Help identifying/evaluating 50s/60s LEGO. Marbled baseplate and bakery sign not on Bricklink

[Leviani]

Hi! Brand new member here. I assumed that this was a bit more involved than the general brick identification thread, and thus made a separate thread about it.

A few years ago I took it upon myself to sort and sell our familys LEGO collection. Lots of 80s and 90s sets from when me and my brothers were young, but also some that obviously were from my parents youth. The older pieces i put aside, and this thread is mainly about identifying things about them. While I will be selling everything it won't be in this thread. 

https://imgur.com/a/ecTfo96

The standout piece is the marbled baseplate. No LEGO markings on the studs, but I have seen a few other similar examples while searching. Anything more to tell about it? Good condition? 

The Bageri sign is noteworthy for not being on Bricklink (as far as I've seen), just german and danish ones. Anything known about that? As rare as that makes it seem?

Anything else that stands out to people in the know? I'll supply more pictures if you wish.

/Leviani

 

 

 

[Feuer Zug]

Welcome to Eurobricks @Leviani That is an interesting collection of older LEGO. The bricks without embossed studs, but with the LEGO name underneath are old. I've rarely seen them. As for the marbled baseplate, I don't know. I haven't run across any like that previously in my finds. Same with the Bageri sign. I saw plenty of similar signs in German, but not much in Swedish. The best I have is a mishmash collection of the lettered 1x1 bricks. Excellent condition on all of it.

[JopieK]

Better bring @LEGO Historian in :) Don't think the camouflage plate is LEGO, but rest is.

[Leviani]

Thank you for the responses. I've gone and rediscovered some of the sources I used when I first tried to get some clarity one these pieces (but that rabbit hole is quite deep for someone coming from the outside, and very overwhelming), and I belive they might be of interest to others as well:

(Marbled) thin baseplate:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/111441268@N03/22052488091/       Is WRme2 on this forum? Their Flickr is amazing! Or any way to contact them?

Info about marbled pieces form Lego Historian https://www.facebook.com/Unofficial.LEGO.Sets.Parts.Guide/photos/marbled-lego-bricks-were-first-sold-in-the-early-1950s-by-lego-denmark-in-the-sl/1410577022425742/  and https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/16396/marbled-lego-bricks-and-other-parts

https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/73627-early-lego-in-norway-sweden-finland/&page=4&tab=comments#comment-2776728 Fantastic thread from Lego Historian (already tagged) @WoutR is also in this thread as very knowledgable, their expertise would be greatly appreciated :-)

Another example of a Bageri sign: https://www.flickr.com/photos/68072414@N03/15481902120/ and letter bricks https://www.flickr.com/photos/68072414@N03/25959131383/  by Legosammler2. On the forum, anyone with a way to contact?

/Leviani

 

 

 

[Leviani]

More information from the Brickset forum identification thread: https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/comment/697195/#Comment_697195

For those interested I've put up these bricks for auction now. See my profile page on the swedish (I ship worldwide) auction site Tradera for all three auctions and reviews from earlier sales : https://www.tradera.com/en/profile/items/4705211/leviani

/Leviani

[LEGO Historian]

I believe Leviani got all the answers he needed from Brickset, Facebook, and Flickr.

That baseplate was produced by Swedish plastics maker GEAS KONSTHARTS of Gislaved Sweden.  They produced a Swedish licensed version of Automatic Binding Bricks from 1950-53, and a separate product called PRIMA from 1953-55.  Starting in March 1955 LEGO sales began via offices in Lerum Sweden, with the first LEGO sets produced from parts produced at a Norwegian LEGO subsidiary (a co-owned company called A/S Norske LEGIO, that TLG owned along side Oslo plastics maker Svein Strømberg & Co.).  It gets very complicated... 

As for the BAGERI Swedish baker sign... there are many LEGO brick signs from the 1955-75 era that are not listed in Bricklink.

Here is a copy of my Unofficial LEGO Set/Parts Collectors Guide, Chapter 48 - Printed and Painted LEGO... showing many more LEGO signs that are not in Bricklink...

https://www.1000steine.de/brickset/miscellaneous/Lego Chapter 48 Vol2.pdf

 

 

Edited March 6, 2022 by LEGO Historian