* VINTAGE TOY * * REFERENCE *

* Model * * Trains *

Hornby * Bassett-Lowke * Marklin * Bing * Exley * Clockwork * Steam *

HARD TO FIND !!

Author/s

Christie's

Publisher/City

Christie's, South Kensington (UK - EC)

Year

2000

Printer/City

Christie's, London (UK - EC)

Pages

48

Binding

heavy stock paper [see SCAN - above]

Illustrations

131 in colour

Size (l x w - cm)

26.8 x 21.1 cm

About

This

Item

This OUT OF PRINT catalogue lists and describes 275 lots of vintage Trains and Accessories !

Items pictured include - locomotives and tenders, freight stock, stations, tank and private owner wagons, coaches and other passenger vehicles, baggage and dining cars, and station accessories.

Makers include - Hornby, Exley Bogie, Bassett-Lowke (Bing, Exley), Marklin, and MORE!

Here is a really kewl selection of 00, 0, 1, "And Other Gauges" - in clockwork, steam and electric mechanisms. It makes me want to fish for all the trains I have stashed away in the basement and set them up once again -- problem is, I wouldn't have the room! Here is your chance to add many new items to your personal computer database of vintage model trains and accessories. Put all those shelves of books and file cabinets of info onto CDs, and eliminate the hastle and time needed to search through all your references once and for all! pssssst -- and don't spread it around, but once completed you could even sell the CDs on eBay to other model train enthusiasts!

For well over 20 years I have been adding these extremely well illustrated, frequently monographic auction catalogues as reference sources to my personal library, and was always absolutely thrilled to find something dealing with my eclectic interests. As with many of the books in my research library, I frequently, when possible, obtained duplicate copies, as I like to have one to use and another as a back-up. They are really a UNIQUE source for hard-to-find data and for use as identification guides, usually containing information about the size, media, dates, styles, signatures, estimated values, and often data on the artist or maker. Older catalogues on specialized subjects are usually extremely difficult to find because knowledgeable collectors had already acquired them as invaluable reference sources when they first appeared!

Book in EXCELLENT Condition!!