THE almost complete absence of saleroom railwayana auctions has in recent years exercised the minds of many within the movement, and continues to do so. It has polarised opinion, saddened some, and pleased others - and led to a sea change that will surely now never be reversed. It is a subject that regularly crops up in conversations I have with collectors and auction houses, and it is one of those debates that has merits on both sides of the divide.
Talisman Railwayana is the last of the leading
