Rail & Road Auctions is proud to present our late Winter auction for 2023. This sale consists of six hundred lots over two days. This sale is highlighted by two great collections featuring the Pennsylvania and Rock Island Railroads. This sale also includes other quality consignments from all across the United States.
Thursday March 9th –
The Thursday session features keys, locks, china, silver, menus, passes, uniform buttons, cap badges, and more.
Highlighted lots include:
- A Great Northern Railway Railroad 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Re-Election Campaign Trail Menu
- Shenango China Chicago & North Western Railroad The Famous “400” Plate
- Bauscher Weiden China Chicago Burlington and Quincy Cody Inn Railroad Pitcher
- R.E. Dietz No. 3 Brass Presentation Lantern
Along with these highlighted lots are an additional 296 lots of railroadiana for collectors of all levels. The first 200+ lots include keys and locks on the odd numbered lots. The key collection is a continuation of the collection that we offered in our January 2023 sale. There are a large number of Midwestern and Southern United States keys including some scarce keys sure to fill gaps in a number of collections.
The even numbered lots include a wide array of items from the Pennsylvania Railroad from a collection of one family that span multiple generations on the Pennsylvania railroad. The Thursday highlight of this collection is the pass collection that spans multiple railroads and multiple years all issued to the Baker family. Throughout this two day auction you’ll see many lots referencing J.B. Baker and A.B. Baker. Both gentlemen worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and worked their way through the ranks eventually holding notable seniority in their respective departments. There are also a number of pieces of Pennsylvania dining car silver and china from this collection included in the Thursday session.
Also included are a number of lots of railroad, “Smalls” Most of these lots are grouped by railroad and include items such as ashtrays, ink blotting papers, timetables, mechanical pencils, and more. These lots are a great way to start or quickly add to collections with a specific railroad in mind.
Friday March 10th –
Our Friday sale features a number of quality pieces of railroadiana including steam whistles, locomotive horns, cast iron signs, steam locomotive bells and headlights, smoking stands, police and cap badges, station gate signs, cat eye crossing reflectors, bridge builder plates, lanterns, quality paper lots, and more!
Highlighted lots include:
- Pyle National Steam Locomotive Headlight w/ Winged Number Boards – Union Pacific #7014
- Leslie Tyfon A-75-440-MB Bronze Railroad Locomotive Horn w/ Custom Mounting Base
- Interborough Rapid Transit Company Ticket Chopper – New York Subway System – Early Mass Transit
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 16 1/2″ Brass Steam Locomotive Bell
- Large Copper and Brass 822A Nautical Maritime Ship Lamp / Lantern
- Pennsylvania Railroad Club Car Smoking Stand w/ Herald in Base
- Brass Marshalltown Manufacturing Co. 300 PSI Boiler Pressure Gauge
- Canadian National Pyle National Headlight from 4-8-4 Northern Steam Locomotive
- Pennsylvania Railroad Double Sided “Manhattan Limited” Gate Sign
- Union Switch & Signal Pennsylvania Railroad PL Dwarf Signal
- Harrington Railroad Train Order / Semaphore Signal Blade
- 11 1/2″ Diameter Brass Steam Locomotive Bell & Cradle
- Adams & Westlake Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad “Adams” Lantern w/ Etched Tall Globe
- Original John Bromley Painting – The Rock Island at Lawrence Kansas
- Grayling, Michigan Wooden Michigan Central Railroad Depot Sign
- New Haven Railroad Conductors Kit – Corbin Cabinet Lock Co.
- Outstanding Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway Paper Group
Alongside these highlighted lots are a number of pieces of Pennsylvania Railroad hardware, photographs, paper, uniform items, signage, lamps, lanterns, and more. The majority of these items come from the Baker collection (See Thursday description for more details)
The Friday sale will also mark the beginning of a wide ranging Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific collection that we will be highlighting over the coming months. This collection has some INCREDIBLE paper rarities. You’ll see some of these highlighted in this auction with many more in upcoming sales. Notable paper in this session includes a great Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway, a number of 1800’s and early 1900’s railroad stock certificates, Chicago Railroad Fair paper, 1896 Pennsylvania Lines timetable, Rock Island Trail movie poster, lobby cards, and other movie paper, and much more. There are a number of nice paper groups organized by railroad that can either start or add to a collection dedicated to a specific railroad.
This auction will take place online only, with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers and Invaluable. The catalog is online now with internet live bidding beginning at 10AM Eastern on the morning of the sale. For more information, please call 765-412-7926 or visit www.RARauctions.com
