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Friday’s inaugural public holiday to allow Victorians time off to soak up the AFL Grand Final parade hasn’t stopped Young’s Auctions from plying its auction wares as normal.

Accordingly, it is full steam ahead for the auction house with the sale due to start at the normal time of 9.30am at 229 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn.

The auction contains s massive assortment of items – including a full size Ace billiards table.

A comprehensive range of antique instruments – many belonging to the one collector – should bring auction goers running to Young’s Auctions latest weekly sale from 9.30am at 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn.

The instruments include an antique brass theodolite and English octant from the 1890s.

There also is an expanding brass telescope, microscope, bellows camera and binoculars.

Other interesting items include a Constellation globe, model of a DC3 aircraft and a desk tidy with slots for fountain pens and a pipe.

Nimble collectors will be out in droves this week for their chance to pick up one of the more unusual antique thimbles among a collection of 400 on offer at Young’s Auctions latest sale from 9.30am Friday September 18 at 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn.

The thimbles come in all shapes and sizes and are made of different materials.

Some are from sterling silver, some with jewelled tops, others made of enamel, glass, Bakelite or plastic.

Dinky toys – the favourite of many children during the 20^th century – will be auctioned from 9.30am Friday September 11 at Young’s Auctions 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn.

The auction features a large collection of opals from Coober Pedy and Lightning Ridge (perfect for Christmas presents) and several substantial diamond rings.

Sterling silver is another feature along with a large pair of cast iron urns 1.6 metres tall, which has proved highly popular so far with auction goers.

A massive collection of model trains – all as new and still in their original boxes – continues to be progressively auctioned as part of Young’s Auctions latest weekly sale from 9.30am Friday September 4 at 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn.

The model trains are 10 to 30 years old and feature brand names like Atlas and Powerline. They have been kept under the vendor’s home in circumstances that ensure their excellent condition.

Like its predecessors, this sale features about 30 lots of the model trains and is number 21 in the auction series. 

A collection of Weg posters and other items from the late Herald Sun cartoonist’s estate will be auctioned from 9.30am Friday August 28 by Young’s Auctions 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn.

The collection includes a rare AFL Grand Final poster of the losing team (featuring 2007 runner up Port Adelaide) and the Donald Friend painting Cattle Drinking, estimated at $40,000-$50,000.

Weg always prepared posters for both grand finalists but the caricature of the losing team was never released to the public.

Contemporary furniture – including a pair of English Chesterfield brown leather settees and matching wingback chair and stool – will be a great drawcard for buyers looking for home furnishings at Young’s Auctions latest weekly sale from 9.30am Friday August 21 at 229 Camberwell road, East Hawthorn.

Other contemporary items include a Kawai black gloss upright piano and a contemporary timber dining table y Natural Selections in excellent condition.

Homeowners looking to furnish or refurnish their homes should check out Young’s Auctions latest weekly sale from for a comprehensive range of quality brand names in modern furniture.

The sale, from 9.30am Friday August 14 at 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn, will feature modern furniture items from such well known brands as Ligne Roset, Moran, Coco Republic, Eastgate, Sulfaro, Grange and Nicholas Dattner.

Young’s Auctions special sale from 9.30am Friday August 7 will be a strong reminder to auction goers of two famous Victorian families – one who was instrumental in the development of medal and sterling silver manufacture in the State and the other a pioneer of the Western District.

English-born diemaker Thomas Stokes migrated to Australia in the 1850s in an unsuccessful search for gold and instead established a business in Melbourne minting large numbers of tradesmen’s tokens.

Decorative Oriental pieces are a major highlight of Young’s Auctions forthcoming weekly sale from 9.30am Friday July 31 at 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn.

The pieces include figurines and paintings, a long buffet and two colourful screens three metres long by 2.4 metres high.

The auction contains a comprehensive range of silver jewellery featuring necklaces, bangles and rings along with a large number of new and reproduction furniture items.