I remember finding this at a show in Baltimore, about 1992, in a stack of Marx sets piled on a table. As always I opened
each box to examine the contents. This box was at the bottom of the pile. I immediately saw the tender and tried desperately
not to let my excitement show. The dealer was asking $125 for the set so I knew he didn't know what he had (he was a Lionel guy).
It was still somewhat common in those days for dealers to off their Marx sets without really evaluating them. This was a
complete boxed set so $125 seemed like the upper limit of what to expect and still leave some room to negotiate the price a
little. I, on the other hand, knew that few Marx collectors had ever seen the NKP wedge tender much less a boxed
set! I offered $100 for the set and the dealer hesitsted, then agreed to the price. (An interesting little song and dance but
that's the way the game is played!) Later in the show my friend Trip Riley came by and I showed him the set. His response
was sort of "ho-hum" until I told him to look at the tender again. His knees buckled when he realized what he was looking at.
He had been collecting Marx for more than twenty years and had never even seen an NKP wedge tender. He offered me $105 for
the set but I declined!