I've never seen a collection of this size on ebay before:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Lionel-PreWar-Standard-and-O-Gauge-Train-Collection-Good-Condition-/160709645925?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D5808803503872977964%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D160709645925%26
Becky
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Good evening all,
Hmmm! Sure has got a lot of bids. Maybe there is a lot there. I am a little skeptical of the numbers. 256 train sets in SG. Just looking at the pictures, I see a lot of duplicate items, and definitely not too many high end pieces. Could be wrong. Thank you, Becky, for bringing it to our attention. And, yes, I just happen to have 90K laying around doing nothing It would be nice to be able to bid on such a collection and I hope whoever gets appreciates it and takes care of it.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Are you the Mike C that wrote the CTT cheap classic series in the mid 90's?
Notice that under the history tag, this has been on eBay for a year and the seller has declined many offers. This looks somewhat like "I'm going to put all my retirement money into old toy trains".
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From what I see if he listed each set separately ( yeah it would take a lot to do so and then a lot of individualy packing) he probably would get close to that if not more but most don't have an extra $86,000.00 he has some nice sets in there and most are standard guage from what I can see.
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Buckeye Riveter Notice that under the history tag, this has been on eBay for a year and the seller has declined many offers. This looks somewhat like "I'm going to put all my retirement money into old toy trains".
Gee I thought all train collectors did that. they go up so fast in value
Until I saw "Buckeye's" post I was going to ask "My God, who died?"
Papa_D, yes, I am that person. Thank you for remembering that series. Out of necessity, I usually stayed on the inexpensive side of the hobby. The standard gauge came along later after times were good for a while. This latest Lionel RTR catalog is full of all sorts of good, relatively inexpensive sets and items.
There are many nice pieces there, but that will be a tough sell due to the size of the collection. The seller would have much better luck selling sets and other items individually.
If I did have that $86K laying around, I'd be at the local Ford dealer buying a 5.0 or two.
Jim
I'd need at least twice the asking price so I could build a room big enough to hold it all.
Or...dare I say it....well, I tried to sell it but it looks like we are going to keep it....to wife....
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@Penny:
mmmm...warehouse might work....
I suspect that the owner is doing what we used to call in the gun business "fishing". What we meant by that was the owner of a particular collectable would put it out with a price that might not be all that realistic, and if he got it, great, if he didn't, no big deal, back in the case.
Geez...If only I hadn't blown $25.00 on that Marx set last weekend, I'd be all over this one.
to answer the first question, i used to have a spare $90k, but then i found large scale live steam.
to me a collection is something you put together over a period of time. i have a few sets that have taken me on the order of 20 years to find in the condition i wanted. still looking for some (mostly at a price that doesn't make me cringe... eg: AF Hummer #7).
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