SteamFreak wrote:I just noticed that the "Triplex" has two fireboxes.
It needs 'em to make all that steam, Lack of an extra firebox is what did in the Matt Shay.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
The clincher for getting the $8500 is when he adds a comment that one of the engine tenders has a weathered pattern that looks like the Virgin Mary and one of the weathered cars has a pattern that resembles Christ.
Actually he may have done some research and observed how many bidders submit winning bids that are over prices you could buy same item via mail order. The $8500 is just his way of fast tracking(sorry couldn't resist) them to their eventual overbid.
Jon
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I come from the other side of this fanticy, if someone gave this to me what would I ever do with it. It does not fit on my layout, I have no place to store it, selling on Ebay is NOT my hobby. I could take it to a flea market and get a few hundred for about 1/4 of it and then what to do with the rest. Collectibles presuppose another collector to sell them. I hope he finds one, but I am into building a layout and running trains. I don't even want to unpack that many boxes.
My kids will have the same problem, what to do with all my foam mountains. The answer - rent a dumpster.
Now if you brought everything up to RETAIL (which few people ever pay), it might be $8,500.
Really? Even at the prices those things sold for in their day??
I was looking at some similar trains on E-bay last night and was surprised how cheap some of the old stuff was going for.
Ted M.
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Anyone surprised this $8500.00 collection DID NOT SELL on eBay? Not me!
Bob Boudreau
CANADA
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people whose items didnt sell sometimes relist with changes.
No bids, and the auction has ended.
HAHAHAHAHHAHAA
Modeling the N&W freelanced at the height of their steam era in HO.
Daniel G.
Nelson
Ex-Southern 385 Being Hoisted
Soo Line fan wrote: That looks like a typical GATs train show table, only in vertical format. One thing is missing, the A Team Tyco set.Jim
That looks like a typical GATs train show table, only in vertical format. One thing is missing, the A Team Tyco set.
Jim
Nothing like old Junk Rivarossi with the large flanges. I did notice the C&O 2-6-6-6 and one of two others like the BLI PRR T1, but for the most part, they are display only.
It is surprising they sold for the high price that was bid. Correction, it did not sell and is still way too high. Dealers would pay about $25 to $50 each for this group as a lot.
This collection HASN'T sold, as yet there have not even been any bids, even at the REDUCED (obviously still too high price) of $5900.00
Doug
May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails
challenger3980 wrote: This collection HASN'T sold, as yet there have not even been any bids, even at the REDUCED (obviously still too high price) of $5900.00 Doug
Rivarossi with high flanges just don't bring good prices, and as a group, they bring less.
I count less than six good models in the whole lot that could be run and enjoyed. I can't image this collection not including TYCO, but there is a Texas Chugger, which is a Santa Fe Texas with a NYC tender.
Now that is the Cat's meow.
cacole wrote:This has got to be a commercial seller and not an individual -- has been a member of e-Bay since 1999 with a 100 percent rating. Only 4 days left and still no bids.
The reason I think he has no bids is the starting price is about $4500 higher than the price the older junk is worth. This is not a collection that anyone I know of would consider. Out of the total models, eight of them are useable on a good layout.
When they offer the lot at $1500 to $1800, someone will probably pony up.
Just my thought on this. Decent brass is purchased in this size lots for peanuts on the dollar when an estate is sold. Why would anyone pay good money for mostly Old Rivarossi and Bach.
'Cause it's Cherry!!!
I don't know what the deal is, the seller really thinks this is all high priced items, If he would have started the bidding even at $1000 and set some sort of reserve, it might have sold. Personally I really don't think the person selling really knows what it is worth. Some one has advised them I think of the price and they are trying to move it.
I aquired a small collection awhile back from a family that had the same idea this guy had, tried to sell it for a small fortune, but nothing ever came of the sale, about 6 months later they asked me if I was still interested in it. It contained, AHM, Athearn, and Atlas items, loco's cars, buildings, track, you name it. Allot of the items were damaged while in storage in a damp basement and the packing. There were some good items, but allot of cleaning and repairs were needed. I ended up with the small collection for about a 1/10th of what they were asking. Thats why I instructed my daughters and do keep a record of what and about what all my train items are worth. I do have some brass, but I told them to have a auction when their mother and I are gone. I keep my data base up to date on what I have, what I bought and so on. I figure if they get a 1/4 of what I paid for all my MR items they will be doing good.
I have seen this before though with entire train collection, it involves someone who does not have 2 nickles in their pocket and want the collection at new retail price, they do some reserch and advise the family it is wirth "this".
What are our new items, with DCC, Proto's, Rapido, Atlas, and other items going to be worth someday? Who knows!
Too many people, especially non model railroaders, automatically think that older train models have great value. No doubt because of stories that go around about very rare collectible Lionel stuff; they assume all old trains have great value. They are just toys!
A friend heard of a widow wanting to sell off her late husband's trains. He took a look and he determined most of it was cheap old toys, and was prepared to offer the lady $200.00 for the lot. Before he could, the lady commented that the trains wouldn't leave her place until she had $2000.00 in her hands. I imagine she still has them.
At at train show our local club operates we had a request for a table from a young fellow in his late teens. He wanted to sell off his old trains to help him pay for schooling. He showed up with a bunch of military toy trains - the kinds with big guns on them, all decorated for the army, really no real interest to model railroaders. He left in the middle of the afternoon pretty disgusted, don't think he sold one thing. Again he assumed his old toys were valuable and that he'd make a fortune selling them.