I have a brass locomotive bell with cradle along with many gold tie tacks, cuff links, etc I need to sell from some elderly friends of mine. I don't have a ton of information on the bell except they were told it was off a locomotive maybe in MD but not 100% on that. The only mark I can find on the bell is a 16 on the cradle. All the other stuff was in an out building. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to this forum and not sure how to upload pictures so please email me at douglas.cantrell@yahoo.com if you'd like to see the itesms. Thanks Doug
Sorry I should have stated that I need help putting a price on the items. I'm trying to ensure they get the most for their items but have found researching pricing very challenging.
For some solid information try www.railroadiana.org, it's a railroad memorabilia collectors website. It should tell you just about everything you need to know, but I'm not so sure about pricing. You may have to visit some train shows to have a look and get an idea.
Good luck!
Thank You.
Thanks for the info. I did check on EBay and found many bells but everything seems overpriced on there. Regarding the tie tacks, cuff links, etc I haven't found anything close to what I have. I'm pretty sure many are solid gold since they were found in an out building but seem to be in perfect condition. Some are conductors caps, latrines, etc. very interesting collection.
Are you sure those "latrines" aren't actually spittoons?
I can send you pictures if you'd like to see them.
Since I couldn't figure out how you guys post pictures here's a link to Craigslist. I hope this is authorized.
http://fredericksburg.craigslist.org/clt/5143436232.html
I'm enclosing the link to my craigslist ad. Hope this is athorized. The pictures show many of the items to include the laterines.
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