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Roadside America: Are We There Yet?
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700+ Lots, items will be added until the catalog is complete. Are we there yet? That's the question so many children asked for seventy plus years in route to Roadside America until 2020, when the World's Greatest Miniature Village closed its doors for the last time. Since that time, we have conducted five auctions consisting of items from the Roadside America inventory. When the assignment began, I promised Dolores Heinsohn and the Heinsohn family that I would not retire until we completed their divestiture. Are we there yet is the question I have asked more than once since then. The answer is an echo of every parents response to that relentless question posed so often over the years: "Not quite, but we'll be there soon." On Sunday, September 29th, we will hold the sixth, and next-to-the-last auction in the Roadside America series. The event features Laurence Geiringer handmade items; the collection of Native American artifacts on display in the main venue; Lionel O gauge locomotives, tenders and train cars; vintage parts including trucks, wheels, shells, control boards and hardware from the Roadside America maintenance shop; auto dealer promotional vehicles; layout accessories; Roadside America gift shop items, vintage ephemera and miscellaneous inventory associated with the iconic miniature village. We're nearing the end of our assignment to disperse the inventory of Roadside America into the hands of a family that spans the globe. We can see the end of the road from here. Join us for the next event. The road goes on forever, but all good things must end. We'll see you at the auction.
Auction lots (523)
90+- Projectile Points: RA Collection
Ninety +- Native American Projectile Points from the Roadside America Collection in original wood case with plexiglass top as...
RA Souvenir Shot Glass
2.5" x 2" D; Roadside America souvenir shot glass, black print on clear glass with locomotive logo, motto reads "Roadside America...
Gieringer Reading Wooden Coal Hopper
3.4" x 9.25" x 2"; Laurence Gieringer Reading wooden two-bay hopper #5900 with coal load, O gauge, with Reading Lines adhesives,...
Roadside America Bumper Sticker c. 1950s
5" x 18"; vintage heavy stock cardboard Roadside America bumper sticker, orange letters on blue ground read "Roadside America...
Lionel Sonoco Tank Car #815
4" x 8.75" x 2.5"; Lionel Sunoco Triple-Dome Tank Car #815, c. 1926-1942, O gauge, silver, reads "Lionel Lines", "No 815" plaque,...
Large Fossilized Brain Coral
6" x 9" x 7.5"; large, fossilized coral head with barnacle encrustation, from the Roadside America Collection, on display at RA...
10 Handmade RA Fruit Trees
Ten handmade fruit trees from the Roadside America orchard tableau, made from dried flower floral stock, various sizes; used...
8 O Gauge 4-Wheel Power Trucks
1" x 3.36" x 1.6"; eight four-wheel power trucks, O gauge, from the Roadside America Maintenance Shop parts inventory; used...
Double-Crescent Bannerstone
7.25" x 6.25" x 1"; double crescent bannerstone, center hole, from the Roadside America Collection, on display at RA...
10 RA Linen Postcards c. 1940s-Early '50s (Set #1)
3.75" x 5.5" each; ten postally unused Roadside America linen postcards, eight from the Schlanker's Store location, four miles...
Britains Hedgerow & Field Gate
2" x 2.5" x 1.4" (hedgerow), 1.5" x 3.2" (gate); two sections Britains hedgerow with matching field gate, from the Roadside...
Roadside America Hamburg Small Pennant c. 1940s
3.5" x 8.75"; vintage Roadside America small pennant c.1940s, soft felt, white letters on blue ground with polychrome depiction...
5 RA Carved, Hand-Painted Figures
2.25" - 2.75"; five carved and hand painted figures, from the Roadside America main display; used. IN HOUSE SHIPPING IS AVAILABLE...
Lionel Erie RR Animated Gondola #3444
3.5" x 9.5" x 2"; Lionel Erie Railroad Animated Gondola Car, 1957-1959, O Gauge, operating "Cop & Hobo", red with white...
