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$49 USD SaleSALE NY Central Lines Etched Red Globe for Handlan Railroad Brakeman's Lantern
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Hardware:Lantern:Lamp:Globe:Handlan
Upgrade your clear globe Handlan lantern with this a very nice old globe from the New York Central Railroad. It is red glass, and strongly etched N.Y.C.LINES in thick stencil type letting. It also carries a Corning maker's mark. Exact measurements (taken with a metal rule) are: Height: 4-9/16 Top diameter: 2-7/16 Bottom diameter: 2-7/32 In Richard Barrett's "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Railroad Lighting", which provides model numbers in the section on Handlan products, this globe is illustrated ...
$99 USD SaleSALE Santa Fe RR Brakeman uniform hat badge, sharp in silver & blue
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Uniform:Hat Badge:Brakeman
Here is a real nice Brakeman hat badge from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. It is a tall crest style and is 2-1/4 inches tall and 3-1/4 inches across. This badge is eyecatching with brilliant mirror-finish silver color contrasting with a dark royal blue enamel. The “ Santa Fe ” cross logo is done in the same gorgeous blue with white. The badge is in extremely good condition with no damage to the enamel. On the upright silver “bars” there are only the lightest of surface marks (must ...
$399 USD SaleSALE Seaboard Railroad china "Orange Blossom" Demitasse Cup & Saucer Set
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China
This absolutely gorgeous little demi cup and saucer set are the Seaboard Railroad's "Orange Blossom" pattern, appealingly beautiful with large turquoise bands and floral bouquets -- one peeping from inside the cup. Both pieces are in absolutely perfect, near mint condition with no damage. They appear to be unused. According to our railroad guides, the RR apparently used this pattern on its Orange Blossom Special name train. Customized from Syracuse China's "Colonial" pattern with the addition of ...
$79 USD SaleSALE Rare backmark Southern Pacific RR china "Prairie Mt. Wildflowers" grapefruit / cereal bowl
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Southern Pacific
Here is a Southern Pacific Lines Railroad china grapefruit or cereal bowl with a rare bottom marking. It is correctly backmarked Syracuse China Econo-Rim Trade 7-T Mark Patented / Prairie-Mountain Wildflowers Ruby Lily, Mariposa Tulip, Baby Blue Eyes, Made Expressly for Southern Pacific Lines Dining Car Service by Onondaga Pottery Co. Syracuse, N.Y. Design Copyrighted 1931 6 (NOTE: 7-T is date code for July, 1939.) This bowl is in near mint condition with very strong rim edge design stamping and ...
$49 USD ReducedREDUCED Staffordshire Liberty Blue China Gravy Boat w/ Underplate
Pottery:By Place Of Origin:England:Staffordshire:Wedgwood:Liberty Blue
Here is an absolutely gorgeous gravy boat with its original under plate, in beautiful "Liberty Blue" Staffordshire china. Both pieces are in lovely condition and look as though they were never used. They are bright and clean, showing off the pretty shades of cobalt blue design. There are absolutely no chips, cracks, flakes, spiders or repairs and neither piece has any crazing. The design on the gravy boat is "Lafayette Landing At West Point," and the platter shaped underplate is graced by "The ...
$155 USD SaleSALE Great Northern RR "Glory of the West" oval china platter
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Great Northern
This attractive oval platter is from the Great Northern Railroad, in their “Glory of the West” pattern. This is a 7 inch x 9 inch, rolled rim platter. The design is a mountain lake flanked by green pine trees and rimmed by foothills with a massive gray peak in the background. If I am correctly interpreting the pattern legend printed in "Dining on Rails" by Luckin, it depicts Two Medicine Lake (please see "Background" below). CONDITION: This platter is in very fine condition with only very light ...
$89 USD SaleSALE Great Northern Railroad "Mountains & Flowers" platter
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Great Northern
Here is a great little dining car china platter from the Great Northern Railway. It is in extremely nice condition with only a very few light surface marks (must tilt it in bright light to see any). This platter, which is approximately 5 inches x 7 inches, is very pretty with a pink bouquet in the foreground of a stunning mountain scene. While it carries the correct GREAT NORTHERN RY. backmark above the trademark Econo-Rim stamp of the Syracuse China Company, the date code unfortunately is too ...
$55 USD Offers ConsideredREDUCED Early Boston & Maine RR brass lock by Bohannan - USA & CANADA POSTAGE INCLUDED!
