LIONEL PRESENTATION 1104 PETER RABBIT 4 LIONEL BOARD OF DIRECTORS & EXECUTIVES
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:12495 | Year: 1936 |
Brand: LIONEL |
$9.99 NO RESERVE
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE A FEW BOXED EXAMPLES SURFACED AND WERE RECENTLY SOLD OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. SEE E BAY COMPLETED ITEM LISTING 233191856521 AND INTERNET SALE LAST YEAR.................BOTH SOLD IN THE HIGH $2K RANGE........
AS LIONEL PRODUCED THE 12 CHROME PLATED PRES...ENTATION 265E LOCO AND TENDERS FOR THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS GIFTS, LITTLE KNOW WERE THE 12 LIONEL 1104 PETER RABBIT SOLID WHEEL FLOOR HAND CARS IN THE PINK WITH SILVER FOIL PRESENTATION BOX CIRCA 1936.
BACK IN 1976 AT THE GLENN ISLAND NY TTOS TRAIN SHOW I COMPARED MY ORIGINAL CHROME 265E LOCO WITH LOUIS HERTZ's WHO BROUGHT HIS ORIGINAL 265E CHROME PRESENTATION L&T TO SHOW ME. AT THAT TIME LOU REVELED TO ME LIONEL ALSO MADE THE 1104 UN-CATALOGED PETER RABBIT HAND CAR WITH SOLID WHEELS AND WERE PRESENTED IN A SPECIAL SILVER FOIL BOX TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS GIFTS.
MOST COLLECTORS ARE UNAWARE OF THE UN-CATALOGED 1104 TRACKLESS RABBIT. THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS A BOXED OVER THE COUNTER PETER RABBIT SOLD TO THE PUBLIC IN A PLAIN JANE BROWN CARDBOARD BOX WITH WELL MARKED END FLAPS. WHEN I PURCHASED MY 1104 SILVER FOILED BOXED PRESENTATION BUNNY THERE WERE A PAIR OF 1104 CARDBOARD BOX FLAPS FROM ANOTHER BOXED BUNNY STUCK IN THE PRESENTATION BOX. THESE WILL BE INCLUDED WITH MY BUNNY.
THIS BUNNY IS EXCELLENT PLUS. IT HAS THE ORIGINAL KEY. IT RUNS STRONG. IT IS EVIDENT BY THE LACK OF WHEEL PLAYWEAR IT LIVED MOST OF IT's LIFE IN THE BOX ON DISPLAY. COLORFUL EASTER GRASS & PAPER CARROTS ADDED. GRASS & CARROTS COMES RIGHT OUT AND WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE BUNNY.
1104 IN THE PLAIN JANE BOX NOT INCLUDED JUST SHOWN FOR INFO.
NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.
BUYER TO PAY SECURE INSURED SHIPPING GOOD LUCK.
THE BOX...THE BOX.
PETE SEMETIS TCA 75 7361