Those are some nice items! I think the ownership history behind the trains can be interesting. I don't keep track of the eBay sellers nor the retailers I buy things from for the most part. I am interested in knowing that something came from a collection of a TCA member though, especially if they had a high quality collection. They don't need to be famous. I don't own anything from Tom Snyder, Frank Sinatra, nor Neil Young, but it would be neat to have something from their collections.
George