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Hardware:Brass:Lock:Switch Lock
Here is an interesting early brass padlock from the Boston & Maine Railroad, made by Bohannan. This lock is solid brass, approximately 3 inches long. On one side of the hasp is stamped B&MRR, and on the other is stamped W. BOHANNAN BROOKLYN, N.Y. / PAT JUNE 25 79. Below, in the center of the hasp is a stamped number 82 which is difficult to read because of a bump to the hasp. This older lock takes a key with a straight cut. Unfortunately, we do not have a key for it. We are not sure whether this ...
$55 USD SaleSALE New York Central RR china "Mercury" grapefruit / cereal bowl
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New York Central:Nycrr:Mercury
Here is a very nice top- and bottom-marked New York Central Railroad “Mercury” pattern grapefruit dish or cereal bowl. It is 1-1/2 inches tall and is just under 6 inches across (including a ½ inch flat rim). This dish is in excellent condition with strong, bright glaze and absolutely no physical damage such as cracks, chips, flakes or hairlines. There are only a very few very light utensil surface scratches that cannot be seen unless you tilt the dish in bright light. It is top marked NYC in ...
$149 USD SaleSALE New Haven RR Baggage Master Uniform Hat with Hallmarked Badge
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Uniforms
This is a harder to find cap that was worn by a baggage supervisor on the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad. It is in extremely nice collectible condition, complete with its nickel badge and full inside labels. The hat is a size 7-1/4. The crest style badge is backmarked F.G.CLOVER CO. / Successor to Am.RY.S.Co. / NEW YORK (Am.RY.S.Co is for American Railway Supply Company). It is attached to the cap with the two brads it came to us with. The black enameling in the letters is in excellent ...
$150 USD SaleSALE NY,NY&H Railroad China "Platinum Blue" Demitasse Cup/Saucer Set
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New Haven:Platinum Blue
Here is a sweet little after-dinner size cup and saucer set from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. BOTH cup and saucer are railroad bottom marked: MADE EXPRESSLY FOR N-Y-N-H & H-R-R-Co / FURNISHED BY THOMPSON WINCHESTER Co / BOSTON . The pattern is "Platinum Blue," with pale silvery-gray blue base ware (resembling Buffalo China's "Blue Lune"); the decoration is all white: rim bands and "cameos" of classic nude figures. This pattern was used by the New Haven RR in their formal dining ...
$78 USD ReducedREDUCED Prairie Mt. Wildflowers RR backmarked Southern Pacific china soup plate
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Southern Pacific
This is a railroad backmarked Southern Pacific RR china rimmed soup plate, 7-3/8 inches across and 1-1/4 inches high. It is in very nice display condition with beautiful, strong shiny glaze and brightly colored flowers. PLEASE LOOK AT ALL THE PHOTOS FOR CLOSE-UPS! This plate is correctly backstamped Syracuse China Econo-Rim Trade Mark Patented. The date code is difficult to read but we are making an educated guess (with our jeweler’s magnifier) that it is 3-HH (March 1953). In addition it has a ...
$329 USD SaleSALE Baltimore & Ohio RR "Centenary" Blue China Cup Cover
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Baltimore & Ohio
Here is a scarce cover for a "streamline" style coffee cup, in the long-loved cobalt blue "Centenary" pattern from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It is in beautiful, as new condition with no chips, cracks, flakes, spiders or repairs. It looks as close to mint as not-new china can be. At approximately 3-1/2 inches across with a double bottom rim, this lid fits the "streamline" style cup (taller, with straight sides) as shown in our last photograph. It is the full rim version; NOT the "notched ...
$31 USD SaleSALE Hazel Atlas Dutch Windmill Deep Cobalt Blue Ice Bowl
Glass:By Type:Depression:Cobalt:Hazel Atlas:Windmills
This attractive Hazel Atlas glass ice bucket is in very nice condition. It has a Dutch windmill decoration in white fired on cobalt blue glass. On each side, two windmills stand on low ground beside the sea, silhouetted in front of a large cloud as birds soar in the sky. This Dutch seashore production, on the same familiar Ritz blue glass, very closely resembles the more familiar “Ships” or “Sailboat” pattern that was part of the Sportsman Series of depression glass produced in the 1930's by ...
$29 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Unusual 1933 Worlds Fair Pinback Souvenir Button
Collectibles:Historical:World's Fair:1933:Pinback:Button
Here is an unusual 1933 World’s Fair Century of Progress Chicago pinback button. This is a one-inch diameter, dome top metal button that does not have a celluloid cover (it was made that way). This button is eyecatching in white and yellow lettering on a dark blue background that says “I’VE SEEN the World Champion LOG ROLLERS 1933 WORLD’S FAIR” . On the back is printed manufacturer information: GERAGHTY & CO., CHICAGO, U.S.A. along with the company’s street address and two union logos. CONDITION ...
