Harris Toy & Train Auctions was started in 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic virtually shutdown all forms of selling and buying collectible toy trains at meets and public facilities.
Harris Toy & Train Auctions is not open to the public but conducts its auctions online through its website Harristoytrainauctions.com and through third party platform LiveAuctioneers. Harris Toy & Train Auctions is owned by Stephen R. Harris (TCA Member 86-2355), a long time toy train collector, who resides in Reno, Nevada. Stephen R. Harris has experience selling collectible toy trains on his website toytrainsbuysell.com, wherein he has sold over a million dollars in rare and collectible toy trains. The collectible toy trains to be sold at auction include Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, Ives, Dorfan and Voltamp, as well as other scales and toy trains, with both pre-war and post-war items included in the online auction sales.
