Postwar Lionel 460-150 - a couple of questions for collectors

CW, The 460-150 was available from 1955-1957, as separate sale items, which is a broad range.  There were variations of White (blank), (Cooper-Jarrett); Green (Lionel Lines), Gray unmarked, that Lionel had available.  Typically, the 460-150 was listed with the Green trailers, from the available reference books, and most would consider that to be what SHOULD have been sold.

There is NO way of knowing how many were actually sold, in that two year period, or even how many were made.  The listed one you showed had White (Cooper-Jarrett) trailers, BUT an absolute Brick 460-150 box.  My thought is the BOX alone, was the driving force to get that price, and the trailers were secondary.  The trailers were also different from what most published references had listed, as the Green was the ones shown in the available reference books.  Just my thought on the price that was paid in that eBay listing.