Pennsylvania / Auction archive
Past auction · 2017January 2017 listing
The John Devine estate.
A lifelong model collection.
115 Premiere Drive · State College, PA 16801
A 489-lot estate catalog presented at the Best Western in State College, featuring model trains, planes and cars collected over a lifetime.
The auction story
Locomotives and rolling stock.
A hobbyist’s collection.
The source emphasized a large collection with many items described as new in box. The catalog preserves steam and diesel locomotives, freight cars, streetcars, tender kits and railway models.
On-site participation and live online bidding were advertised. The selected images show the model-railway portion of the collection, retaining individual links for closer examination of the original descriptions.
What was advertised
The scope of this auction.
01 / THE AUCTION
Locomotives
Steam and diesel models, including Spectrum entries, appear in the catalog.
02 / THE AUCTION
Rolling stock
Freight cars, tenders and other railway models were listed.
03 / THE AUCTION
Wider collection
The estate description also advertised model planes and cars.
Selected original catalog images
A closer look
at the auction.
6 selected original catalog images. These are historical offerings, not current inventory. Open a photograph to explore its source record.
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Historical arrangements
How the auction
was advertised.
These are past scheduling and bidding details, not current instructions to bid or collect purchases.
- Displayed listing range
- January 19–20, 2017.
- Start time
- 10 a.m. was advertised.
- Preview
- The notice says 8 a.m. Saturday, without a consistent full date.
- Venue
- Best Western, 115 Premiere Drive, State College.
Location / Pennsylvania
State College,
Pennsylvania.
Use the map as a location reference for this historical auction.
This archive does not advertise the property or contents as currently available, or invite visits to the location.
State College, PA 16801View location on Google Maps ↗
Source notes & historical accuracy
The listing range ends on a Friday while the preview notice refers to Saturday. An exact event day is not asserted. New-in-box and condition descriptions are retained only as catalog claims.
This page is based on the original HiBid record and its linked catalog. The count describes listed lots, not verified sales. No proceeds, bidder totals or final sale results are claimed.
Archive identity: PA-STATE-COLLEGE-93838 · State: Pennsylvania · Type: Model trains & collectibles
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