Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

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Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby herronpeter » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:10 am

........end stuff is up on eBay today!! 1st up is a Mikado, modernized to resemble a locomotive from the future!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sunset-Models-O ... Sw7PJZZtsI

Oh what fun....................

Enjoy,

Peter

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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:20 am

Looked over the posted list of stuff on their site; lots of bulk lots that I'm sure we'll see broken down on table in Indy later this year and in Chicago next year.

Saw a grand total of 3 items that managed to get me to look closer at them................and then move on back into my shop to work on the models that I already have.......
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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby E7 » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:40 pm

Only vague interest, and not nearly enough so to go through the bidding process!

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Postby Chris Webster » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:42 pm

IMHO, this is the most interesting item: Lot 548: Unique Santa Fe Railroad auto rack display model

I'm guessing it is 1:15 scale. I believe the prototype is 85 ft (1,020 inches) long. Stout says that the model is 70 inches long, which works out to about 1:14.5 scale.

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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby Big Jim » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:26 pm

herronpeter wrote:........end stuff is up on eBay today!! 1st up is a Mikado, modernized to resemble a locomotive from the future!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sunset-Models-O ... Sw7PJZZtsI

Oh what fun....................

Enjoy,

Peter

Looks like a B-Unit diesel to me. What with all of the man-handling and not knowing their *** from a hole in the ground, I don't understand why anyone would deal with them!

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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby E7 » Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:34 pm

Big Jim wrote:Looks like a B-Unit diesel to me. What with all of the man-handling and not knowing their *** from a hole in the ground, I don't understand why anyone would deal with them!


I think you've nailed it Jim!

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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby hibar » Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:17 pm

Any one follow this auction today? thoughts ,opinions ?

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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby S1b6024 » Sun Jul 23, 2017 1:13 pm

Hibar,

I watched the auction and bid on a few items. It seemed some of the car lots went high in bidding. The Northern with no tender for 1600.00 was a real surprise. It looked like a CLW to me. Is there something special about that engine? The OMI FEF-3 went low in bidding compared to others in the past auctions. I wondered if it was because the engine represents 844 as of late 90s? It was a long auction, over 4 hours. Would have liked to see it a little shorter in duration. I imagine a lot of the freight car bulk lots will show up on Ebay and swap meets over the next few months.

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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby Chris Webster » Sun Jul 23, 2017 5:06 pm

And there is still more to come: Williamsport, Indiana: The O scale collection of Jim Seacrest part 5 August 25 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

(Link is just to a calendar entry; no items are listed yet.)

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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby Chris Webster » Sun Jul 23, 2017 5:40 pm

S1b6024 wrote:I watched the auction and bid on a few items. It seemed some of the car lots went high in bidding.


There is a lesson about auction psychology to be learned from the four identical lots of unbuilt Atlas #7923 O Gauge Deck Girder Bridge Kits:

Lot 455: 6 Atlas O Gauge Deck Girder Bridge Kit, 7923 2 Rail sold for $350

Lot 456: 6 Atlas O Gauge Deck Girder Bridge Kit, 7923 2 Rail sold for $425

Lot 474: 6 Atlas O Gauge 2 Rail Deck Girder Bridge Kit, 7923 sold for $525

Lot 475: 6 Atlas O Gauge 2 Rail Deck Girder Bridge Kit, 7923 sold for $525

I don't know how much these kits usually sell for, but I did buy a few of the 3-rail versions from Walthers.com last year for $77.98/each, on sale. (I'm working in P:48, so I have to make my own decks no matter which version I start with.)

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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby ScaleCraft » Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:16 pm

Odd for sure.
I have a two track, forty-inch, truss bridge I am going to unload.....lordhavemercy, must be worth a freaking fortune.
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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby robert. » Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:32 pm

Chris Webster wrote:
S1b6024 wrote:I watched the auction and bid on a few items. It seemed some of the car lots went high in bidding.


There is a lesson about auction psychology to be learned from the four identical lots of unbuilt Atlas #7923 O Gauge Deck Girder Bridge Kits:

Lot 455: 6 Atlas O Gauge Deck Girder Bridge Kit, 7923 2 Rail sold for $350

Lot 456: 6 Atlas O Gauge Deck Girder Bridge Kit, 7923 2 Rail sold for $425

Lot 474: 6 Atlas O Gauge 2 Rail Deck Girder Bridge Kit, 7923 sold for $525

Lot 475: 6 Atlas O Gauge 2 Rail Deck Girder Bridge Kit, 7923 sold for $525

I don't know how much these kits usually sell for, but I did buy a few of the 3-rail versions from Walthers.com last year for $77.98/each, on sale. (I'm working in P:48, so I have to make my own decks no matter which version I start with.)

atlas girder deck bridges sell for $128.99-$168 on ebay plus shipping. These lots were for 6 bridges. If stouts commission is not to step these are good deals.
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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:04 am

robert. wrote: If stouts commission is not to step these are good deals.


Internet buyers premium is 19%. Buyers premium is 16% if paying by check or cash.
Phone bidders buyers premium is 19%.

In house, attending bidders buyers premium is 13%. Buyers premium is 10% if paying by check or cash.
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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby Wolf » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:59 am

The deck girder bridges weren't such a bad deal, the price ended up being
$101.50 per bridge for the two most expensive lots, assuming that the buyer
was an internet buyer paying by check, the other fees for packing and shipping
not being accounted for. And as has been said here before, it's all in what
it's worth to the buyer! And it was worth it to at least one other person, as
I wasn't the only one bidding....

And a special thanks for pointing out the Buyer's Premium schedule for me, Rufus.
You saved me a bit of a wallow in their legalese to discover that!
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Re: Looks like the Seacrest bottom/lower.......

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:12 pm

Wolf wrote:And a special thanks for pointing out the Buyer's Premium schedule for me, Rufus.
You saved me a bit of a wallow in their legalese to discover that!


I was curious myself since all sorts of numbers keep being ascribed to various auctions. I guess if you were attending and buying a lot of items that the differential in the premium could become quite meaningful. Had not known the numbers......
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