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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans It would seem someone has their stats wrong, according to polls here, people listing their rosters of locos were absolutely astonishing in sheer volume, some of individual responses to list brass engines were in the hundreds, some had 300 to 500 brass locos,and there were pages of lists, so someone out there is buying them [/quote] A long time modeler that I know used to buy two of each brass steam engine that came out for Canadian roads. He was the manager of a local real estate broker, so I assume he could afford them. His boss in another city had even more - I saw several photos of his collection once, floor to ceiling glassed in cases filled with nothing but unpainted brass engines. Really awesome. The sad or (?) part about is collection is that when he passed away it was sold on consignment by a local dealer. That was many years ago and I think the dealer may still have some available. Would have been much better for his family if he had invested the money in something more secure! Not interested in brass myself, would rather build models than acquire them. But that's just me. Bob Boudreau
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