and Brewery items, incredible Fruit jars, rare Ginger Beers, outstanding Codds,
beautiful Bitters, great Gins, Schnapps, Demijohns, coloured Chemist, Crown Seals and a good mix of general bottles.

Click Here to view Online Catalogue
Click Here to view Photo Gallery
Click Here to download Absentee Bidding Form - Absentee/Telephone Bids must be received by close of business on Thursday 23rd October 2008
Click Here to download Catalogue
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Sunday 16 December 2007
Auction 46 - Our annual combined Roycroft/Lancaster 2 day Flowerdale Auction
25/5/2008 10:20am - Optus Mobile reception has been lost if you left bids on Grahams mobile either last night or this morning we have not received your bids
25/5/2008 11:20am - Optus has advised phone services will be back to normal at approxmately 3:pm today. Alternate arrangements have been made to call telephone bidders where bids were received

A Combined Lancaster/Roycroft Auction- 'Advertising Signs, Tins, Antique Bottles & Collectables' Auction - Flowerdale - Victoria

Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May 2008

Day 1 – Lots 1-670 (Also, Lots 1251-1262)

Outstanding Advertising Signs including Enamel, tin and cardboard, tea and tobacco tins, pub and advertising mirrors, garagenalia and more


Day 2 – Lots 671-1250
Antique bottles include: Ginger beers, codds, cordials, pot lids, household, whisky and brewery memorabilia

Location: Public Hall, Yea Road, Flowerdale, Victoria

Day 1 – View 8am, Start 9:30am
Day 2 – View 9:30am, Start 10:30am

Live auction with FULL absentee bidding facilities

Absentee and Telephone Bids are now closed

Our catalogue is now online and available for downloading or viewing

Click Here to view Online Catalogue
Click Here to view Photo Gallery
Click Here to download Absentee Bidding Form - Absentee/Telephone Bids must be received by close of business on Thursday 22nd May 2008
Click Here to download Catalogue
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Auction 45 - A Major 'Australiana, Pottery, Electric Jug & Advertising Ceramic' Auction
Sunday 27th April 2008 (Anzac Day long weekend)
Auction Commences 9:30am


View on day of sale 8.00am
Special Preview Saturday 26th April 1-4 pm


Featuring A major collection of Chas Stone pottery, Quality Australiana & Pottery, Rare Electric Jugs, Advertising Ceramics, Water Jugs, Pie Funnels and a great Arnotts Collection, plus lots more.

Location: Graham Lancaster's Auction Rooms, 3 Railway Street, Toowoomba QLD 4350

Absentee and Telephone Bids are now closed

Click Here to view Online Catalogue
Click Here to view Photo Gallery
Click Here to download Absentee Bidding Form - Absentee/Telephone Bids must be received by close of business on Thursday 24th April
Click Here to download Catalogue

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Auction 44 - Our Annual 'Blokey' Auction and Annual Antique Bottle, Pot Lid & Stoneware Auction
Part I - Our Annual 'Blokey' auction
Lots 1-850
Sunday 3rd February, 2008 (Toowoomba Car Swap Weekend)


Featuring "The Murray Wills Collection" Garagenalia, Enamel Signs,Oil bottles, Tea & Tobacco Tins, Cast Iron, Kitchenalia (many hand operated), Pedal cars, Mobo & Cyclops Toys, and 2 Rare Motorised Bicycles
ALSO "The Gary Dunn Collection" (Uralla, NSW) including “One of Australia’s Best Axe Collections”, his original Tractor seats,Animal Traps and Cow bells

Location: Graham Lancaster Auction Room, 3 Railway Street, Toowoomba QLD 4350

Click Here to view Online Catalogue
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Click Here to download Absentee Bidding Form
Click Here to download Catalogue

Part II - Annual 'Antique Bottle, Pot Lid & Stoneware' Auction
Lots 851-1100
Saturday 16th February 2008 (National Bottle Show Weekend)

Evening Auction, BBQ & Social

Featuring 250 Quality Lots! from the collections of John Robinson, Wayne Conway, Kevin & Sandra Bade & Part II of the Phil Walsh Collection - Including Ginger Beers, Black Glass, Pot Lids, Codds, Hamiltons, Schnapps, Convict spruce bottles, Fruit Jars, Demijohns, Whisky Crocks, and much more!

Location: Graham Lancaster Auction Room, 3 Railway Street, Toowoomba QLD 4350

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Click Here to download Absentee Bidding Form
Click Here to download Catalogue
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Saturday 07 July 2007
Auction 43 - October/November 2007
Day 1 - Lots: 1-799

“Antique Bottle, Pot Lid & Stoneware Auction” Catalogue Now online

Sunday 28 October 2007, View 7.30am, Auction 9:00am
Special Preview – Saturday 27 October 2007 1pm - 4pm

Live auction with full absentee bidding facilities.

Location: Graham Lancaster Auction Room, 3 Railway Street, Toowoomba QLD 4350

Click Here to view Online Catalogue
Click Here to view Photo Gallery
Click Here to download Absentee Bidding Form
Click Here to download Catalogue

Graham Lancaster Auctions is pleased to announce that our annual antique bottle, pot lid and stoneware auction catalogue and photo gallery is now available to both view and download. A copy of the printed, colour catalogue has been posted to our subscribers who will receive a copy by the end of the week. This auction consists of Outstanding Codds, Ginger Beers, Bitters, Cordials, Fruit Jars, Beers, Demijohns, Crown Seals, Lamonts, Superb Australian Pot Lids and much more.


