Massive RAILROADIANA ESTATE SALE in Northfield

NORTHFIELD  MINNESOTA EXTRAORDINARY ESTATE SALE

FABULOUS and MASSIVE RAILROAD COLLECTION Plus many other Antiques  and Collectibles 

Tens of thousands of items in this packed home and garage.  One of the best and largest assembled collections in the Midwest. Worth the trip for out of state buyers.

Thousands of paper items including maps, timetables, calendars, log books, ticket books, RR passes, stock certificates, blueprints, menus, brochures, letters and much more. Most railroads represented and most items cover dates from mid 1800s to mid 1900s. Many posters including a large Jesse James poster from 1920.  Also, books and brochures of vintage motorcycles and steam engines, antiques, cars, trucks and others.

2000+ books, magazines and catalogs antique to contemporary. Many on specific railroads, including foreign.  Also, 500+ machinery and tool catalogs circa 1890 to 1930 including steam engines and tractors. 

500+ pieces of railroad china and silverplate. Vintage ashtrays, mustache cups, drinking glasses, steins, playing cards, matches and other souvenir items.

Large Phoebe Snow engine bell and many other various size bells, assortment of great switch locks and keys, buttons, pins, plaques, railroad police badges, pinbacks, train whistles and more. Collection of 30+ railroad and pocket watches including gold. Miniature cars, trucks, model trains.

Many early real photos of all sizes including 7 large photos of the Dan Patch, early postcards and train stereoview cards.

Porcelain signs, wooden reflective signs, railroad foot stools, regulator clock and others, copper train sinks, many lanterns, mail cabinets, wooden cabinet with tickets, vintage passenger car bench seats, engine stoves, scale steam engines, railroad table linens.

Tons of railroad and steam mechanical brass fittings, valves, tools and much more.

General antiques and collectibles include grandfather clock, oak spool cabinets, oak dental cabinet, rolltop desk, parlor organ, player piano, roller organ, stacking book cases, Chicago World’sFair pinball machine, State Fair trophies, duck decoys, Russian icons, automated musical bird cages, Tonka trucks, toy trains, model cars and other vintage toys and games, Royal Doulton figures, Toby mugs, beer memorabilia, wall art and set of Lunt sterling flatware. Much more too numerous to list, including household items.

Vehicles  include  1936 Customized Ford truck,  1919  Ford Model T, Stake bed, Form-A-Truck, 1951 BMW  R67 motorcycle, Kawasaki 500 H1 motorcycle.  BIDS to be submitted up to 3:00pm on day 3 of sale.  Highest bidder, over minimum reserve, will be announced at that time.

A sale not to pass up for Railroad and Steam engine enthusiasts but also something of interest for everyone.

Another great sale by Dennis Hagen