"AMERICAN FLYER LINES" STANDARD GAUGE TRAIN SET.
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Starting Bid:
$690.00
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, July 17, 2014 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #212 - Part II
Item numbers 989 through 2633 in auction 212
Item Description
Four piece set. c. late 1920s. Set consists of Engine #4019, "United States Mail Railway Post Office" car #4040 and un-numbered "American" and "Pleasant View" passenger cars. Painted tin engine has all four original brass plates on sides - two "#4019" and two "American Flyer Lines". Original motor has been rewired to run and has new pick-up assembly. Engine has additional replaced parts including wheels, light cases, couplers and pantagraph. Paint on body has moderate scratches, one window has dent. VG overall. Three tin litho w/painted tin roofs cars have opening doors, lighted interiors, celluloid window panes and original couplers. All have nice realistic lithography, "Pleasant View" has brass-plated observation platform at rear. All show typical wear to roofs w/some paint chipping and tin litho sides show lt. aging. "America" has .5x1.5" area of degraded paint at one roof corner. Cars are overall Fine. A nice set that shows the typical care that went into the design and manufacturing of toy trains of this period. From the Tomart Archives and comes COA signed by Tom Tumbusch.
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