300 plus items auctioned were part of the collection at the Medina Toy and Train Museum. Over one hundred other people bid online. The auction is expected to have raised up to $5,000.

The items were auctioned off to help pay for the operating costs at the museum, said Chuck Sword, the museum’s president.

“We’ve had trouble keeping the doors open, so we decided to sell off items that we haven’t displayed and are still in boxes,” Sword said. The board of directors decided to sell off the unused part of the collection rather than charge patrons a fee to enter the museum, which opened in 2000.

Medina Toy and Train Museum
(Admission is Free)
The museum features running exhibits of model trains, interactive children’s exhibits, real train exhibits, model cars and airplanes dating back to 1900, toys, dolls and more. In addition, there are more than 500 actual train engines on display and a library containing more than 500 books about trains that visitors may check out.

Open Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and Sundays from Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Location: 7 Public Square · Medina, OH 44256
Phone: 330-764-4455

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Posted: 04|20|08 at 11:53 am. Filed under: US Auction News.