Hundreds of famous London street signs up for auction

The Strand is expected to attract one of the highest bids Credit: Westminster Council

Some of London's most famous street signs are going up for auction later this month, with some expected to fetch more than £1,000.

Estimates currently range from £20 to over £1,000 with London's familiar enamel signs expected to face the most fierce bidding.

Among the names up for auction are:

  • Bow Street (estimated £200 to £300)

  • Drury Lane (estimated £300 to £500)

  • Shaftesbury Avenue (estimated £300 to £500)

  • The Strand (estimated £300 to £500)

  • Downing Street (estimated £1,000 to £1,500)

A total of 100 enamel signs will be open for bids, including:

(Opening auction guide price in brackets)

  • Baker Street, (2 being offered) £80-120

  • Bayswater, (1 being offered) £30-50

  • Bond Street, (1 being offered) £60-100

  • Buckingham Palace, (2 being offered) £100-200

  • Charing Cross, (1 being offered) £60-100

  • City Hall, (1 being offered) £30-50

  • Covent Garden, (4 being offered) £60-100

  • Covent Garden tube sign, (1 being offered) £60-100

  • Edgware Road, (2 being offered) £40-60

  • Edgware Road Station, (1 being offered) £50-80

  • Embankment Pier, (1 being offered) £50-80

  • Green Park, (2 being offered) £40-60

  • Houses of Parliament, (1 being offered) £100-200

  • Hyde Park, (2 being offered) £80-120

  • Hyde Park Corner, (2 being offered) £50-80

  • Kensington Gardens, (1 being offered) £80-120

  • Kensington Palace, (1 being offered) £100-200

  • Lancaster Gate, (1 being offered) £40-60

  • Leicester Square, (1 being offered) £60-100

  • Little Venice, (1 being offered) £60-100

  • Lord's Cricket Ground, (1 being offered) £100-200

  • Marble Arch, (1 being offered) £80-120

  • Oxford Circus, (2 being offered) £80-120

  • Oxford Street, (1 being offered) £80-120

  • Paddington, (2 being offered) £80-120

  • Piccadilly, (1 being offered) £80-120

  • Piccadilly Circus, (1 being offered) £80-120

  • Regent's Park, (5 being offered) £80-120

  • St James's Park, (4 being offered) £60-100

  • St John's Wood, (1 being offered) £50-80

  • Trafalgar Square, (1 being offered) £50-80

  • Warwick Avenue, (1 being offered) £40-60

In addition, 190 black 'finger sign posts' will be auctioned off.

Westminster Council 'finger sign posts' Credit: Westminster Council
Some of London's most exclusive names up for sale Credit: Westminster Council

The auction is being held by Summers Place Auctions in West Sussex on October 22 with a sealed bid auction the following day. It follows a similar sale in May which saw two signs - Abbey Road and Downing Street - sell for a combined £16,350.