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Manitowoc 4100 Crawler with Pile Driver made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. One of only eight of made. Estimate: $6,000-$8,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

VIDEO: Construction models go on the block Mar. 24

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Manitowoc 4100 Crawler with Pile Driver made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. One of only eight of made. Estimate: $6,000-$8,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

Manitowoc 4100 Crawler with Pile Driver made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. One of only eight of made. Estimate: $6,000-$8,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

BEREA, Ohio – Put on your hard hat and stow the lunch pail. It’s time for the DHS Spring 2012 Construction Model Auction, which will be conducted Saturday, March 24, by Antiques & Estate Auctioneers. More than 300 lots of incredibly detailed construction models—many of them custom-made entirely of brass—will sell to the highest bidders beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern.

There will be scale model mining shovels, walking draglines, crawler cranes with pile drivers and all sorts of heavy-duty vehicles.

LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding.

Click below to view a video of some of the auction highlights presented by Chuck Sword, president of DHS Diecast, and John Farkas, auctioneer at Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE

Manitowoc 4100 Crawler with Pile Driver made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. One of only eight of made. Estimate: $6,000-$8,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

Manitowoc 4100 Crawler with Pile Driver made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. One of only eight of made. Estimate: $6,000-$8,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

Berliet T100 Tulsa Oil Field Platform Truck made in England by Alan Smith Models in the scale of 1:48. This is an old and rare model. Estimate: $2,500-$3,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

Berliet T100 Tulsa Oil Field Platform Truck made in England by Alan Smith Models in the scale of 1:48. This is an old and rare model. Estimate: $2,500-$3,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

P&H 4100XPB Mining Shovel, made OHS Models, all brass, in the the scale of 1:50. One of only 25 made in white. Estimate: $6,000-$10,000. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

P&H 4100XPB Mining Shovel, made OHS Models, all brass, in the the scale of 1:50. One of only 25 made in white. Estimate: $6,000-$10,000. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

Marion 7200 Walking Dragline made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. This is a scarce model in all brass. Estimate: $6,000-$8,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

Marion 7200 Walking Dragline made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. This is a scarce model in all brass. Estimate: $6,000-$8,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

Manitowoc 999 Crawler Crane, Lampson made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. One of only 20 made in brass. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.

Manitowoc 999 Crawler Crane, Lampson made by Classic Construction Models in the scale of 1:48. One of only 20 made in brass. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500. Image courtesy Antiques & Estate Auctioneers.