Anthony's Dairy Individual Cream Bottle NOS
2.25" x 1.4" x 1.4"; Anthony's Dairy, Strausstown, PA, individual table-top cream bottle, red print on clear bottle reads...
36 Roadside America Postcards
Thirty-six cards total, four cards each: 1) Outhouse scene. 2) Barn and barn lot scene 3) House construction scene 4) Overview of...
RA Red Momentary Push Button w/ OOO Box
1) Vintage Roadside America red momentary push button switch, employed for operating animated features, removed from railing of...
10 Lionel Gear Wheels w/ Axles
1.5" D; ten Lionel gear wheels with axles, O gauge, stamped "Baldwin Disc", from the Roadside America Maintenance Shop parts...
Unaka Pipe Of Peace
2.5" x 2.5" x 1.36" D (bowl); decorated pipe bowl, embossed "Unaka", "Pipe Of Peace", "1777" embossed fox, dove, snake, lettering...
Lionel Reading Lines 4-Bay Hopper #532000
3" x 10.6" x 2.84"; vintage Reading Lines #532000 quad hopper, with Reading Lines Stickers "Reading Lines America's Largest...
RA Scenes Color Brochure, Night Pageant Brochure
1) 9" x 22"; RA Full Color Photo Brochure: Side 1 Full page (9" x 22") panoramic view Roadside America main display; Side 2 -...
3 Large Britains Plastic Trees
15"+- H; three Britains plastic, evergreen trees from the Roadside American main display, all trees in the Main Display were...
RA Souvenir Shot Glass
2.5" x 2" D; Roadside America souvenir shot glass, black print on clear glass with locomotive logo, motto reads "Roadside America...
Gieringer Farm Wagon, Horse, Driver, Passenger
4.5" x 9.5" x 3"; Laurence Gieringer handmade Amish farm wagon, wood, green, black metal wheels, wood top, roll up side covers,...
Solid Cast Elephant
2.25" x 3.5" x 1.36"; solid cast metal elephant from the zoo tableau in RA main display; used condition, no losses. IN HOUSE...
MTH Reading Lines Coal Car #89103
3.75" x 7.75" x 2"; MTH Reading Lines #89129 two-bay hopper with coal load, from the RA main display; lightly used, very good...
Early Hamburg RA Souvenir Cast Iron Skillet
4.5" x 3.12" D; early Roadside America miniature cast iron souvenir skillet with embossed depiction of Amish woman, hand-painted...
Lionel Pickles Vat Car #6475
3" x 10.12" x 2"; Lionel Pickles Vat Car #6475, 1960-1962, O Gauge, tan, dark brown roof with black lettering, reads "TLCX",...
10 RA Linen Postcards c. 1940s-Early '50s (Set #2)
3.75" x 5.5" each; ten postally unused Roadside America linen postcards, all from the Schlanker's Store location, four miles west...
30'+ New Gargraves 3 Rail, SS Center Rail Track
37" each, 30 plus linear feet total; ten 37" pieces Gargraves O gauge, regular, three rail, stainless steel center rail track...
5 O Gauge 6-Wheel Power Trucks, 3 w/ Motors
5 O Gauge 6-Wheel Power Trucks, 3 w/ Motors2.78" x 6" x 2.5" (with motors); O gauge, six-wheel power trucks, three with motors,...
Stone Ax Head
9" x 4.5" x 1.25"; Stone Ax Head, full groove, from the Roadside America Collection, on display at RA Shartlesville location. IN...
Esso Single Dome Tank Car
3.6" x 9" x 2.25"; Esso Single Dome Tank Car, O Gauge, sheet metal, flat black, hook and slot couplers, Esso adhesives, some of...
5 Hand Crafted Plastic Trees
9"-11"+-; five hand crafted plastic trees assembled from limbs of Britains Weeping Willow or similar variety, from the Roadside...
Atlas RA "N" Scale 50' Box Car MIB
1" x 3.75" x 1"; Atlas "N" scale Roadside America 50' FGE Box Car with Roadside America train logo, motto "Roadside America Inc....
