{"id":2762,"date":"2024-02-21T13:25:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T13:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stoutauctions.com\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2024-02-26T14:45:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T14:45:17","slug":"the-modern-era-standard-gauge-collection-of-ash-rajan-stout-auctions-west-middlesex-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stoutauctions.com\/?p=2762","title":{"rendered":"FEBRUARY 24, 2024 THE MODERN ERA STANDARD GAUGE COLLECTION OF ASH RAJAN. STOUT AUCTIONS WEST MIDDLESEX, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>Stout Auctions is proud to offer trains and accessories from the Ashok Rajan collection<\/strong>. Ash Rajan, a standard gauge collector and enthusiast since 2020 got his initial lust for trains via a Gauge 1 Finescale collection assembled from the highly detailed, precision trains of Aster, Bockholt and Fine Art Models. Pure nostalgia shifted his focus from ultra detail to toy-like, colorful and shiny tinplate. It was a child-like joy to go from easels and paint brushes to coloring with crayons and painting with numbers, declares Ash. That obsession ballooned into a collection of four hundred plus entire sets of standard gauge trains drawn from Lionel Classics, MTH, Pride Lines, RichArt, Varney Sirus, Cohen,Jerry Brown, John Daniel, Hendrichs, Robert Thon and Dehanes. \u00a0Ash admits, Standard Gauge tinplate is this immigrant\u2019s celebration of Americana in its colorful and shining glory.<\/p>\n<p>You will not want to miss this opportunity to be able to add one or more of the trains and accessories being offered at auction to your collection. 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