$199 USD SaleSALE Boston & Albany RR Dietz 6 Bell Bottom Cast Globe Railroad Lantern
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Hardware:Lantern:Lamp
Here is a terrific example of a Dietz No. 6 bell bottom railroad brakeman’s hand lantern that would display just fine as is, or would be a star candidate for a full restoration. This is a "tall globe" double-wire guard bellbottom that was made for the Boston & Albany Railroad. It is stamped B&ARR on the lid, and the clear globe is a match, with B&ARR strongly cast in an oval panel. The globe is also cast with the Corning Glass Company’s “CNX” logo near the top. On the very top of the smoke dome ...
$580 USD SaleSALE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1930s "Centenary" pattern individual tea pot - PRISTINE
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Baltimore & Ohio
Here is an absolutely wonderful little individual tea pot from the B&O Railroad in their much loved "Centenary" pattern. This tea pot is in pristine, as close to mint condition as not-new china can be. We could not find anything wrong with it. Even the spout is perfect. There are no hidden repairs. It is a brilliant white with intricate cobalt blue decorations. At first glance it resembles flow blue china, but the artwork is crisp and clear, not blurred, and does not show through the base ware. ...
$13 USD Offers ConsideredSALE 1930s Central Vermont Railway Conductor's Record Book
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Paper:Books:Operations
Here is one of two Central Vermont Railway books we are selling. It is a “Central Vermont Conductor’s Record Of” Form 395. It is completely used, filled in apparently by one CVRY passenger train conductor over the course of approximately 3 years. The first record is for May 1, 1931, the last for April 27, 1934. This book is 5-1/4 inches wide by 8 inches tall. It is 1/4 inch thick (the pages are not numbered and we did not count them). This apparently is records of fares on passenger trains. The ...
$199 USD SaleSALE Boston & Albany Railroad "Berkshire" pattern china pedestal compote by Syracuse China
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Boston & Albany
Here is a graceful and rare compote (or comport) from the glory days of rail passenger transportation. This piece is in the sophisticated "Berkshire" pattern and it would be lovely in any collection of better railway dining car items. This compote, an eyecatching 7 inches across the bowl, was made by Syracuse China. It has an excellent, very clear top RR logo in which BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD in green surrounds an orange oval in which appears NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES. (The B&A RR was part of the ...
$69 USD ReducedREDUCED "Railroad Artistry of Howard Fogg" gorgeous Limited Ed. RR Art Book
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Paper:Books:Fogg
GIFT CONDITION: “The Railroad Artistry of Howard Fogg” by Ronald Hill and Al Chione - here is your chance to own a fabulous, AS NEW copy of the story of one of American railroading’s most beloved artists, filled with over 180 glorious full color reproductions of his paintings and sketches. We hope our photos of this book will begin to show you the impressive quality - please use the "LARGER VIEW" buttons to see every detail clearly. This book was published only one time in 1999 and printed as a ...
$349 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Rare Vintage 1950s Steiff Mohair Tucky Turkey - Superb Condition
Collectibles:Toys:Steiff:Germany:Birds:Turkey
This absolutely glorious little turkey will win anyone's heart with his beady black eyes and every feather puffed out on display as he struts around so proudly! He is a "Tucky Turkey" mohair Steiff dating from the 1950s. We acquired him from a lady who apparently was his original owner and he is in absolutely wonderful condition. On Steiff toy information website pages, we identified our turkey as their EAN # 1310, approximately 10 centimeters (4 inches) tall, which was made between 1952 and ...
$31 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Missouri Pacific Railroad tiny 1/8 oz. Tabasco Sauce bottle
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:Glassware:Condiments
Here is one of the most unique railroad collectibles we've been pleased to offer - a micro-mini, one-eighth ounce individual serving size bottle of McIlhenny's Tabasco Sauce that was made for the Missouri Pacific Railroad -- "The Hottest Line in the West." This little bottle is in unused, unopened condition. It stands a tiny 2-1/4 inches tall with a paper label intact on each side. These bottles are referenced in the railroad glassware book "Sparkling Crystal" by Larry Paul, who designates them ...
