#408

Rare German Wooden Building,
Live Auction

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$1,000
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) w. x 14"h. The wooden-framed railway station has an arched center section with wooden hitching post and chains,three doorways (one leading into each side room and one out the back),and two two-story room sections (one for baggage,and one for tickets,according to the sign on each),each with four arched windows. The exterior has painted blue roof and faded- green floor,with lithographed walls to simulate stonework,window frames,and clocks,and the station name "Leipzeig". The interior floor papers are original,the walls are simple paint,and the rooms contain several pieces of Gottschalk wooden furnishings including two waiting benches for passengers. The station is pencil-numbered 2(?)964 on the underside. Rare building with original labels,very good condition with play wear. Germany,Moritz Gottschalk,circa 1900.