A 15.5cm. bogie Kaiser Coach,

Printer: NB Please do a spare colour proof set for the client, as discussed - thanks Foreword The 'Mariner' Collection of Märklin Trains I grew up with railways; as my father was professionally involved in railways, he was also a Märklin 0 Gauge fanatic with spare money and a good pair of hands, which enabled him to make several garden layouts for home-made engines and trains as well. When I was born in 1948, he decided to start with Märklin tabletop and was one of the first buyers of the new HO Gauge material. We really had everything from Märklin but I was too young, and was forced to look at the layout stretching across two cellars with my hands clasped behind my back; the thin model contact wires did not accept children's handling. So my model train interest turned back to 0 Gauge which my father had left me from the garden layout - no limits for playing and real noises when trains run over the tinplate rails. Heavy rail, as children loved it - and so did I. Märklin flat cars were perfectly adapted to transport Dinky Toy cars. My family lived beside the Lake of Thun coast when I was a boy. Behind our house ran - and still runs today - the famous Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon Railway. From out of my bedroom in the early morning I often admired the heavy Ae 6/8 electric locomotive - a 2-6-6-2 wheeler - which hauled the passenger or freight trains up to Lötschberg. I was fascinated by the power of this engine and I could well imagine that the engine driver was very proud of the train. It was in 1953. On the other side of the house was the lake. Sailing yacht races started to gain importance also in Switzerland - what makes the sailboat glide through the water, without any noise or engine? I wanted to understand and so the lake side and sailing boats got all my interest in the following years. I started to equip my father's rowing boat with my mother's bed-linen attached to a wooden pole and sailed with 'my sails' with the wind across the lake and made a lot of friends - some of them with modern boats, ready for racing, and I got the chance to have my first races. What an event! What an interesting task to follow the developments of the new boats with greater speed, modern sails and new hull materials. So - given the situation of our house - I was in the sandwich of my two greatest interests: behind me trains and in front of me boats. And it would be like this for the next decades of my life. When I came to my father's business in 1975, real trains were my working environment but sailing was still of great interest. All my holidays I went to the Channel, the French Atlantic coast or to the Mediterranean Sea chartering sailboats, together with my wife and our friends. Only when our first child was born did my interest come back to model trains; I remembered the back view from our house and the 0 Gauge Märklin trains in my father's attic. So I started to collect and run tinplate trains; this pleasure has accompanied me for more than twenty years now. Given the fact that I was with a lot of friends from the railway scene, and having the space in our home, it was possible to build up an important collection. Most trains were acquired during my business trips through European countries, from friends and in auction sales. As an engineer I am still able to tell the difference between commercial coolness and artistic beauty. The latter gives me a lot of satisfaction in collecting tinplate. The selection of pieces was decided by the pleasure that the locomotive, station or coach gave to my eyes. And a lot of items pleased me. Always I tried to complete whole train compositions, as they were offered in manufacturer's catalogues in the old days. The pleasure of tinplate and the collecting bug are buried deep in my heart and will not easily swept away. But so I live with my sailing bug. Some months ago, we started to race an 11m yacht of our own and we won the Class Championship in 1995. What satisfaction to stay on the water, to be with friends, to be at one with nature, confronted with the elements. And this experience got so strong that I would turn to the front of our house. So the next years will be spent on the water, with my lovely family and with my beloved boats. As I am also deeply involved in our family business, I would prefer not have my tinplate trains in a darkened room, waiting for more spare time - they should be offered to other collector-friends now. In this way I will be sure that other collectors will bring the necessary attention to these lovely ancient toys when I am on the water. But I am aware that in my later years I will start to collect tinplate toys again - the back view from our house will not be forgotten! Contents Morning Session at 10.30 a.m. 0 Gauge Coaches Lot 1 - 106 0 Gauge Wagons Lot 107 - 265 Afternoon Session at 2.00 p.m. 0 Gauge Electric Locomotives Lot 266 - 291 0 Gauge Steam Locomotives Lot 292 - 323 0 Gauge Replica Coaches Lot 324 - 331 0 Gauge Replica Wagons Lot 332 - 348 0 Gauge Replica Locomotives Lot 349 - 370 0 Gauge Stations and Accessories Lot 371 - 386 Gauge I Replica Wagons Lot 387 - 391 Gauge I Replica Locomotives and Coaches Lot 392 - 398 Gauge I Replica Buildings and Accessories Lot 399 - Gauge I Stations and Other Buildings Lot Gauge I Accessories Lot Gauge I Coaches Lot Gauge I Wagons Lot Gauge I Electric Locomotives Lot Gauge I Steam Locomotives Lot Glossary (Please print here - please change introductory sentence to:) The following descriptions of exterior condition are used in this catalogue. Condition is judged taking into account the overall appearance and 'feel' of the item, and, to some degree, its age and rarity. For example, an item may be judged in Excellent condition, but this would be qualified by mentioning specific flaws that are slightly more numerous than would usually be acceptable for the grade, but not sufficient to move it to a lower grade. Condition Statement The attention of prospective buyers is drawn to the 'Guide for Prospective Buyers' at the front of the catalogue and our 'Conditions of Business' at the back. Special Notice Locomotives and tenders are, in our opinion, matching unless otherwise stated. Dimensions in the first line of some descriptions refer to the longest dimension of the item, measured from buffer head to buffer head, where applicable. In this catalogue original Märklin 0 Gauge and Gauge I items have been illustrated as accurately as possible in correct proportion to each other, to make clear the difference in size. To avoid confusion, all Märklin replica items have been illustrated approximately 17 smaller than original items. Buyer's Premium and VAT Buyers are reminded that there is a 15 Buyer's Premium payable on the the first (30,000 of the Hammer Price plus 10 of any sum in excess of (30,000. VAT is always payable on the Buyer's Premium. VAT is also payable on the Hammer Price at 2.5 for each lot marked with an asterisk (*) in this catalogue. It may be refundable on proof of export from the European Union. See Conditions of Business, Clause 15, for further details. 0 Gauge Coaches

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A 15.5cm. bogie Kaiser Coach,
Cat. Ref. 1841K, handpainted in blue and ivory, with detailed interior, 1900-1902 (E, some paint chips)