I have acquired a fairly large collection of very clean Ives stations, especially the 116. One with 4 exterior lights, the single dome, the double station glass dome and several with the orange and blue lithograph roofs. The Ives society has a great website listing all the variations. The lowest price I have paid was 400 dollars and the highest over a thousand. The metal these stations were made of was very thin and the walls were soldered to the base causing finish issues on the lithograph. Also there was little or no metal prep done so most have flaking paint on the base and roof. The station that you show the images of was the single dome, missing the dome but the columns are still intact. The good ones show up at high end auctions fairly regularly. I have been upgrading for many years but can’t bring myself to let any go. The Ives 116 stations are probably my favorite items in my collection. If Carr’s has one for 38 dollars I would purchase it in any condition because you can always upgrade later.
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