Estate Auction
Lifetime Train Collection of Merlin Lemmon
featuring
Model Trains * Lanterns * Postcards * Original Signs * Badges * Depot Furniture * Padlocks * Lamps * Menus * Tokens * Original Equipment * Tons of Paper * Depot Stove * Advertising * Dinnerware * Clocks * Candy Containers *
Literally everything Train related
Saturday April 5th @ 10:00 am - 2014
Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds
5055 Saline - Ann Arbor Rd., Ann Arbor, MI
(Take I - 94 to Saline - Ann Arbor Rd Exit and go Southwest to auction. Approx. 4 miles)
Merlin Lemmon working in the Wabash Interlochen Tower in 1964 - Romulus, MI (Merlin worked on the Wabash from 1952-1979)
1 |
Wabash Tariff
file cabinet |
2 |
Ann Arbor lantern w/
signed globe |
3 |
Ann Arbor lantern |
4 |
Ann Arbor Rail Road
lantern w/ no globe |
5 |
Wabash Rail Road
lantern w/ signed flag globe |
6 |
Pere Marquette
lantern |
7 |
B&O Lantern |
8 |
B&O Rail Road
Lantern w/ globe |
9 |
C&O Adlake Kero
lantern |
10 |
CMSTP&P lantern
w/ amber globe |
11 |
The Belt by: of
Chicago lantern |
12 |
Nickel Plate Road
lantern w/ signed red globe |
13 |
Wabash lantern w/
signed flag globe, elec.. |
14 |
New York Central
lantern |
15 |
Ill Central Rail Road
lantern w/ red globe |
16 |
DTSL Rail Road
lantern w/ red globe |
17 |
New York Lines signed
globe |
18 |
CB & O RR Canada
1921 lantern |
19 |
Pere Marquette
lantern w/ red globe |
20 |
Handlan St. Louis
lantern w/ red globe |
21 |
Erie lantern w/ blue
globe |
22 |
Erie lantern w/ no
globe |
23 |
New York, Chicago,
Phila. Lantern w/ red globe |
24 |
Handlan St. Louis
lantern w/ signed globe |
25 |
Frisco lantern w/
amber globe |
26 |
Wabash Rail Road
lantern 1913-1923 |
27 |
Pere Marquette
lantern 1913-1922 |
28 |
Southern RR lantern
signed globe |
29 |
Penn Central lantern
w/ red globe |
30 |
Penn Central lantern |
31 |
New York, Chicago,
Phila. Lantern w/ red globe |
32 |
TT RR lantern |
33 |
NYC Southern w/
signed globe |
34 |
EJ&E RR Co.
lantern w/ no globe |
35 |
Grand Trunk lantern |
36 |
IHB lantern |
37 |
Chesapeake lantern |
38 |
B&O Lantern w/ no
globe |
39 |
RC & BRR bell |
40 |
Black Porter
Cigarette Stand |
41 |
Penn Central lantern |
42 |
Rare Porter
lantern |
43 |
Buddy Lee in Pere
Marquette bibs |
44 |
Ann Arbor Rail Road
Plaque |
45 |
Level Crossing cast
iron sign |
46 |
Cast iron Wabash
sign |
47 |
(3 piece) Railway
Express Railway sign |
48 |
Central Pacific
camber pot |
49 |
Large train lantern |
50 |
Brass conductors
lantern w/ Wabash blue globe |
51 |
Conductors globe w/
one small chip |
52 |
Wabash dept. floor
lamp |
53 |
Lot of four train
lanterns w/ no globes |
54 |
Lot of four train
lanterns w/ no globes |
55 |
Lot of 6 globes
colored |
56 |
lot of 6 clear globes |
57 |
Lot of 7 red globes |
58 |
Oak roll top desk
& Chair from Deckerville dept. |
59 |
Antique desk lamp |
60 |
Bracketed train lamps |
61 |
Bracketed train lamps |
62 |
Jewel cast iron dept.
