A Christmas Dream Limited Edition print by artist Ken Eberts titled, "A Christmas Dream". The following is Ken Eberts feelings on how he was inspired to paint "A Chritmas Dream"........... This painting portrays a dream about the train set given to me by my parents in the early 1950s. My train set has come to life in this dream. It is Christmas Eve, and I am riding with Santa Claus in a new 1953 Chevy Pick-Up loaded with a Christmas tree and boxes of Christmas presents. We are driving up a mountain road that edges the town of Plasticville (also part of my train set.) The Plasticville buildings shown are the General- Hospital, Train Station, Police Station, Church, Fire Department, Gas Station, Barn and Ranch House. The building in the center foreground is a Root Beer Stand of unknown manufacturer. The fences, signs, light poles, signals and barrels are also part of my train set The cars shown are '1/43d scale rubber 1938 Buick, Uiversal Jeep by Dinky, 1954 Studebaker, 1949 Ford by Dinky. Also shown are a 1953 Chrysler Police car, 1946 Ford Sedan, 1953 Kaiser Vagabond, and 1950 Mercury Two-Door Sedan. (I own a real life 1938 Buick and 1954 Studebaker) In addition to the Pennsylvania Railroad "O" Gauge Locomotive and tender,several refrigerator cars (one that unloads milk cans), a Great Northern box car, an auto loader with four 1955 Fords, a Sunoco tank car, and a couple of New York Central gondola cars. The train has just passed through the double track electric signal after going through a steel girder bridge. This painting was created by first setting up my train set, drawing it, and then changing it to a real-life scene by adding snow, electric lights, and people.......... Attracting collectors of Toy Trains, Plasticville Houses and of course what Ken Eberts is famous for,his fine art in classic automobiles of yesterday. The print measures 24 inches long by 18 inches high and limited to only 850. The one pictured here is number 155. Thanks for stopping by Blue Ridge Antiques & Collectibles!!
Manufacturer: Lionel