Marklin loco, tender and carriages – £6500 at 1818 Auctioneers.
Rusty, dusty and damaged, but bearing the magic of Marklin, this pre-First World War toy train emerged from the garage at a local house clearance. It starred in a collectors sale at the Cumbrian saleroom of 1818 Auctioneers (20% buyer’s premium inc VAT).
The clockwork Gauge 1 Midland Railway locomotive 2069 came with a tender, two carriages and a wagon, all of them handpainted rather than lithographed.