Is there anyone out there who actually believes a 30-35 year old PFM locomotive is worth $4,000

[Anonymous]

TAKE A LOOK TO EBAY: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19131&item=5915227206&rd=1

All bids are "administrative canceled", the registrations of "benniehonia" and "bnofreak" are also canceled.

So when you will get this K-3, startprice is 1.000 $.

Take a look to the "Questions to the seller" - very interesting!

[Anonymous]

My Third edition BROWN BOOK, printed in 1994 shows PFM's C&O K-3s to have been produced in 1978. There were two releases of 350 each. They were built by Atlas/Asahi and are Crown models. When built, they sold for $495.00 and $550.00. In mint condition they sold in 1994 for $730.00 and had an average price of $590.00 to $650.00. Do crown brass pieces sell for $4,000.00? Yes! Is this piece worth $4,000.00? Not likely!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by deschane

My Third edition BROWN BOOK, printed in 1994 shows PFM's C&O K-3s to have been produced in 1978. There were two releases of 350 each. They were built by Atlas/Asahi and are Crown models. When built, they sold for $495.00 and $550.00. In mint condition they sold in 1994 for $730.00 and had an average price of $590.00 to $650.00. Do crown brass pieces sell for $4,000.00? Yes! Is this piece worth $4,000.00? Not likely!

Your right but it´s better we forget the 4.000 $ bid.

The two bidders are the same idiot trying to ruin a bidding process - he works with false accounts, both canceled by eBay today.

BTW: And I think the 1.000 $ startprice is also to high, so Deschane your right with a maximum of 750 $ - absolute limit !!!!

[Anonymous]

Bigboy4015, The question was: "Is there anyone out there who actually believes a 30-35 year old PFM locomotive is worth $4,000"? My opinion is, yes, there are PFM brass locos that are worth $4,000.00, to buyers willing to pay that amount. All of you thinking NO, no loco is worth that much, are wrong! To make a statement about the value of something, you need to understand the market. There are people out there whom collect brass locos and know how much they are worth amongst other collectors. For them, maybe the whole hobby is collecting brass, or maybe collecting brass is a facet of the hobby they really enjoy. I have stated the following on a few occasions on this forum and always seem to be shot down for doing so, BRASS LOCOS CAN BE AN INVESTMENT!!!!

[krump]

makes you wonder if the seller IS the bidder. [:-,][%-)]

not worth $4000 to me ... but then again neither is my car... (and I'm talking Cdn)
good luck, hope it runs and is in one piece...

cheers,

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by deschane

Bigboy4015, The question was: "Is there anyone out there who actually believes a 30-35 year old PFM locomotive is worth $4,000"? My opinion is, yes, there are PFM brass locos that are worth $4,000.00, to buyers willing to pay that amount. All of you thinking NO, no loco is worth that much, are wrong! To make a statement about the value of something, you need to understand the market. There are people out there whom collect brass locos and know how much they are worth amongst other collectors. For them, maybe the whole hobby is collecting brass, or maybe collecting brass is a facet of the hobby they really enjoy. I have stated the following on a few occasions on this forum and always seem to be shot down for doing so, BRASS LOCOS CAN BE AN INVESTMENT!!!!

I have BRASS engines and I know that an old model is sometimes worth 4000 $ and more. Would pay also 2150$ for a brandnew OMI UP Super-Turbine.

And when someone will pay for this K-3 model 4000 $ it´s okay ! But you and I say that it isn´t worth 4000$ !
Brass can be an investment is right: CAN !!!!! But also plastic can be.

And hey, I come from Germany - I know the prices for old Märklin stuff - tin plate without a real prototype but worth: 10.000 $ and more.
I wi***o own a Märklin Crocodile from the 1930´s !!!

[darth9x9]

As much people would like for brass to be an investment, it isn't. Read Howard Zane's view of brass today at:
http://www.brasstrains.com/essay.htm

and more ramblings from Howard Zane:
http://www.brasstrains.com/rambling.htm