Gold prices give vendors an early Christmas gift
December 2025
A solid performance by a range of Sovereigns and Krugerrands set the tone for a fine final collectors’ sale of 2025 at the Somerset Auction Rooms.
A Krugerrand from 1974 set the record for the day, selling to a phone bidder for £2,500. Others from the same year sold to just shy of this figure at £2,450.
Coinage closer to home – a Victorian penny dated 1856 sold for £800 while a Robert The Bruce penny, which had been much admired prior to the sale went for £800, while another Robert The Bruce penny fetched £550.
The extensive range of Sovereigns from the Victorian era onwards all sold well, with the pick being an Edward VII example from 1907, which sold for £670.
Vendors from across Somerset had taken advantage of the firm’s sell your gold coins for free campaign and had reaped the results. This sales initiative continues until the end of February 2026 so there is still time to take advantage of this opportunity.
Gold prices have been buoyant throughout 2025 and have consistently performed well in the saleroom.
The collectors’ sales at the Somerset Auction Rooms, Junction 24, North Petherton, are renowned for their eclectic mix of offerings and the December edition was no exception with items of Japanese and Chinese interest along with regular staples such as postcards and toys.
A well-engineered 3 ½ inch gauge model of GWR 3700 (city) class 4-4-0 tender locomotive 'City of Truro’ attracted much pre-sale interest and sold for £1,600.
The 'City of Truro' is believed to have been the first locomotive to attain 100mph, descending Wellington Bank, outside the Somerset town, while hauling the 'Ocean Mails' special between Plymouth and London Paddington, on 9th May 1904.
Another well viewed lot was a 3 ½ inch gauge model of L.B.S.C.R. (LATER S.R.) J1 CLASS 4-6-2 tank locomotive 'Abergavenny', 325 built by Mr F.W. Groves. Charmingly this lot included a photo of Mr Groves driving the locomotive in the 1980s. This went for £1,300.
A Chinese vase with a lobed neck, painted in blue with two four-clawed dragons against a yellow ground, the base with a painted six-character mark sold for £1,000.
A Japanese carved wood netsuke from the Meiji period, in the form of a female terrapin with four baby terrapins climbing on her shell, sold for £800.
For more information on the range of sales staged at the Somerset Auction Rooms please call 01278 410250.
A Krugerrand from 1974 set the record for the day, selling to a phone bidder for £2,500. Others from the same year sold to just shy of this figure at £2,450.
Coinage closer to home – a Victorian penny dated 1856 sold for £800 while a Robert The Bruce penny, which had been much admired prior to the sale went for £800, while another Robert The Bruce penny fetched £550.
The extensive range of Sovereigns from the Victorian era onwards all sold well, with the pick being an Edward VII example from 1907, which sold for £670.
Vendors from across Somerset had taken advantage of the firm’s sell your gold coins for free campaign and had reaped the results. This sales initiative continues until the end of February 2026 so there is still time to take advantage of this opportunity.
Gold prices have been buoyant throughout 2025 and have consistently performed well in the saleroom.
The collectors’ sales at the Somerset Auction Rooms, Junction 24, North Petherton, are renowned for their eclectic mix of offerings and the December edition was no exception with items of Japanese and Chinese interest along with regular staples such as postcards and toys.
A well-engineered 3 ½ inch gauge model of GWR 3700 (city) class 4-4-0 tender locomotive 'City of Truro’ attracted much pre-sale interest and sold for £1,600.
The 'City of Truro' is believed to have been the first locomotive to attain 100mph, descending Wellington Bank, outside the Somerset town, while hauling the 'Ocean Mails' special between Plymouth and London Paddington, on 9th May 1904.
Another well viewed lot was a 3 ½ inch gauge model of L.B.S.C.R. (LATER S.R.) J1 CLASS 4-6-2 tank locomotive 'Abergavenny', 325 built by Mr F.W. Groves. Charmingly this lot included a photo of Mr Groves driving the locomotive in the 1980s. This went for £1,300.
A Chinese vase with a lobed neck, painted in blue with two four-clawed dragons against a yellow ground, the base with a painted six-character mark sold for £1,000.
A Japanese carved wood netsuke from the Meiji period, in the form of a female terrapin with four baby terrapins climbing on her shell, sold for £800.
For more information on the range of sales staged at the Somerset Auction Rooms please call 01278 410250.