Day 2 - Lots: 800-1368

“Australiana, Pottery & Carnival Glass Auction” Now online

Sunday, 4th November, View 8:00am, Auction 9:30am
Special Preview – Saturday 3 November 2007 1pm - 4pm

Live auction with full absentee bidding facilities.

Location: Graham Lancaster Auction Room, 3 Railway Street, Toowoomba QLD 4350

Click Here to view Online Catalogue
Click Here to view Photo Gallery
Click Here to download Absentee Bidding Form
Click Here to download Catalogue

Graham Lancaster Auctions will be hosting that annual Australiana, Pottery & Carnival Glass Auction once again this November. The sale will consist of Outstanding Colonial, Studio & Artware Pottery, One of Australia’s Best Carnival Glass Collections, Citron & Depression Glass, A select range of Pokerwork, Australiana & Metalware, Important Convict Pottery. This sale contains of some of the best Australiana & pottery we have seen to date.

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Thursday 03 May 2007
Auction 42 - Flowerdale Auction
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th May 2007
Roycroft/Lancaster Annual

Day 1
Saturday 26th May
Lots 1-760
(View 8am, Start 9:30)

Advertising Signs Include:
Enamel, Tin & Cardboard, Pub & Advertising Mirrors, Tea & Confectionary Tins, Oil Bottles & Other Garagenalia

Day 2
Lots 761-1385
(View 9:30, Start 10:30am)

Antique Bottles Include:
Outstanding Black & Blue Glass, Ginger Beers, Codds, Lamonts, Whisky Crocks, Household, & Australia’s Best Known Pot Lid Collection

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Sunday 29 April 2007
Auction 41 - Kerosene Lamps
Our Auction 41 was a great success and has now ended. You may view the prices realised by clicking here.

Our next auction will be at Flowerdale, Victoria on the 26th and 27th May 2007.
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Tuesday 03 April 2007
Photo Gallery
Our Photo Gallery is now back on the website allowing you to view all the photos of the lots we have in our current auction. Over the comming days changes will be made to make this quicker for people on dialup connections.

To view the photos click the link View Photos on the menu to the left of this message.

I hope you enjoy the return of this great feature to our site.
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Monday 26 March 2007
April Auction - Kerosene Lamps, Antique Furniture & Decorative Arts
On Sunday the 29th April 2007 Graham Lancaster Auctions will be holding a major sale of kerosene lamps, antique furniture and decorative arts. This sale will be held in our Toowoomba auction rooms with full absentee bidding facilities. This auction features the outstanding collection of Peter & Arlene Jensen from Benalla in Victoria. Their outstanding kerosene lamp collection contains over 400 items including 60 banquet lamps, 100’s of table lamps and finger lamps, also lots of spare parts (burners, chimneys, shades, etc). To compliment their collection Graham Lancaster has sourced some fine early colonial and antique furniture and a small selection of quality ceramics and glassware. This is undoubtedly one of our finest and highest quality offerings to date.

To ask questions regarding this auction go to our Forum Page by clicking here

Sunday 29th April 2007 - TOOWOOMBA
View 8:00am, Auction 9:30am
Special Preview Saturday 28th April 1pm to 4pm

Download the Catalogue
Download the Absentee Bidding Form
Online catalogue and photos now available

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Thursday 04 January 2007
Two Great Auctions in February
Graham Lancaster Auctions will be holding and is currently cataloguing 2 auctions that will be held in February, both held in our Toowoomba auction rooms. First up, our annual Garagenalia, enamel sign, tin & oil bottle auction will be held on Car Swap weekend on Sunday 4th February. This sale consists of some truly outstanding advertising signs & oil/petrol memorabilia. As an addition, this sale will also include the entire contents of Oliver’s Australiana Museum including a large assortment of kitchenalia, cast iron ware , dairy & laundry memorabilia,, rustic furniture, iron collection , tools, museum items, curios and much much more. Many items have significant local provenance.

A few weeks later, during the ‘Toowoomba bottle show’ weekend, Graham Lancaster Auctions will host its annual evening bottle & pot lid sale in conjunction with the show on Saturday17th February. This sale will include a large array of quality bottles including an outstanding ginger beer collection, black glass, rare & desirable pot lids, codds, cordials, convict spruce bottles & more. This sale is renowned for offering some of Australia’s best bottles & pot lids. An auction not to be missed.

The catalogue for these sales is nearing completion and will be available mid - January in both online & printed form. An email will be sent to our online subscribers which will alert them when these auctions have been uploaded to our website.

To ask questions regarding this auction go to our Forum Page by clicking here

Sunday 4th February 2007 - TOOWOOMBA
View 7:30am, Auction 9:00am
Special Preview Sat 4th 10 - 12pm & 1 to 4pm
Toowoomba car swap weekend - "The Blokey Auction" - Lots 1 to 770

Download the Catalogue
Download the Absentee Bidding Form
Online catalogue and photos now available

Garagenalia, Enamel signs, Oil bottles, Tins & the entire contents of 'Oliver's Australiana Museum'

Saturday 17th February 2007 - TOOWOOMBA
View 4pm, Auction 6pm
Toowoomba bottle show weekend - "Antique Bottle & Pot Lid Auction" - Lots 770 to 1129

Download the Catalogue
Download the Absentee Bidding Form
Online catalogue and photos now available

Quality Ginger beers, Black glass, Pot lids, Codds, Cordials, Convict spruce bottles & more

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