Ward Kimball Toy & Train Collection Part I 2004-11-20 Auction - 852 Price Results - Pook & Pook, Inc. with Noel Barrett in PA
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Downingtown, PA, United States
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Ward Kimball Toy & Train Collection Part I

This sale is the first of 2 sales in which we will sell the lifetime collection of the late Ward Kimball, famed Disney animator. It features all manner of toy trains and toys. Trains include Lionel and American Flyer standard gauge as well as early American track and floor trains - cast iron, paper on wood, as well as early 2 track electric trains. The highlight of the train collection is the amazing grouping of Golden Age European trains and accessories from such makers as Marklin, Carette, and Bing. The toys include Disney character items, paper on wood toys, and tin & iron toys.
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American Tin Locomotive Bell Toy: painted and stenciled tin with cast iron wheels, bell underneath cab rings via eccentric rear axle Dimensions:7" l.
0001: American Tin Locomotive Bell ToyEst. $200-$300
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Fallows "Dexter" Locomotive: painted and stenciled tin with cast iron wheels, drive wheels have heart-motif, a charming push toy Dimensions:8" l.
0002: Fallows "Dexter" LocomotiveEst. $700-$800
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George Brown "Excelsior" Locomotive: painted and stenciled tin with cast iron wheels, clockwork motor, circa 1870 - this is what a toy locomotive should look like - a total fantasy, here offered just as Ward displayed it - with a period
0003: George Brown "Excelsior" LocomotiveEst. $3,000-$4,000
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Althof Bergman "Union" Locomotive Floor Toy: painted and stenciled tin, heart-motif cast iron wheels, strong clockwork motor, circa 1874 - this charmer has great lines and retains the original headlight, Dimensions:12" l.
0004: Althof Bergman "Union" Locomotive Floor ToyEst. $2,000-$2,500
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Fallows "America" Locomotive: painted and stenciled tin with cast iron wheels, marked "A 1" on boiler front Dimensions:11 x 6-1/2
0005: Fallows "America" LocomotiveEst. $200-$250
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Fallows Passenger Set: decoratively embossed tin with stained coloring and cast iron wheels, locomotive has integral tender Dimensions:20" l.
0006: Fallows Passenger SetEst. $200-$300
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Roaming Trolley: this decoratively embossed tin trolley appears in the 1895 Butler Brothers catalog, embossed "Patent Aug. 18 Ô87", it is string activated which pulls on rubber band mounted wooden drive wheel
0007: Roaming TrolleyEst. $100-$200
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Ives "Puck" Freight Train: painted and stenciled tin push toy, engine has unusual boiler mounted bell ringing mechanism, along with a tender, flat car, and a "Blue Line" box car Dimensions:loco 7" l.
0008: Ives "Puck" Freight TrainEst. $800-$1,000
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George Brown "Red Bird" Locomotive: painted and stenciled tin and wood with cast iron wheels, strong clockwork mechanism with large key, unusual corugated tin roof with scalloped edge, a real charmer with great color including the
0009: George Brown "Red Bird" LocomotiveEst. $1,500-$2,000
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American Tin "Victory" Locomotive: painted and stencilled tin with cast iron wheels and strong clockwork mechanism, possibly by Ives Dimensions:9" l.
0010: American Tin "Victory" LocomotiveEst. $1,000-$1,200
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Ives "Vulcan" Locomotive Floor Toy: painted and stencilled tin with decorative cast iron wheels and strong clockwork mechanism, Dimensions:8" l.
0011: Ives "Vulcan" Locomotive Floor ToyEst. $600-$700
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James Fallows "Flash" Passnger Set: painted and stenciled tin, tender marked C.T.Co.", coaches marked "Central Transportation Co." and embossed on bases "Pat'd Feby. 17, 1883.", this example pictured p. 12 "Trains" TTOS 1977
0012: James Fallows "Flash" Passnger SetEst. $2,000-$2,500
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George Brown Locomotive with box and cars: painted and stenciled tin with wood stack and clockwork mechanism, this little gem by the famed George Brown & Co. is offered with its original paper label box, it was displayed by Ward with a proper
0014: George Brown Locomotive with box and carsEst. $3,000-$4,000
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Bliss Floor Train: lithographed paper on wood floor train: locomotive, stock car, coach (different wheels than other cars), 2 gondolas marked "B&M", stock car: "Old Colony Line Through Without Transfer" Dimensions:31"
0015: Bliss Floor TrainEst. $200-$300
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Early Wood Whistling Locomotive & Tender: painted and printed wood floor locomotive with tender, drive wheels operate bellows that works tin whistle in boiler front, printed on cab roof "Patented May 2d 1876", Ward said this is by Crandall
0016: Early Wood Whistling Locomotive & TenderEst. $500-$600
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Milton Bradley "Grand Excursion Train": American profile wood with lithographed paper floor train, "Grand Excursion Train to Rocky Mountains and California", cars marked "This is the car in which good little girls and boys may ride."
0017: Milton Bradley "Grand Excursion Train"Est. $300-$400
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Mason & Converse Station & Train Set: lithographed paper on wood wooden "Pacific " engine & 2 "Boston & Albany RR - Atlantic" coaches marked "Mason & Converse Winchennoon, Mass.", with track (enough for 4 running feet plus track running
0018: Mason & Converse Station & Train SetEst. $7,000-$8,000
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Milton Bradley "The Flyer Railroad Train": lithographed paper and wood, includes "Hercules" engine with realistic image of engineer attending his engine with back to viewer, a wonderful painted and printed on wood 8 wheel tender, and a
0020: Milton Bradley "The Flyer Railroad Train"Est. $4,000-$5,000
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Reed Boston & Maine Passenger Train: lithographed paper on wood,"Prince" locomotive with realistic image of engineer in window, "Maine" tender, "Palace" coach is also marked "Boston" has colorful images of children as pasengers, a truly
0021: Reed Boston & Maine Passenger TrainEst. $6,000-$7,000
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Empire State Express Circus Train & Station: lithographed paper on wood, engine has eagle emblem and lion on boiler front, 8 wheel tender: "Empire State Express", two stock cars: "The African Stock Car" and "The American Stock Car" each
0022: Empire State Express Circus Train & StationEst. $1,000-$1,500
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Wood Handcar with 4 Figures: painted wood - red handcar with greenish-uniformed men, wood spoke wheels have metal rims and hubs, toy is unmarked but Ward described this toy in the January 1985 TCA Quarterly as "large quadruple
0023: Wood Handcar with 4 FiguresEst. $1,000-$1,500
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Ideal Animated hand car: painted cast iron with figures, as it rolls along the figures pump. Dimensions:8" l.
0024: Ideal Animated hand carEst. $500-$600
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