Sales platforms for totem station signs
Collected by a Scottish enthusiast, 26 railway station totems – the enamel signs introduced across the UK by newly nationalised British Rail in 1948 – gained UK-wide interest at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow.
Topping the July 17 sale was a standard 3ft (92cm) wide totem for Portobello, the station for Edin…