Lionel Work Caboose #6130
3" x 8.12" x 2.12"; Lionel Work Caboose #6130, 1961, O Gauge, red with white lettering, reads "6130", "ATSF" "Built By Lionel",...
Large Cast Metal Railroad Signalman
3.4" H; large cast metal, hand-painted railroad signalman holding railroad lantern, from the Roadside America main display; used....
Williams PRR Diesel Locomotive #2332
3.5" x 12.86" x 2.5"; Williams Golden Memories GG-1 Pennsylvania Railroad diesel locomotive, dual pantographs, horn, bell; from...
RA Accordion View Pack NOS: 18 Postcards c. 1940s
4.25" x 6"; vintage Roadside America accordion view pack , eighteen full color lithograph on linen paper depictions of scenes...
1950s Plymouth Yellow Cab
2.5" x 7.5" x 2.5"; Tru-Miniature1950s Plymouth scale model Yellow Cab, friction drive, hard plastic, sign on rear reads "Always...
Birdstone
1.75"" x 3.5" x 1.25"; Birdstone, troughed bottom, concave face, from the Roadside America Collection, on display at RA...
Lionel PRR William Penn Pullman Car
3.5" x 14.75"x 2.4"; vintage Lionel 60' PRR William Penn pullman car, O Gauge, illuminated, aluminum body with red accents, reads...
3 Britains Flocked Trees
10"; three Britains flocked evergreen trees, from the Roadside America Mountain tableau , all trees in the Main Display were...
RA Souvenir Shot Glass
2.5" x 2" D; Roadside America souvenir shot glass, black print on clear glass with locomotive logo, motto reads "Roadside America...
10 RA Linen Postcards c. 1940s-Early '50s (Set #3)
3.75" x 5.5" each; ten postally unused Roadside America linen postcards, all from the Schlanker's Store location, four miles west...
3 Britains Brown Swiss Cows
1.5" x 2.6" x 1"; three Britains cast metal Brown Swiss cows, two standing, one resting, from the farm tableaux in the RA main...
RA Lionel #675 Locomotive: 1947
3" x 11" x 3"; Lionel steam locomotive #675, 1947 ("675" stamped on boiler plate keystone, unpainted aluminum smoke stack) O...
36 Roadside America Postcards
Thirty-six cards total, four cards each: 1) Outhouse scene. 2) Barn and barn lot scene 3) House construction scene 4) Overview of...
Britains Fencing: 9 Sections, 1 Gate, 27 Posts
2.4" x 3.25" ( fence sections), 2.25" x 3.25" (gate), 2.5" H (posts); Britains spiked iron fencing including: nine sections, one...
2 Lionel 6-Wheel Steam Chassis
3" x 6" x 1.84"; two Lionel six-wheel steam chassis, from the Roadside America Maintenance Shop parts inventory; used condition....
Ceramic Tubular Pipe
5.5" x 1.25"; ceramic tubular pipe, bulbous with taper, with accession number "022K", from the Roadside America Collection, on...
Lionel PRR Betsy Ross Vista Dome Car
4.25" x 15" x 2.4; vintage Lionel 60' PRR Betsy Ross Vista Dome car, O Gauge, illuminated, aluminum body with red accents, reads...
RA Scenes Color Brochure, Night Pageant Brochure
1) 9" x 22"; RA Full Color Photo Brochure: Side 1 Full page (9" x 22") panoramic view Roadside America main display; Side 2 -...
5 Britains Large/ Medium Plastic Trees
7 10; five Britains plastic, evergreen trees from the Roadside America main display, all trees in the Main Display were inserted...
MTH Reading Lines Coal Car #89134
3.75" x 7.75" x 2"; MTH Reading Lines #89134 two-bay hopper with coal load, from the RA main display; lightly used, very good...
65+- Projectile Points: RA Collection
Sixty-five +- Native American Projectile Points from the Roadside America Collection in original wood case with plexiglass top as...
Large Cast Metal Figure w/ Newspaper
3"; large cast metal, hand-painted man in suit holding rolled newspaper in left hand, from the Fairfield Railroad Station tableau...
