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I found these inside an American Flyer boxcar I purchased at a hobby shop. I was curious as to what was rattling inside when I got home. They appear to be Lionel? Any idea as to whether they are and when produced, car or accessory used with and any value?

AGGilbert

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Rich,

Thanks for the reply. I guess these are keepers!  What a surprise to find them in a Flyer boxcar. Have these ever been documented anywhere? I couldn’t find mention in Greenbergs or T&M.  I could display them in a 2452 as I only collect coil coupler era Lionel.  I’m going to show them to some long time Lionel collectors that I know too.

Don

@ACGilbert posted:

Rich,

Thanks for the reply. I guess these are keepers!  What a surprise to find them in a Flyer boxcar. Have these ever been documented anywhere? I couldn’t find mention in Greenbergs or T&M.  I could display them in a 2452 as I only collect coil coupler era Lionel.  I’m going to show them to some long time Lionel collectors that I know too.

Don

https://www.tandem-associates....l_trains_362_acc.htm

“They also produced the harder to find REDstained barrels. These are believed to have been issued with the first version of the Operating Barrel Car No. 3562-1 introduced in 1954.”

Repainted barrels is not the same as having the original.  Unless you are a true collector, that first sentence probably does not mean anything to you.  My brother was an avid collector of pre-war Marx, and it was always fun to go to shows with him and watch him hunt.  He knew all the tricks to make a cheap car look like a rare one.  I remember the big celebration we had one night after he found a near perfect example of a very rare car he had been looking for for years.

The red barrel originals are obviously rare and the buyer wanted them and had the funds to buy them, so congratulate him/her for the find.  There were 9 bids, so at least one other person also wanted them. 

@feet posted:

I'm not questioning anybody's sanity  or telling them how to spend their money.

Never intended to come across like that.

I'm sure that you didn't intend to have your comments misinterpreted, and I didn't mean to give you a hard time about it.

We could read what you posted in two or three different ways and it's all about understanding what was written.  This is how I interpreted it:

          I would not pay anywhere near that much for a set (so I can't understand how anyone else could.)

Please accept my apologies for the misunderstanding.

Mike

I'm sure that you didn't intend to have your comments misinterpreted, and I didn't mean to give you a hard time about it.

We could read what you posted in two or three different ways and it's all about understanding what was written.  This is how I interpreted it:

          I would not pay anywhere near that much for a set (so I can't understand how anyone else could.)

Please accept my apologies for the misunderstanding.

Mike

It's all good.

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