13th Dec, 2023 10:00
Trains Galore: Part One (O Gauge, Larger Gauges and Railwayana)
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A splendid Marklin Gauge 1 'First Quality' Wagons-Lits Dining Car/Voiture Restaurant
Sold for £320
Estimated at £220 - £300
A splendid Marklin Gauge 1 'First Quality' Wagons-Lits Dining Car/Voiture Restaurant, ref 1932/1, with cast-iron bogies and steel wheels, finely-embossed detailing to sides, finished in CIWL brown 'match-boarded' livery as No. 1932 D, complete with all door handles and handrails, extended couplers, buffers, roof handrails and lamp tops, 'Paris-Marseille' route boards to sides (4), fine interior detailing with kitchen, tables and 10 composition figures with exquisite facial painting (4 ladies and 6 gentlemen wearing top hats!), VG, roof a little grubby from display (partially cleaned), a little chipping to bottom edge of roof 'opening' side panels, in believed-to-be original box, lacking label but with pencil markings, box P-F
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