Another Fine Item from Niknak-Vintage on ebay

Monday, November 20, 2017
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Another Fine Item 

from Niknak Vintage

(an ebay merchant)

Please click here to visit this fine ebay merchant

     I found niknak-vintage , a seller on  ebay a few days ago, while I went to see what old toys were being offered  on ebay. What I found was an excellent  seller, who area husband and wife team (Anthony and Sera) who not only had great toys for sale, but photographed excellently their items up for sale. As well, they have a superb reputation on  ebay. You can also visit ebay where Fabtintoys writes an article about George Brown. 

Here it is below:

Please click here to visit the article on the George Brown Company

     The listing that I'm posting today is for a George Brown toy. The title of the toy listing is "American Tin Train George Brown, Stafford, Merriam Union Pacific Victory Loco". The description did not provide much information, so you'll have to contact the sellers. I've added the fine photographs of the listing, and also added a page of photos from a book that I have on George Brown (The George Brown Toy Sketchbook, edited by Edith F. Barenholtz, Pine Press, Princeton, 1971).  The book is readily available on Amazon.com, and makes a nice tabletop book. As well, the prices on Amazon for this particular book are very reasonable. The only thing is that, it is very hard to find George Brown toys!

Below is the photograph of the 4 items for sale

Looking at the scanned illustrations below, you can see some similarities between the actual engine and coal bin car, and the above photograph. Notice the front of the coal car with the rounded sides closest to the engine.

Notice the painted and rounded designs between the 2 rectangles that are on either side of the 

painted and rounded designs.

Below: Notice the  brown-painted and rounded designs on the engine 

and under the window of the engine.

 

You'd have to contact the sellers (Anthony and Sera) on  ebay to get more information on these toys, and to ask if they are in fact George Brown toys or some other manufacture at the time.
Nevertheless, they certainly are fine toys from an era long ago.

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always,

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever you may be.

toysearcher@gmail.com

Stacey Bindman