stove |
63 |
Dept. Time Table rack
incl. time tables |
64 |
Small Double sided
Western union porc. sign |
65 |
1940 Soap Box Derby
Michigan lisn. plate |
66 |
Demerge cabinet from
Cadillac Michigan |
67 |
Lot of 3 Wabash tin
signs |
68 |
Wabash step stool |
69 |
Pullman step stool |
70 |
Underwood type writer
from Wabash dept. |
71 |
Post telegraph clock
from dept. w/ squirt boy |
72 |
1918 Ann Arbor Rail
Road time card |
73 |
Ann Arbor Rail Road
Warning sign |
74 |
Lionel Nomad
inspectors car |
75 |
Lionel auto loader w/
cars |
76 |
Wabash train set (5) |
77 |
Lionel train set w/
boxes and transformer |
78 |
Lionel train set
incl. engine, tender, & 3 cars (262E) |
79 |
Lionel train set
incl. engine & 3 cars (253) |
80 |
2 piece Lionel Santa
Fe train set |
81 |
Marx 2 piece Santa Fe
train set |
82 |
Lionel Lines 262E
engine and tender train set |
83 |
Marx Union Pacific
M-10000 3 piece train set |
84 |
American Flyer (9
piece) train set |
85 |
Lionel Lines 390E 5
piece train set incl. engine, tender, & track |
86 |
2033 Union Pacific
train set (2) w/ boxes |
87 |
Lionel Lines 3 cart
train set w/ boxes #2421-2423 |
88 |
Lionel Trains
Operating Cattle Car lot w/ box |
89 |
Battery Operated
Express Freight Train Set "Deluxe" in box |
90 |
Lumar lines train set
(6) |
91 |
Lionel Lines 6 piece
train set w/ boxes |
92 |
Lionel Electric
Trains No. 45n Automatic Gateman w/ box |
93 |
Lionel Trains
Operating Cattle Car set |
94 |
Rail King 50 P&WV
Engine in case w/ box |
95 |
Lionel 2370 AT&SF
Engine in case w/ box |
96 |
Lionel 2308 Santa Fe
GP 38 Engine in case w/ box |
97 |
Wabash No. 484 Lionel
Engine in case w/ box |
98 |
Lionel Alaska 1804
Engine & 1084 Caboose in case w/ box |
99 |
Reading Company
8215passenger car in case w/ no box |
100 |
Lionel Illinois
Central 4-6-2 Pacific Type Engine & Tender (Casey Jones Line) in case w/
box |
101 |
Lionel Wabash train
set w/ boxes |
102 |
Wabash Blue Bird
dept. print in frame |
103 |
Train display case w/
track and box |
104 |
Train display case w/
track and box |
105 |
Train track |
106 |
LE & WRR and
Wabash advertisement |
107 |
Michigan Central
Railroad time table 1893 |
108 |
C&O 3 print set |
109 |
Manistee and
Northeastern Railway Company time card 1930 |
110 |
American Railway
Express sign |
111 |
American Railway
Express sign |
112 |
Antique Train
Bulletin - Dolton sign |
113 |
Michigan Central
lantern |
114 |
Chicago directional
lantern |
115 |
2 Scott Lamp Co.- San
Francisco. Calif. The New Vigilant Railroad lamps |
116 |
The American Combined
Level and Grade Finder by Edward Helb Railroad York Co. Pa. |
117 |
Pair of lanterns- one
Wabash |
118 |
Choice on 2 Michigan
Railway signs |
119 |
Spirit of 76 Lionel
train set incl. boxes |
120 |
Wabash bridge w/
track |
121 |
2 bridges incl..
Wabash and Lionel |
122 |
Louis Marx Locomotive
and Tender w/ Friction Drive Sparks and Bell- 86 the Chief w/ box |
123 |
3 bridge set incl.
Erie and Lionel |
124 |
John Deere Plow Co.
Columbus, Ohio train car w/ box |
125 |
Homemade train engine
717 |
126 |
Lionel Operating
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Handcar in box |
127 |
Pride lines No. 60
Walt Disney Happy Birthday Mickey 1988 train set w/ boxes |
128 |
The New Centuries
Pass in the Night tray |
129 |
2 lunch boxes |
130 |
Horse Shoe Curve Wine
& Rum Treated cigar box |
131 |
Sonsco Western
Locomotive w/ box |
132 |
The Hershey's 0-27
Gauge Train Set w/ boxes |
133 |
8 train box lots |
134 |
Railroad China lot as
is |
135 |
Trail related cups
and glasses incl. Wabash, B&O, Chessie |
136 |
North Western Iowa
Division Think Safety thermometer |
137 |
Lehigh Valley Railway
Niagara Falls sign & the Pennsylvania Railroad Notice |
138 |
Train ash trays and
lakeshore plates |
139 |
Ann Arbor ash tray |
140 |
Train accessories lot |
141 |
Train accessories lot |
142 |
Train tower w/
transformers |
143 |
(3) Mar train tunnels |
144 |
Lot of train
accessories incl. signs and people |
145 |
Train lot incl.