Lionel U.S. Army Unit #41
3." x 6.25" x 2.75"; Lionel U.S. Army Gas Turbine Unit #41 1955-1957, O gauge, from the Roadside America main display; used...
10 Handmade RA Fruit Trees
Ten handmade fruit trees from the Roadside America orchard tableau, made from dried flower floral stock, various sizes; used...
Lionel Locomotive Motor, 6-Wheel Truck
2.84" x 3.75" x 2.25"; Lionel locomotive motor w/ six-wheel chassis, likely GG1, from the Roadside America Maintenance Shop parts...
Stone Fish Effigy
2.25" x 4" x 1.25"; stone fish effigy, dark gray, from the Roadside America Collection, on display at RA Shartlesville location....
Lionel PRR Molly Pitcher Pullman Car
3.5" x 14.75"x 2.4"; vintage Lionel 60' PRR Molly Pitcher pullman car, O Gauge, illuminated, aluminum body with red accents,...
5 Britains Medium / Small Plastic Trees
5" - 8+", some larger; five Britains plastic, evergreen trees from the Roadside America main display, all trees in the Main...
RA Souvenir Shot Glass
2.5" x 2" D; Roadside America souvenir shot glass, black print on clear glass with locomotive logo, motto reads "Roadside America...
Esso Triple Dome Tank Car
3.5" x 7.5" x 2"; Esso Triple Dome Tank Car, O Gauge, sheet metal, flat black, box couplers, Esso adhesives, some of the earliest...
2 Britains Longhorn Cattle
2.5" x 3.5" x .75"; two Britains longhorn cattle, from the farm tableaux in the RA main display; used condition, no losses. IN...
Williams UPRR Locomotive Powered Unit
3" x 10" x 2.25"; 4.25" x 11.4" x 2.6"; Williams Silver Streak Union Pacific diesel locomotive, powered unit A, from the RA main...
RA Gieringer Milk Wagon, Horse
4.5" x 4.75" x 3"; Laurence Gieringer handmade milk wagon, wood, yellow / black / brown, green metal wheels, horse, from the...
36 Roadside America Postcards
Thirty-six cards total, four cards each: 1) Outhouse scene. 2) Barn and barn lot scene 3) House construction scene 4) Overview of...
30'+ New Gargraves 3 Rail, SS Center Rail Track
37" each, 30 plus linear feet total; ten 37" pieces Gargraves O gauge, regular, three rail, stainless steel center rail track...
Pottery Gorget
1" x 3.5" x 1.3"; pottery gorget, chocolate brown, with accession numbers "011K", from the Roadside America Collection, on...
Atlas PRR Boxcar #499212
3.5" x 10.4" x 2.4"; Atlas #6457-2 O gauge Pennsylvania Railroad boxcar #13057, yellow with black, from the Roadside America...
RA Scenes Color Brochure, Night Pageant Brochure
1) 9" x 22"; RA Full Color Photo Brochure: Side 1 Full page (9" x 22") panoramic view Roadside America main display; Side 2 -...
3 Large Britains Trees
15"+- H; three Britains plastic, evergreen trees from the Roadside American main display, all trees in the Main Display were...
Lionel Lines Hiawatha Tender #250W
3.5" x 8.25" x 2.6"; Lionel Hiawatha Tender #250W c.1930s, O Gauge, Orange, six wheel trucks, reads "Lionel Lines", from the RA...
Stone Medicine Bowl
3" x 3.5"; D; hollowed stone medicine bowl or mortar, from the Roadside America Collection, on display at RA Shartlesville...
2 Cast Metal Figures w/ Pails
2.6"; two cast metal, handpainted workers carrying lunch pails, from the Grims Hoisery Mill tableau in Roadside America main...
Williams Reading Lines Diesel Locomotive #808
4.25" x 15.5" x 2.5"; Williams O Gauge Reading Lines FM Trainmaster Diesel Locomotive, O Gauge, all metal trucks, metal...