$13 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Pretty Fire-King Jade-Ite Glass Candy Dish Bottom
Glass:By Maker:Anchor-hocking:Fire-king:Jade-ite:Candy Dish
This is a beautiful Anchor-Hocking / Fire-King jadite candy dish bottom -- unfortunately we do not have the top!! If you have a jadite candydish top that is missing a bottom -- look no further! This dish is in fine condition, as clean as new with NO cracks, chips, flakes or repairs and uniform color -- no whitish streaks or splotches. An identical dish COMPLETE with lid in mint condition is pictured in our "Anchor Hocking's Fire-King & More - Second Edition" (printed in 2000) by Gene Florence, ...
$359 USD SaleSALE New Haven Railroad china "Indian Tree" larger milk pitcher - hard to find size
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New Haven:Indian Tree
This larger (1-pint) milk pitcher from the New York New Haven & Hartford ("New Haven") Railroad was made by Shenango China in the sought after “Indian Tree” pattern. This pitcher (too big to be called a creamer) is fully bottom marked Shenango China / Newcastle Pa / Made Expressly For the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. / Distributed by F. E. Fowler Co., New Haven, Conn. It has the full color Indian decal dating it from between 1912 and the 1920s. This pitcher is a very hard size to ...
$59 USD Offers ConsideredSALE Authentic Hand Wrought Steel Livestock Branding Iron
Collectibles:Metalware:Farm And Ranch Items:Branding Iron
This is a real life, honest-to-goodness Old West type branding iron. Made to actually be used on a working cattle ranch, instead of for display, it was hand wrought by a skilled blacksmith from a rectangular steel rod about 18 inches long. At the marking end, the rod was split into three "legs." Each leg was skilfully twisted and its end welded to the actual branding letter surface. At the handle end, the rod was pounded flat and rolled so that a wooden handle could be inserted (it would have ...
$99 USD SaleSALE NY Central Railroad China "Mercury" Dinner Plate - USA Postage INCLUDED
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:New York Central:Nycrr:Mercury
This dinner plate is a harder to find piece of New York Central Railroad "Mercury" china. It is a full 9 inches across, and has the desirable complete backmark with railroad stamping: DESIGN COPYRIGHTED / MADE ESPECIALLY FOR / NEW YORK CENTRAL beneath its Syracuse China mark, with a date code of 93-C (March 1964). This plate is the rust/orange on ivory china version of Mercury ware. It displays very well with a good, crisp top design of 12 narrow, vertical stripes incorporating the NYC top logo. ...
$45 USD SaleSALE New London Northern Railroad - 1800s brass switch key - USA & CANADA POSTAGE INCLUDED!
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Hardware:Locks:Keys:Switch Key
This is a hollow barrel brass switchkey from the New London Northern Railroad, which operated in three New England states between 1859 and 1871. Therefore, this key is somewhere between 137 and 149 years old. It has a very slightly tapered barrel with a ring incised around it. The bow is stamped NLNRR in graceful serif letters on one side, along with a letter S. There are no markings on the reverse. It has developed a deep, rich patina from age and use, but the stamping is still distinct and ...
$85 USD SaleSALE Pullman Railroad china: tiny handled pitcher or individual creamer
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Dining Car Items:China:Pullman:Indian Tree
This adorable individual china handled creamer with a dark green PULLMAN top logo on the side is in extremely nice condition. It is only 2-3/4 inches tall from the tip of the spout to the table. It has absolutely no chips, cracks, flakes, spider cracks or other damage, nor does it have any of the stress cracks in the handle as happens so often to this type of pitcher. The brightly colored floral pattern with rim bands is called “Indian Tree,” and it was used by Pullman for many years. There is ...
$37 USD SaleSALE Authentic 1947 Coca-Cola Paper Store Advertising Paper Banner -- Unused "NEW OLD STOCK"
Collectibles:Advertising:Soft Drinks:Coca-cola:Signs, Banners:Paper
This Coca-Cola store paper banner sign is 11 inches tall x 30 inches long. This is “NEW OLD STOCK,” unused and apparently stored away all this time. We found this one and several more identical to it in a pile in upstate New York. This poster apparently was made as an advertising display for a store, to remind shoppers to buy Coke to take home in 6-packs. There was room above the words “. . . And Don’t Forget” for the store owner to add other information as desired, and write in the price in the ...
$115 USD SaleSALE Rare Book: "Transportation Uniform Buttons, V.1 Railroad" by VanCourt
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Paper:Book:Historical:Reference
This is "the" identification guide used by collectors of the buttons used on American railroad company uniforms. By Donald VanCourt, it was published only once, in 1987, by the author and is long out of print.This book is extremely difficult to find now in any condition. It is considered by many to be the most complete reference text and identification guide, covering from the earliest steam RR lines through the date of publication. The book we're offering is a stated First Edition, and (better ...
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