Description: LIONEL GIMBELSDEPARTMENT STORE SPECIAL SET 11929 WITH 253 & 610~610~612& SET BOX DATED 1929 OFFERED FOR THE ADVANCED COLLECTOR. 1927 TO 1929, LIONEL WAS SITTING ON SOME EARLY PERIOD STANDARD GAUGE AND O GAUGE SETS AND LEFT IT UP TO MARKETING TO PUSH THE OVERSTOCK ITEMS TO THE DEPARTMENT STORES VIA "DEPARTMENT STORE SPECIALS". AS MOST COLLECTORS ARE FAMILIAR WITH MOST MACY SPECIALS OTHER STORES WERE GIVEN OUT DATED INVENTORY PUT TOGETHER SETS TO SELL. THE TCA BOOK LIONEL STANDARD OF THE WORLD SECOND PRINTING OVER 40 YEARS AGO LISTS THE O GAUGE 253 LOCO IN VARIOUS COLORS PRODUCED. MOST COLLECTORS OVERLOOK THE LOCO WAS PRODUCES NOT WITH STRAP HEADLAMPS BUT LATE CAST HEADLAMPS. THE COMMON DARK GREEN COLOR LISTS CAST HEADLAMPS WITH MAROON TRIM IN THE BOOK.. BURIED IN THE BOOK IS THE LISTING ALSO OF THE 253 LOCO DARK GREEN, BLACK, AND ORANGE. THE BOOK ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE COMMON SET 93 FROM 1925 BUT ALSO TALKS ABOUT GIMBLES SET 1 FROM 1927 AND 1928 WITH CAST HEADLAMPS, BOTH HEADED BY THE 253 LOCO WITH TWO CARS THE 610 612. AS FOUND IS THIS GIMBLES SPECIAL SET 1 WITH IT'S BOX DATED 1929T AND 1929B AS SHOWN. OF INTEREST IS AS STATED IN THE BOOK SOLID DRIVE WHEELS, CAST HEADLAMPS BUT NOW THE LOCO SPORTS THE ORANGE INSERTS AS SHOWN ALONG WITH 3 CARS 610 610 612. AS PICTURED IS GIMBLES SET 1 ALONG WITH MY DARK GREEN STRAP HEADLAMP SPOKE WHEEL MAROON TRIM 253 LOCO AND CARS FROM LIONEL SET 93 WHICH IS NOT PART OF THIS AUCTION FOR COMPARISON.1929 LIONEL WAS NOW PRODUCING THE 253 IN PEACOCK WITH ORANGE INSERTS, MOST LIKELY THE ORANGE INSERTS WERE SLAPPED INSIDE REMAINING THE DARK GREEN CAST HEADLAMP DRILLED SHELLS, THEN PUT OUT THE DOOR AS GIMBELS DSS 1 ALONG WITH THE EXTRA 607 CAR. OF INTEREST IS THE LACK OF INSERTS IN THE 1929 DATED BOX WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE COMPONETS HAD THEIR INDIVIDUAL BOXES WHICH ARE LONG GONE. THIS IS THE WAY I PURCHASED THIS SET. OVERALL THE SET IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO TOUCH UPS. THE SOLID DRIVE WHEELS ARE VERY NICE AND LOCO AND HEADLAMPS WORK FINE. CARS ARE ALL LIGHTED AND UN-TESTED. A 1929 INSTRUCTION BOOKLET IS INCLUDED ALONG WITH A SPARE BULB IN IT'S WOOD BOX AS SHOWN. A SUPER RARE DSS SET. FIRST ONE I HAVE SEEN. BACK IN THE DAY THE BOOK DID NOT EVEN HAVE A DK GREEN ORANGE TRIM LOCO TO PICTURE WHEN PRINTED. I AM SURE THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS OUT IN COLLECTIONS. BUYER TO PAY SECURE INSURED SHIPPING GOOD LUCK. PETE SEMETIS TCA 75 7361
Price: 1795 USD
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
End Time: 2024-11-13T00:54:04.000Z
Shipping Cost: 75 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Lionel
Type: Electric Locomotive
Year Manufactured: 1929
Gauge: O