RA Accordion View Pack NOS: 12 Postcards c.1950s
4.25" x 6"; vintage Roadside America accordion view pack, twelve Kodachrome color depictions of scenes from the Roadside America...
1949-'50 Banthrico Chevy Coupe Bank
2.75" x 7.75" x 2.6"; Banthrico 1949 / 1950 Chevrolet two door hardtop bank, gun metal gray, cast metal, from RA main display;...
6 Lionel Four-Wheel Trucks w/ Couplers
1" x 4.75" x 2.25"; six Lionel four-wheel trucks w/ couplers, O Gauge, from the Roadside America Maintenance Shop parts...
Onyx Metate
.7" x 4" x 1.36"; small onyx metate, oval trough form, with accession number "#13", from the Roadside America Collection, on...
RA Lionel 1664 Locomotive
3.25" x 10" x 2.5"; Lionel 1664 locomotive, O gauge, from the Roadside America main display; used condition, untested. IN HOUSE...
10 RA Linen Postcards c. 1940s-Early '50s (Set #1)
3.75" x 5.5" each; ten postally unused Roadside America linen postcards, eight from the Schlanker's Store location, four miles...
Gieringer Fort Motel Billboard
6" x 8" x .5"; Laurence Gieringer stenciled and hand-painted billboard, gray wood frame with yellow letters, reads "Fort Motel ...
6 Lionel Four-Wheel Trucks w/ Couplers
1" x 4.75" x 2.25"; six Lionel four-wheel trucks w/ couplers, O Gauge, from the Roadside America Maintenance Shop parts...
RA Souvenir Shot Glass
2.5" x 2" D; Roadside America souvenir shot glass, black print on clear glass with locomotive logo, motto reads "Roadside America...
MTH SFMR Street Car #1050
3.5" x 11.25" x 2"; MTH San Francisco Municipal Railway Street Car #1050, O Gauge, illuminated, green / cream, gray roof with...
Thunderegg: RA Collection: RA Collection
3.25" D overall,1.5" x 3.4" x 3.4", 1.25" x 3.25" x 3.3"; divided agate thunderegg, two halves, blue / gray, polished, from the...
2 Solid Cast Mounted Jockeys
3.25" x 3" x 1"; 2.75'" x 4" x .75"; two solid cast, metal mounted jockeys, one marked "France", one unmarked, from the RA main...
Lionel Pacific Northern Diesel Locomotive #2349
4" x 13.25 x 2.75"; Lionel Northern pacific GP-9 Diesel Locomotive #2349 1959-1960, O Gauge, black body with gold / red, from the...
Anthony's Dairy Individual Cream Bottle NOS
2.25" x 1.4" x 1.4"; Anthony's Dairy, Strausstown, PA, individual table-top cream bottle, red print on clear bottle reads...
36 Roadside America Postcards
Thirty-six cards total, four cards each: 1) Outhouse scene. 2) Barn and barn lot scene 3) House construction scene 4) Overview of...
RA Green Momentary Push Button Switch
Vintage Roadside America green momentary push button switch, employed for operating animated features, removed from railing of RA...
Stone Ax Head
4" x 5.75" x 2"; Stone Ground Stone Ax Head, three quarter groove, usage marks, from the Roadside America Collection, on display...
Native American Projectile Point
2.6" x 1.25"; Native American projectile point, from the Roadside America Collection, on display at RA Shartlesville location. IN...
Britains Hedgerow & Field Gate
2" x 2.5" x 1.4" (hedgerow), 1.5" x 3.2" (gate); two sections Britains hedgerow with matching field gate, from the Roadside...
Atlas RA "N" Scale 40' Box Car MIB
1" x 3.12" x 1"; Atlas "N" scale Roadside America 40' PS-1 Box car with Roadside America train logo, motto "Roadside America Inc....
Orange Blossom Special Wooden Boxcar
25" x 10.4 x 2.4"; Seaboard "Orange Blossom Special" Wooden Boxcar #18029", from Roadside America Main Display; used, untested....