operating crossing gate and transformers |
146 |
2 Train water tower
pump accessories |
147 |
Book of train car
menus |
148 |
Book of train flyers |
149 |
Large lot of train
tracks |
150 |
Large Tariff Cabinet |
151 |
Barrel loader train
accessories |
152 |
Mar Freight Terminal
train accessories |
153 |
Lionel Flagpole
accessories |
154 |
Lot of Automatic
Crossing Gates (3) |
155 |
Lot of accessories
incl. automatic signals |
156 |
Lot of accessories
incl. signs and lights |
157 |
Lot of train
accessories incl. crossing gates & signal station |
158 |
Lionel Lubricating
and Maintenance Kit |
159 |
Train dance cards (5) |
160 |
Small cast iron and
tin train |
161 |
Lot of miniature
trains |
162 |
14k pocket watch
chain |
163 |
Pocket watch chain w/
stone fob |
164 |
Pocket watch chain w/
fob |
165 |
Choice on celluloid
Hamilton watch cases |
166 |
Hamilton watch
catalog w/ box |
167 |
Fast Male- JJ baggily
in Co. tobacco tin |
168 |
Rare OR&W RR time
checks |
169 |
3 Railroad tokens |
170 |
group of train car
metal seals |
171 |
Penn RR hat pin |
172 |
Train lodge ribbon
Taylor #175 |
173 |
BRCA Owosso Michigan
ribbon |
174 |
Train ribbon |
175 |
Grass Lake Camp
number 8815 modern woodman pin |
176 |
BRAC metal with train
ribbons |
177 |
Brass Toledo and Ann
Arbor wax sealer |
178 |
American Express Wax
sealer with wax |
179 |
Brass American
Railway Express wax sealer- New Boston Michigan w/ wax |
180 |
F&PMRR #9 brass
wax sealer |
181 |
1926 Ann Arbor
railroad pass |
182 |
Lot of 1909 Wabash
pass w/ 1891 Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry. |
183 |
Tin type of railway
man |
184 |
3 Confederate bills
(2 w/ trains) |
185 |
Lot of 4 train
souvenirs incl. Saint Louis |
186 |
Pullman soap dish |
187 |
1934 Century of
Progress whiskey bottle |
188 |
Choice on badges |
189 |
Stereo optican train
view cards |
190 |
Lot 15 Barclay
railroad figures |
191 |
Lot of lead train
figures in case |
192 |
lot incl. Wabash
Safety Award pens, 1951 Safety Award book, and pencils |
193 |
Carters French
Railroad Copying Ink bottle |
194 |
M.C.S. glass jar |
195 |
Wabash milk bottle |
196 |
Missouri Pacific
Lines Lunnymede Farm Bismarck, Missouri milk bottle |
197 |
Missouri Pacific
Lines Lunnymede Farm Bismarck, Missouri milk bottle |
198 |
2 Wabash mini milk
bottles |
199 |
Choice on 5 lots of
train buttons |
200 |
Choice on tokens |
201 |
Lot of train
spoons |
202 |
George Washington
C&O Railway plate |
203 |
Flo Blue Souvenir of
Detroit, Michigan plate |
204 |
CP RY. Depot. Moose
Jaw Sask. |
205 |
Flo Blue train plate |
206 |
Wabash and Pullman
silver plate dishes |
207 |
Pair of B&O
plates |
208 |
B&O covered
dish |
209 |
B&O gravy boat |
210 |
Pair of B&O China |
211 |
Penn RR plate and
bowl |
212 |
Penn RR cup &
saucer plus plate |
213 |
Penn RR sugar and
creamer & S&P |
214 |
4 RR books-Fireman's |
215 |
Frisco lines
conductor hat |
216 |
TLE&WRY Conductor
hat |
217 |
Train dinner
xylophone |
218 |
B&O Old Home Week
1914 stoneware w/ paper weight |
219 |
Toonerville candy
container |
220 |
Choice on train candy
containers |
221 |
3 piece candy train
set w/ some chips |
222 |
choice 3 lots of
lantern candy containers |
223 |
Choice on the stamp
stands w/ stamps |
224 |
Cast iron string
holder from Wabash Depot |
225 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. (2) PC 73, (3) PC 75, PC 76, N&W PA RR, 1 extra |
226 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. Wabash RR, PM RY., C&O RR, PC 73, MC RR, C&O RT 1959 |
227 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. PC 76, N&W RR, PRR, C&O RR, LS & MS RY., Western Union |
228 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. (2) Ann Arbor RR US Mail, (2) Wabash, Penna Lines USY of O, ACL RR |
