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A Chance C.P. Huntington 1865 replica train with 24-gauge track made in 1964 fetched $77,000 when Norton Auctioneers of Michigan sold property from the Guntown Mountain amusement park in Cave City, Ky. Sold with five coaches, the train will now run in an Atlanta-area amusement park.
» Collector quiz
Can you match current value with these firefighting toys? All are mint in box or like new.
1. 1970s Smokey Bear die-cast Jeep
2. 1950s Marx key-wind climbing fireman
3. 1965 Hubley cast-metal/plastic rescue truck
4. 1960s-'70s Tonka pressed-steel snorkel
5. 1960s original cardboard sign for Texaco toy fire engine.
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a. $25-$200 b. $250-$500
c. $20-$100 d. $100-$225
e. $25-$100
A: 1-c; 2-d; 3-e; 4-a; 5-b. Paper ephemera is always a premium, and this sign is a crossover (advertising) collectible. Source: "Firefighting Toys 1940s-1990s" by James and Sandra Piatti (Schiffer, $29.95).