15th Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Toys & Models, Sporting & Fishing

 
Lot 3012
 

3012

Leeds United Bench Seats

consisting of 2 cast iron sides, 1 wooden seat and named back for Peter Levine 109

From the vendor: While relocating my barber shop, I was looking to replace my waiting chairs with old style folding ones. Browsing online for cinema chairs I came across a local antiques shop selling some rusty and tatty chairs with a laminate plastic cover. I went to view them and was told that they were found in an old storage unit in a service pit used for servicing automobiles. They looked like they would clean up well, so I took up the challenge and bought a few. Stripping the plastic off uncovered lovely wooden seats and backs, on these backs were names. Until this point, I had not noticed the LUFC engravings on the cast iron bases due to the rust. Some of the chairs had names and one said Visiting Director. I protected these with masking tape. Manager Don Revies name was revealed to me while removing tape from a chair, accidentally pulling off another name. Since being restored by myself they have featured in an Antiques Roadshow episode, radio and newspaper articles.

Sold for £750
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

Auction: Toys & Models, Sporting & Fishing, 15th Dec, 2021

Over 480 lots to include an extensive collection of Ship Builders Plates, good Marklin and other Gauge 1, Stuart Live Steam Engines & Boilers, trains, TV and other diecast, enamel advertising signs, tin toys, autographs and more. The Sporting & Fishing section of the sale offers a good selection of vintage collectable pieces alongside good useable kit, including Hardy Reels.

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