LIONEL # 88 EARLY RHEOSTAT 1915 AND WOOD REHOSTATE BOTH VERY EARLY BATTERY TYPE

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LIONEL # 88 BATTERY RHEOSTAT FROM 1915 TO 1920 AND A WOOD ONE NOT SURE IF THIS WAS EARLY LIONEL. THIS WAS OUT OF A COLLECTION I PURCHASED FROM A LIONEL EMPLOYEE WHO WORKED THERE FROM 1940 TO 1955 HE TOOK THINGS SO I WILL BE LISTING MORE OLDER ITEMS. SO LOOK AND ASK QUESTIONS AS NO RETURNS ON THESE...JUST NEEDS A GOOD HOME SO AS I DOWN SIZE AND CLEAN OUT MY COLLECTION OF RARE AND UNUSUAL ITEMS.
SORRY BUT NO RETURNS ON THIS BOX OR PAPER ITEMS AND CATALOGS SO ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU BID
. I WILL BE LISTING SOME SUPER BOXED ITEMS OUT OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION I HAVE ACQUIRED. I DO NOT BREAK UP MY ITEMS AND SELL THE BOXES AND PIECES SEPARATELY AS SOME DO ON HERE. I AM CONSERVATIVE IN MY GRADING AS YOU KNOW I AM . I WILL BE LISTING SOME BOXES FROM MY EXTENSIVE BOX COLLECTION OF 40+ YEARS SO LOOK AT THE PICTURES AND ASK QUESTIONS AND YOU BE THE JUDGE I GAVE ALL ANGLES. HASN'T SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY IN OVER 40+ YEARS GOING THROUGH SOME OF MY DOUBLES OF OLD INVENTORY. I WILL ALSO  BE SELLING MORE ORIGINAL POSTWAR PARTS I HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS FROM VISITS TO MADISON HARDWARE IN NYC. SPENT MANY SATURDAY MORNINGS THERE ON MY WAY TO WORK IN THE 60'S AND 70'S. SHARING A COFFEE WITH CARL AND LOU. I AM MOVING TO SMALLER QUARTERS.  MY 40+ YEARS OF COLLECTING HAS TO BE DOWNSIZED SO MY LOSS WILL BE YOUR GAIN. KEEP CHECKING BACK AS I WILL BE LISTING ALL SORTS OF ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES. I WILL START LISTING SOME LIONEL H-O FOUND A FEW CASES OF MINT BOXED ITEMS. AS ALWAYS GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND BIDDING ON MY ITEMS. I HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING FOR 45 YEARS NOW.
ALL EMPTY ROLLING STOCK BOXES WILL BE SHIPPED FLAT ENGINE BOXES SHIPPED AS THEY ARE..... I DO NOT TAKE RETURNS ON THE BOXES SO ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING THANKS