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Brand: Ives / The Ives Corporation
Gauge: Standard Gauge / Wide Gauge (2\\frac{1}{4}\\text{ GA.})
Era: Pre-War (1910s–1920s)
Type: Empty Set Boxes & Inner Passenger Car Boxes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States (Bridgeport, Conn.)
Material: Cardboard / Paper Label
Set Numbers Included: No. 701 & No. 692R
Item Description
Up for sale is a rare, original lot of vintage prewar Ives Standard Gauge toy train empty set boxes and inner packaging.
These original paper-labeled boxes were manufactured in Bridgeport, Connecticut by The Ives Manufacturing Corporation / The Ives Corporation during the golden age of American tinplate toy trains. Perfect for train collectors looking to pair their loose locomotives, tender cars, or 180-series passenger cars with original factory packaging to complete a set.
What is Included in This Lot
Ives Standard Gauge Set Box No. 701 (Features classic mottled finish with red/blue original paper label reading "Ives Electrical Railway System").
Ives Standard Gauge Set Box No. 692R (Labeled for "2¼ GA. TRACK").
Ives Outer Set Box with Internal Partitions (Features classic "Ives Toys Make Happy Boys" graphic artwork).
(2) Tall Blue Tree-Graphic Inner Boxes (Labeled "Ives Trains Since 1868 / The Ives Corporation").
Condition Notice:
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