LARGE MARX COLLECTION AVAILABLE

Steve "PAPA" Eastman is a regular here and is very knowledgeable about MARX trains. I'm sure he'll be able to give you some sound advice on MARX trains. 

Thank you. Do you know how I can contact him?

G.G.,

I have a friend in Michigan who does purchase whole collections and then resells at York. If interested, you may contact me via e-mail (jtcommodog@yahoo.com). Whatever you decide, good luck and may your brother-in-law rest in peace.

JTW

Papa's email is gigeastman@hotmail.com.

He's very knowlegeable and a very nice guy.

Tell him "hi" for me.

Tom Taylor

George

There is a Marx Trains Yahoo group and a Marx Trains Facebook group. Also, depending on whether tin or plastic, this forum is also a good place, although the tinplate section might be better..

Steve "Papa" Eastman

Hello George,

I am a Marx collector and I am interested to see just what you have for sale, I may be interested in purchasing it all.

Thanks,

Joe

Hi Joe:

Thanks for your interest. My brother-in-law collected primarily old Marx for over 25 years. His interest was mostly sets, in original or very good condition, with the boxes. We are in the process of identifying the individual sets and locating them in the house and dry storage unit. We have approximately 60 boxes in total, very many sets. There is also some new Marx in boxes, unopened that he collected in the late 90's. I don't know if you would be interested in those. I would like to stay in touch with as we go through the process I described. We would be interested in a sale rather than a consignment, which a couple of people want to do because they knew Basil had been collecting. If you give me your email or other contact information, I will keep you apprised of where we are in the process. to give you an idea of what we have here is a small sample. 

Sets 5953BT, 5924, 5926G, 5927, 5826G, 3994, 1526, 5029, 8935, and more. He has a very large number of original military cars and locos.

If interested, please get back to me with your contact information and where you are located.

Thanks again,

George Gilligan, 734-994-5820, gm.gilligan@comcast.net

Hi George:

i might be interested in the "new" Marx stuff.   If you decided to separate the collection,  keep me in mind.

thanks

Pat

Hi Pat:

We will be separating the "new" Marx at some time in the future and I'll let you know when we do that.

Thanks,

George

Joe Fanara posted:

Hello George,

I am a Marx collector and I am interested to see just what you have for sale, I may be interested in purchasing it all.

Thanks,

Joe

Joe: I have finished accumulating the collection from the house and storage unit. The number of boxes, both complete sets and boxes of cars, etc., wrapped in tissue paper is massive, 83 boxes in all. This does not include the "new" Marx that was reproduced in the late 90's, early 2000. We would prefer to sell it all to one buyer otherwise I'll be placing it on Ebay for the next 5 years and I don't want to do that. Basil was very partial to the military pieces, but he collected everything old, preferably complete sets. Let me know if you might be interested in making an offer on the lot. If so, we should talk and I could give you more detail. If you have an email address, that would be helpful. 

George Gilligan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

734-994-5820

gm.gilligan@comcast.net