WW&F Items at Brookline Auction on 4/15/18

[James Patten]

Member Jeff Cohn of Vermont will be attending Brookline Auction in NH tomorrow. Several items related to WW&F are among the lots offered.  Another friend of the Museum has asked him to bid (within a reasonable limit) on certain WW&F items.  If successful, it is the other person's intention to provide these historic item (s) to WW&F as a gift.  The most significant item is a 1909 WW&F broadside timetable, Lot # 32.  There’s also a 6-volume set of WW&F books (lot #52) but Jeff doesn't know if these are unique to the WW&F archive. He also believes that there’s an old brass luggage tag further down the list.

These lots can be viewed at the Brookline Auctions website:   http://www.brooklineeventcenter.com/?az_feed_pos=%2F%2Fwww.auctionzip.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fauctionview.cgi%3Flid%3D3016787%26feed%3D129%26group%3D0%26state%3D%26kwd%3D%26zip%3D%26category%3D0%26nojava%3D0

Perhaps other friends of WW&F intend to participate in the auction with a similar goal.  Jeff doesn't want his participation to result in an inflated price for items destined for the WW&F Railway Museum.  His sole objectives are to do his best to acquire historical items that should be returned to WW&F and to avoid conflict with other individuals with a similar goal.

[Ed Lecuyer]

If it has not been suggested already, the signs:
"Do not walk nor trespass on the bridge"
and
"Turner Centre Ice Cream"

would also be nice to have, in my opinion. A period no trespassing sign for the Trout Brook bridge would be great. The Turner Centre sign would be for our display in Wiscasset.

[Dave Buczkowski]

My guess is that the 6 volume set is the Narrow Guage in the Sheepscot Valley series.
Dave

[Wayne Laepple]

Any word on the outcome?

[James Patten]

I've heard nothing yet.

[James Patten]

Jeff Cohn emailed me today to say that he was successful in getting the 1909 broadside, but the baggage tag price was more than he wanted to pay.