Lionel Train Set, ca. 1955
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GUEST:
Well, when I was a little girl, I kept asking Santa Claus each year for a Lionel train. It took me three times before the old elf came through and he brought me a pastel girl's train. I would put my hamsters in the box cars and I would set my parakeet on the, the hopper car there, and we'd go round and around the track. We had a wonderful time with our train.
APPRAISER:
After the war, Lionel's trains weren't selling that well, so they were looking for all kinds of ways to boost sales. And one of the ways, they figured if they could get little girls to do, like trains, that would be a help. It wasn't that successful, which is why these are fairly rare. A set like this, in the original box, at one point was bringing in as much as $10,000.
GUEST:
Ooh.
APPRAISER:
Now it's down to around $2,000 to $3,000. But still, it's a pretty nice price for a set like this.
GUEST:
Thank you very much.
APPRAISER:
Well, thank you for bringing it in.
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