The 1914 brass shipbuilders plate #41 for Collingwood Shipbuilding Company for the S.S. Pelee sold for $15,340, and Canadian National Locomotive plates #6057 and #4006 brought $14,160 and 11,210, respectively, in the online-only auction of the William Robert Wilson collection held March 23 and 24 by Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. Part one featured 451 lots of railroad collectibles, bottles, pottery, stoneware and architectural items. Part two had 511 lots of additional railroad and architectural items, plus nautical and marine lots. The auction was officially titled Advertising, Railroadiana & Historic Objects / The William Robert William Collection. It grossed $554,453. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars and include an 18-percent buyers premium. The cast brass Collingwood Shipbuilding Company Ltd. (Canadian) 1914 builders Plate #41 had a modest $500-$800 estimate. Collingwood was commissioned by the Pelee Island Steamship Company of Amherstburg to build a reliable freight and passenger steamer. This plate would have been on the S.S. Pelee to show who the builder was. The brass Canadian National Locomotive Number plate #6057 was for a Class U-1-e train built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1930 and scrapped in 1960. The famous locomotive was used on a leg of the Royal Train trip in 1939, from Kamloops to Jasper. Included in the lot was a framed copy of Canadian National Magazine with a cover relevant to the plate. The brass Canadian National Locomotive plate #4006 was for a Class T-1-a Santa Fe 212 type locomotive, built by an American locomotive company at the Brooks plant in 1916 and scrapped in 1960. The boiler was built by Montreal Locomotive Works. Day one saw 454 users registered to bid, placing a combined 7,173 bids. On the second day, 323 users placed a combined 8,695 bids. Internet bidding was via the Miller & Miller website and LiveAuctioneers.com. One of the sleepers of the sale was a cast brass English Electric Company locomotive builders plate #4006 (Canadian, 1924). The train was removed from service in Pointe St. Charles in 1973. The plate bested its $200-$300 estimate by bringing $6,490. Also, a Canadian 1930s-era McAvity Canadian National Railroad six-chime steam whistle, painted cast metal, 21 inches by 8 inches by 7 inches, embossed Standard CNR World McAvity on the body, finished at $5,310. A Kuntz Park Brewery (Waterloo, Ontario factory) lithograph from the early 1900s, matted and professionally framed, marked, Grip Engravers Toronto to the lower right corner, sold within estimate for $4,425. A rare two-gallon salt-glazed jug for Charles Heath Druggist in Kingston, Upper Canada, more than doubled its $2,000 high estimate by selling for $4,425. The very early and desirable Upper Canada ovoid jug was made in the 1830s. Charles Heaths business was located on Store Street (later renamed Princess Street), the main thoroughfare in Kingston. The jug was 14 inches tall. A Canadian Pacific Express single-sided porcelain railway station sign from the 1930s, 12-by-96 inches, with the original mounting brackets, fetched $4,130. Also, an Eatons College Street department store sign (Canadian, 1930s), brass mounted on wood, sold for $3,540. Eaton, originally known as Eatons College Street, operated from 1930-77. The building is now considered an Art Deco landmark. For further information, email info@millerandmillerauctions.com or visit www.millerandmillerauctions.com.