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What used to be a practical trade has become a lost art of craftsmanship and manual precision engineering. We spent the majority of time in the main hall with the model engines. The Cabin Fever Expo appears to be segregated into 4 areas, there are tool and part vendors, an ongoing auction with mostly model train parts for sale, a main hall with the model engines, a hall with consignment items for sale, and another hall with model boats, cars, tanks, etc. After a somewhat grueling two hour drive on a blustery day into Pennsylvania in moderate sleet and snow we arrived! I marked Cabin Fever Expo 2020 on my calendar and waited with patience! After declaring my intent to attend this event, I was grateful to have my son state he was willing to tag along. I got the idea to look for a model engine show for some inspiration and mentoring last February 2019, so I was very dismayed to learn that I had just missed one of the largest model engineering shows in my backyard by a few weeks: the Cabin Fever Expo held in Lebanon, PA. It’s hard to explain, but I hear a calling to build these things. The 42nd edition of the Allentown Toy Show will be on November 7, 2020, so mark your calendar.One of my main reasons to acquire a Bridgeport milling machine and Grizzly lathe was to scratch this itch of mine to build model steam engines. Track Plans and Layout Design Electrical Forum Scenery and Structures Lionel Forums. Miles King of Milestone Auctions, Willoughby, Ohio, was at the show but had a sale on Saturday for which he had to return to his gallery. 3-Rail Traditional Toy Trains 3-Rail Tinplate Toy Trains 3-Rail Scale Model Trains 2-Rail Scale Model Trains O Scale Narrow Gauge Forum S-Scale Trains The 'HONGZ' Forum Subways/Transit/Traction Real Trains Layout Building Forums. and Cabin Fever Auctions, Douglasville, Penn. Old Toy Soldier Auctions USA, Pittsburgh, Penn. Those present this year were Morphy Auctions, Denver, Penn.

On Saturday one man reported that he sat through a one and half hour delay on I-78, cutting into his time at the show.Ī regular at the show is Dale Kelley, editor and publisher of the magazine Antique Toy World, who lends his opinion of the show by saying the Allentown Show has “some of the finest antique toys in the world.” Toy lovers from near and far seem to agree, as well as more than 700 people who attended the show this year.Ī number of auction houses take advantage of getting their message to toy and bank collectors with booths of literature and objects to be sold in the future. “I have never seen such rain, driving through water that made the road close to impossible,” Dave said. For instance, Dave Hudson of Westland, Mich., tells of his ten-hour drive from home through torrential rain and winds for most of his trip. However, nothing seemed to stand in the path to Allentown. This year the weather was a popular topic, namely a storm that brought lousy travel, fallen trees and no power in many places along the coast. It is rare that the dealers talk about things other than special toys or recent finds. Children have a $3 ticket.Ĭlose to 400 tables were set up for the vendors, some taking as many as four, to load with cast iron and tin toys, dolls, games and puzzles, mechanical and still banks, trains, comics, miniatures and books and lots more. Floor rights continue again on Saturday from 7:30 to 9 am, when the show opens to the general public until 3 pm for a $5 admission. This year the first Saturday was on the 2nd, but dealers began Friday setting up their tables and welcoming those who show up and take advantage of floor rights for $50 per person. For this is time for the Allentown Antique Toy Show & Sale at Harris Hall at the Allentown Fairgrounds. – The first Saturday in November means everything, even in some cases more than Christmas and Thanksgiving, to countless collectors of antique toys. She takes 24 D-size batteries to motor upon a pond.ĪLLENTOWN, PENN. This 4-foot-long boat, Queen, belonging to Dave Hudson, Westland, Mich., was manufactured by ITO in 1950, four screw and in original mint condition.

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