Vintage toy nets $156,000 at auction: Why was it so valuable?

Vintage toy nets $156,000 at auction: Why was it so valuable?

(WJW) – A rare collection of antique toys and trains earned more than $2.5 million at an auction in late May, with the highest-valued toy going for $156,000. The collection came from world-renowned antique dealer Tom Sage Sr., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, according to a press release from Morphy Auctions. Sage had started collecting Lionel trains in the 1960s, his obituary explained, and his collection grew to include tin toys, mechanical banks, …