Marx BLUEBIRD GARAGE Tin Litho Service Station L@@K NR

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Marx BLUEBIRD GARAGE Tin Litho Service Station L@@K! This is one of several tin buildings Marx made from the same stamping with different illustrations. Marx was big on using existing tooling for many different toys. This one is a service station called Bluebird Garage. It features a great looking deco style building mounted on a tin base. Also mounted on the vase are two tin gas pumps and a tin air pump (free air). The building has illustrations of workers in uniforms doing all the things one would expect form 1940s or 1050s service station employees to do, changing tires, washing cars, etc. On the back of the building t is a parts counter and ignition service counter both manned with staff in period clothes. These buildings may have been intended to be "go alongs" with train layouts or the like but I suspect the Louis Marx marketed these in any and all area that they could be deemed appropriate. We also have the Union Station version of this building listed in a separate auction on eBay. Te Union Station version seems more clearly dedicated to a train layout though it too could be used just about anyw ones imagination could take it. The condition is as shown in the pictures. T is missing paint and some areas of oxidation. The lithography that is present is vibrant, glossy and beautiful. If you are a collector of Marx toys, gasoline or service station toys and/or tin litho toy this is a great opportunity to add a hard to find example of a Marx tin toy building to your collection. Welcome to our Sale ! We love tin! We will be offering some hard to find vintage tin wind up toys as well as battery operated toys, space toys and robots made by companies such as Marx, Unique Art, Wyandotte, Linemar (Line-Mar, Line Mar), Modern Toys (TM), Nomura, and TPS (T.P.S.), SY and many, many more. If you have the time you should check our other auctions frequently as we are in the midst of listing many fabulous tin toys each week. Most of our auctions start at $9.99 with no reserve. If t is something in particular you are looking for, let us know, maybe we have it. If we do, we will make every effort to move it to the top of our eBay sales list. Legal Notice: All images, descriptions and opinions as well as any other form of intellectual property in is the sole property of and its owners and may not be copied in whole or in part without express written consent. is the mandatory "boiler plate" section of the auction listing: Please ask questions before bidding Please bid only if serious about buying Insurance is required and will be included in the shipping charge Shipping price is based on your location, package size and weight. We are not using shipping as a revenue source so have no fear; you will pay only what it costs us Paypal or Money orders only please Communication is expected within three days after the end of the auction Payment is expected within 10 days after the end of the auction We do our best to accurately describe our items for sale - If you feel an item was misrepresented, let us know as soon as possible and we will try to rectify the situation Good Luck & Have Fun! A brief note to our International customers about payment methods: We love international bidders and have done a lot of business with those of you that live outside of the USA but due to several reasons we do not control, we can only accept Paypal payments from those bidders from outside the USA. We hope you will understand. read more

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