229 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. L&N RR 1968, N&W RR, PC RR, GTW, L&H RR, DT RR |
230 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. P RR, BS RR 1948, PC RR, NYCS RR, P RR 1950 |
231 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. TT RR, P&R RR, (3) signal locks, D&CN Co. tag, Penna RY., NYCS,
PM RR |
232 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. PC 73, (2) PC 74, PC 76, DT&I RR, N&W RR, P RR, PC RR |
233 |
Lot of pad locks
incl. U.S Mail, NYC RR, Penn Central RR, Pierre Marquette RR, Wabash RR, PC
RR, Norfolk, Western RR |
234 |
Choice on lots of
train lock keys |
235 |
Misc. train key lot |
236 |
Misc. train key lot
w/ 1 lock |
237 |
The Padlock Collector
book incl. padlock & key |
There are a couple hundred uncataloged lots
Railroad
Lanterns Michigan
Central, B & O with signed globe, IHB, Nickel Plate with signed globe, B
& O no globe, Penn with signed globe, C & O with signed globe, DTSL, Pere
Marquette, Ann Arbor, Grand Trunk, Ann Arbor with signed globe, Wabash with
signed globe, Penn Central, Erie with no globe, Belt Chicago with signed globe,
B & O, Erie, Ann Arbor with no globe, CMSP with signed globe, Frisco with
signed globe - no bail, Pere Marquette with red globe, Wabash, Pere Marquette
with signed globe, Handlan & St. Louis, E.J. & E.R.R. Co with no globe,
Penn Central with red globe, Chesapeake, CB & Q RR, NY Chicago & Phil, NYC
Lines with signed globe, NY Chicago & Phil with red globe, SO RY with
signed globe, NYCS with signed globe, Ill Central with red globe, NYC with
signed globe, Large
Railroad engine light 1800's, Depot
Furniture & Related Oak roll top
desk out of Deckerville Michigan Depot, Oak Demurrage Cabinet from Cadillac
Michigan Depot, Oak tariff Cabinet Wabash Railroad from Romulus
Michigan Depot, Wabash Floor lamp Aladdin from Adrian Michigan Depot,
Time Table Rack Central Railroad from Gallien Michigan, Postal Wall Clock,
Telephone and telegraph equipment from Romulus Michigan, Train order staff, Dinning Car Dinner Chimes, Papers,
Postcards, Prints & Etc. Great Northern Railway Empire Builder
menu 1940-1941, Michigan Central Terminal Restaurant Menu established
1864, The Union News Company menu, Michigan Central Restaurant Chef Cover menu, New York Central Systems menu, Michigan Central Terminal menu from Detroit Michigan, New York
Central System Dining Services menu 1930, Chicago
and North Western Railway menu 1965,
Approx. a dozen lots of time tables - 20 in each lot, Fireman Preparation
Instruction books 1900, Lionel and Gilbert catalogs, Norfolk & Western
pencils, Union cards rare, OR & W
railroad time checks metal, Old Kennedy newspapers - other newspapers, Misc.
box lots of railroad pamphlets and papers, train orders - telegram forms etc. Lots
of old photo, train wrecks photo, box lot standard railroad booklets, Pere
Marquette and misc. booklets, box lot misc. ledger booklets, Misc. membership cards, Train Catalog 1952, 1959, How to Operate Lionel Trains magazines
1855-56, How to Operate Lionel Trains
magazines 1933,1953,1955,1957, Lionel
Toy Fair Edition magazine 1989, Lionel
Pre-Toy fair Edition 1989, Lionel trains Instruction 1948, Lionel trains catalog 1946, 1947 Signs &
Related American Express Agency porcelain sign, United Transportation Union on strike signs, Wabash
Railroad Explosive signs, Wabash Dangerous signs, Train Related
& Interesting Buttons,
tokens, Railroad Uniform buttons, Brass Passenger car light, Telegraph equipment
including candle stick phone scissor phone, head set, and telegraph keys,
Wabash and C& O, Pennsylvania stick pin, Amtrak porter uniform 2 Wax
sealers with wax, Union station St Louis horseshoe, L.S.&M.S Station
Agent badge police whist |