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GOING, GOING, GONE: THE ORIGINAL SOUTHPORT PLEASURELAND (PAGE 2) by G Radice/H Booth/P Gould/P Grimshaw/R Houghton/D Jones/Kate/M Pavion Article: Added 2004 to 2007 |
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On Saturday, 21st February 2004 Pleasureland Southport held a charity auction in aid of the Southport Lifeboat. The venue was the fantastic Casablanca Entertainment Centre situated at the entrance to the park. Over £2,000 was raised and that was before offers for a Grand Prix (Turnpike) car of £200 or a Flying Elephant car at £100 were taken up by anyone. Auctioneer (and marketing manager) Steve Christian together with Mark Lee and all the Pleasureland staff worked hard to make the day a tremendous success. themagiceye went along, and now - September 2006 - takes a fond, sombre look back and recalls what each of the 80 items that went under the hammer that day eventually realised...
1 Set of 3 Pepsi Max Big One steps: Not Sold 2 Artist's impression of Frontierland Ranch House signed by Blackpool Pleasure Beach Managing Director Geoffrey Thompson: £6 3 TRAUMAtizer jacket, XL - ex marketing department: £12 4 4-piece hand-painted Las Vegas mural, ex BPB very large: £22 5 Hand painted grim reaper, ex BPB Horror Bar: £13 6 Mounted park map Casa de Campo, Madrid 1970s: £27 7 Mounted poster, Six Flags Atlanta, 1970s: £5 8 Mounted Poster, Walt Disney World 1970s: £7 9 1 Clown Head, ex games machine: £30 10 Large Frontierland grounds plan 1988: £10 11 Large Frontierland grounds plan 1988 (As lot 10): £11 12 Pair of fibreglass moulds (Scroll & Horse design) Jacksons: £10 13 1 Cyclone wheel - small: £11 14 1 Cyclone wheel - large: £5 15 Mounted poster, Movieland Wax museum featuring Clark Gable: Not Sold 16 Plywood Sailing Junk restaurant sign: £5 17 Small Pleasureland waltzer sign, double sided: £27 18 Maygay Fruit Explosion fruit machine, fully working: £90 19 Medium Frontier Fred: £22 20 Hand-painted 1960s gaming machine sign: £22 21 Project 94 "Sorry about the mess" sign (PMBO): £50 22 Small plywood fairy ex. BPB: £16 23 Mounted Danish park poster 1930s: £28 24 Mounted poster Liesberg 1970s: £5 25 Mounted map Hershey Park 1970s: £14 26 Prototype River Caves dinosaurs sign: £37 27 Lap bar from Stampede coaster, Frontierland: £3 28 Medium Mr Funshine sign: £50 29 1 Texas Tornado train badge: £15 30 1 Texas Tornado train badge: £15
31 Small plywood Frontier Fred (no feet!): £16 32 Cafe de Paris illuminated sign, ex Mystique: £21 33 Pair of TRAUMAtizer wheels: £12 34 Pair TRAUMAtizer wheels: £19 35 Plywood Frontierland welcome sign: £40 36 Framed Britannia skeleton, ex BPB Horror Bar: £36 37 Mounted poster, Tivoli, 1970s: £17 38 Texas Tornado No. 3 break (7ft): £20 39 Frontierland themed artists impression - games units 1984: £10 40 Plan of Morecambe Casino 1957: £8 41 Slightly damaged artwork of Fun House and Ghost Train, Frontierland: £24 42 Morecambe Pleasure Park Log Flume Badge: £21 43 Morecambe Pleasure Park Log Flume badge: £21 44 Mounted poster Magic Mountain, Valencia 1970s: £17 45 Jackson's Waltzer operator box window, signed "Pay in the Car": £3 46 Mounted poster, early Six Flags Mid-America: Not Sold 47 Mounted Poster Greezed Lightnin' Astroworld, Houston 1978: £20 48 Frontierland map and development plan, framed: £85 49 Small Fun House style distorting mirror: £38 50 Frontierland monorail and casino plans (Set of 2): £20
51 New desk jotter featuring water chute and Hiram Maxim, picture of Pleasureland circa 1912: £6 52 Large Frontier Fred, plywood: £28 53 Pair of TRAUMAtizer airbags, from braking system: £3 54 Large BPB grounds plan, weathered - 1992: £32 55 Mounted poster Disneyland 1970s: £8 56 BPB ride tickets sign, medium: £25 57 Mounted poster "Nicky's International Circus" ex BPB: £10 58 Derby Day early glass machine front: £10 59 Plywood Sailing Junk restaurant sign: £12 60 Mounted poster Six Flags 1970s: £5 61 1 Cyclone wheel - large: £5 62 1 Cyclone wheel - small: £5 63 BPB ride tickets sign - large: £40 64 Mounted poster Marine World Africa USA, 1970s: £42 65 Mounted Poster Astroworld, Houston 1970s: £30 66 Texas Tornado No. 1 brake lever (7ft): £19 67 Entrance sign, Rattler Coaster Frontierland: £26 68 Large selection of Greatest Show on Earth backdrop: Not Sold 69 Proposals for "Showman" development at Frontierland: £20 70 Set of assorted Frontierland plans x3: £8 71 Set of assorted Frontierland plans x3: £8 72 Set of assorted Frontierland plans x3: £8 73 Set of assorted Frontierland plans x5: £15 74 Assorted Pleasureland literature and artwork, 1996-2003: £26 75 1 pair BPB centenary cufflinks: £20 76 1 large Mr Funshine directional sign (right facing) pointing to Noah's Ark, Tagada, Wild Mouse and Refreshments: £250 (Another was also sold for this amount when auctioneer intervened and offered a second sign allowing for the two bidders to have one each): £250 77 Set of Texas Tornado safety chains and eyes: £5 78 1 large BPB "Big Country" sign: £40 79 1 set of VIP invites to Pleasureland ride launches (TRAUMAtizer, Casablanca, King Solomon Mines & Space Shot): £11 80 Fun House commemorative plaque presented by RCCGB, signed by both Andy Hine and Justin Garvanovic: £60 |
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