Yes I should be there, barring a foot of snow. This is the kind of collection you see at auction maybe one or two times in your collecting "career". Just about every iconic set from Ives, Flyer, and Lionel are represented.
The rarity of some of this stuff is what is incredible. Trains like the Prosperity Special, and the Mayflower make even a brown Lionel State set look commonplace, and the green ones, well, mundane.
I got a glimpse of this at the last Stout auction, and the pictures on the websites just do not give it justice.
If you are within an hour of the auction, I'd take the drive, and see what original tinplate in its rarest form looks like.
As for low bids, well, I think everyone who's been starving for good Ives and Flyer originals will be out in force. Which means, I'll probably get skunked. But it will be interesting to watch.
