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Coming to auction, catalogued as the original obverse die for the second issue racing ticket for the Newcastle Grand Stand, 1810. In 1800 subscribers bought tickets for 15 guineas each to pay for the grandstand on the Town Moor. Image: Noonans Mayfair

@helenand5469 What caught my eye was that after the comic opera "Peeping Tom", Mr Wilson will be singing the well-known tune "Do Li A" in the character of a Sandgate Lady. And why not?

@robertneuk Mr Siddons, the Kembles, and the Wilsons on the boards!

Coming to auction, a significant slice of documentary social history: a bound, near complete three-year run of The Newcastle Courant, from 3 January 1795 to 29 December 1788. 205 bound copies (lacking 3), each 4 pages. Image: Tennants Auctioneers

At auction, in a collection of maps is this large late 19th/early 20th century map covering North Shields to Howdon and across the river to Mill Dam. 109cm x 204cm. Possibly a Second Edition Ordnance Survey map, 1888-1915 Revision. Image: Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers

At auction, an early 18th century engraving of Anderson Place, Newcastle, after Johannes Kip (1653-1722), engraver & Leendert Knijff (1650 –1721), original artist. Anderson Place was the town house of Sir William Blackett. Image: Railtons, Wooler

At auction, an unusual oil on canvas painting, catalogued as "Ships of the fleet forming a barricade on the Tyne". 24" by 42". The flag "Free trade and sailor's rights" was a rallying cry for the US, justifying the War of 1812 against Great Britain. Image: Ewbank's

At auction, a scarce copy of an engraved plan of Newcastle upon Tyne after James Corbridge, originally published in 1725, featuring a border of 26 views of public buildings surrounding a central city plan. 109 cm × 85 cm. Image: 1818 Auctioneers, Milnthorpe

At auction, John Falconar Slater (1857-1937), a good bodycolour on paper signed painting. 37.4 x 53.3 cm.  Probably an earlier work in his impressionist style. Slater's figures sometimes don't work. Here they do; perhaps with a whiff of Wilson Steer? Image: Roseberys London

At auction, in a mixed lot of works by Antoni Sulek (1951-1988) is this watercolour, possibly mixed media, showing the Newcastle skyline from Gateshead. The son of Polish émigrés who settled in Morpeth, Sulek became a prolific artist. Image: Halls Fine Art Auctioneers

Coming to auction, an oil on canvas laid to board attributed (unsigned) to John Wilson Carmichael (1799-1868): Longsands Beach and Tynemouth Priory. 40cm x 45cm. Image: David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers

At auction, a slice of social history: two tins and an associated brush of CWS Pelaw Polish. CWS had a major factory in Pelaw for around 100 years & was famous for producing a range of polishes, along with the logo "You’re sure of a shine!". Image: Laidlaw Auctioneers & Valuers

At auction, a framed watercolour by Thomas Miles Richardson Snr. (1784-1848), according to the slip, and titled "A Wreck on the Black Middens, Tynemouth". Laing Gallery and George Hughes labels to verso. 52.5 x 71cms in frame. Image: Anderson and Garland Ltd Newcastle

Coming to auction, a scarce booklet outlining the development & history of the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Limited, 1871-1929. Formed in 1871, Swan Hunter took a controlling interest in 1903. The business was nationalised in 1977. Image: Swan Fine Art

@PaulSuttonKing I think a "lamp tablet" like the one coming to auction would have been found on the platforms of smaller stations with a lamp coming up above the name tablet so as to illuminate it at night. A similar tablet sold a while ago with a section of the lamp bracket still in place.

@robertneuk For the uninitiated what is a lamp tablet. I’m asking as I have one of these signs from my local station when I was growing up and always wondered what it was.

At auction, an LNER enamel lamp tablet from Whitley Bay station on the North Tyne loop. 16" by 5". Image: G.W. Railwayana Auctions

At auction, a framed handcoloured 19th century engraving of the Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne, after George Andrews (1816 - 1898) & Thomas Prior (1809 - 1886). Dated 1850 on the mount, but more likely 1871. 8.5" x 16". Image: Railtons, Wooler

At auction, four items of social history: three editions of the Newcastle Courant and one edition of the Newcastle Chronicle - all from 1793. The July 27th 1793 paper reports on the murder of Marat and the consequences for the revolutionaries in France. Image: Mullock Jones

At auction, a signed oil on canvas by Duncan Fraser McLea (1841-1916), 'Shipping on the River Tyne at Dawn'. 29.5 x 50cm. Noted for his atmospheric paintings of marine views, McLea was born in Scotland but settled in South Shields after a period at sea. Image: Cheffins

At auction, a lovely framed oil on canvas beach view by Robert F. Watson (1815-1885), catalogued as believed to be Tynemouth. Signed & dated 1863. Born in North Sunderland, Watson was the son of a lighthouse keeper on the Inner Farnes. Image: Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers

At auction, a signed oil on board by John Falconar Slater (1857-1937): Cullercoats. 61.5 x 74cms in frame. Slater was a member of the Bewick Club and President of the North East Art Club and also a member of the Cullercoats Colony. Image: Anderson & Garland Ltd Newcastle