Merlin Lemmon Estate * Lifetime Train Collection
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Ann Arbor, MI 48103
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Saturday Apr 5, 2014 Completed
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Contact: David Helmer * Brian Braun
Phone: 734.368.1733 or 1736
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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 Lantern’s

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

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Merlin Lemmon Estate * Lifetime Train Collection

Braun and Helmer Auction Service

Braun and Helmer Auction Service


Contact: David Helmer * Brian Braun
Phone: 734.368.1733 or 1736
Sale Location
Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds 5055 Saline - Ann Arbor Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Sale Dates and Times
Saturday Apr 5, 2014 Completed
Sale Terms and Conditions

Listing Details

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 Lantern’s

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

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Saturday Apr 5, 2014 Completed
Auction Location

Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Company
Braun and Helmer Auction Service

Contact: David Helmer * Brian Braun
Phone: 734.368.1733 or 1736
Website: braunandhelmer.com

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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 Lantern’s

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