A mail bag signed by 10 members of the Great Train Robbery gang is set to go up for auction.
The cream draw-string mail bag, bearing the signatures of 10 of the gang members who were subsequently arrested and imprisoned, is among a collection of Great Train Robbery items being sold by Ewbank's Auctions near Guildford later this month.
The Great Train Robbery took place in August 1963 when a gang of armed criminals stopped the Royal Mail Travelling Post Office train as it travelled from Glasgow to London Euston.
The train was brought to a halt near Ledburn, Buckinghamshire, after the gang used a glove to cover a green signal light and activated the signal’s red light using a six volt battery.
After forcing the train to stop, the robbers attacked one of the drivers before forming a human chain to unload 120 sacks of cash into waiting lorries.
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They stole more than £2 million, worth almost £50 million in today's money.
The signed mail bag is similar to those made by gang members while serving prison sentences following their arrests. It is accompanied by a colour photograph of the train involved in the robbery.
Also included in the sale is a £500 Monopoly banknote linked to the investigation. Officers were led to the gang after discovering fingerprints on a Monopoly board and a ketchup bottle at their hideout in a farmhouse at Oakley, near Aylesbury.
The second lot also includes signed press photographs of Ronald Biggs and Bruce Reynolds, as well as a photograph of Reynolds playing Monopoly in 2000.
The mail bag is expected to sell for £70 to £100, while the second lot is estimated at £100 to £150.
The lots come from the family of a collector who spent years tracking down the items.
The lots will be sold by Ewbank's Auctions on August 28.
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