Heads Up: Very interesting auction

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Last Saturday I visited the viewing day and had the pleasure to talk to Bert den Brok himself.

The first picture sums up nicely how he got into this hobby of collecting fire brigade equipment and army trucks: it shows his father on the roof of the ex-Canadian Army 15-cwt truck plus trailer serving with the local fire brigade. (Early post-war a lot of ex-army trucks were used by essential civil services like fire brigades.) Over the years Bert did own American military vehicles, but Canadian vehicles were his true interest because the region where he lives was liberated by Canadian units in 1944.

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Source: http://www.beeldbank-berghem.nl/

Mr. den Brok decided to downsize his collection because of redevelopment of the site where he had it stored for the past decades. During 45 years of collecting he has amassed a great selection of military and fire brigade artefacts. Parts of his collection were already sold in the past few years, the remainder is currently under the hammer: 2,000 lots which cost him 4 months to sort, catalogue and put on display for the auction.

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Also see:

http://brabantn.ws/7diM

https://www.bd.nl/oss/berghemse-verz...tems~a2fa79cf/

https://www.bd.nl/oss/kijkdag-berghe...ocht~acbdb491/

https://youtu.be/Npb2cnHPjsc

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

The first picture sums up nicely how he got into this hobby of collecting fire brigade equipment and army trucks: it shows his father on the roof of the ex-Canadian Army 15-cwt truck plus trailer serving with the local fire brigade. (Early post-war a lot of ex-army trucks were used by essential civil services like fire brigades.)

Found a picture of a C15A painted like the one which served with the fire brigade:

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Captioned: Berghem 'circa 1994'

Source: https://flic.kr/p/uduq5K

[Richard Hughes]

Hi all I know this is down the line a bit since the auction but does anyone know if the limbers sold in the auction ( looking at the auction site they didnt) Does anyone know if they are still available ? Thanks Richard

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Richard Hughes

Hi all I know this is down the line a bit since the auction but does anyone know if the limbers sold in the auction ( looking at the auction site they didnt) Does anyone know if they are still available ? Thanks Richard

Hello Richard,

Try contacting Bert den Brok via his MLU profile - http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/member.php?u=6103 - to get first-hand information.

HTH,
Hanno

[Richard Hughes]

Hi Hanno

Thanks for the info I will drop him a line .

Richard