And the price of brass continues to grow...

[E7]

I think the "S" stands for "SCARCE".

[hibar]

The "HO" collectors market is alive and well with Division Point, Coach Yard and a few other importers there is a steady flow of product. The builders are doing a remarkable job on these miniatures best viewed [opinion] in high res digital pics vs on the shelf or layout to fully appreciate this state of the art model building. There is a huge amount of product out available used and coming in check out Brass Trains [Fl] or the Caboose Stop [Ct] websites, just saying.

All well and good, but I suspect the interest in HO for most on this forum is LESS THAN ZERO.

Just a reference to "Big Jims" post and the price of brass "topic"

[E7]

Just a reference to "Big Jims" post and the price of brass "topic"

Understood, and nothing personal regarding my comments, just my opinion of the demographics here..

Rich

[Chris Webster]

Counter example: Samhongsa G-gauge (not O) Union Pacific International F7 Phase 1 AB Diesel that sold for $470 on April 9 .

I thought those sold for thousands of dollars when new.

[J. S. Bach]

...snip... so called it S.

If I had to start over that is where I would be.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...snip... so called it S.

If I had to start over that is where I would be.

If I had to start over I'd be on the beach in Tahiti painting,

[E7]

Counter example: Samhongsa G-gauge (not O) Union Pacific International F7 Phase 1 AB Diesel that sold for $470 on April 9 .

I thought those sold for thousands of dollars when new.

From what I've seen, the Korean formula was (and still is): the larger the scale, the higher the price. I once saw a dealer invoice for a circa 1978 Key O Scale F7 AB that was (as best I recall) round about $1100. I don't know when the G stuff was done, but I'm guessing a couple grand plus. George Kohs has a "Roundhouse" section on his website where he would list customers models, and I saw there, virtually the same set as what you show above listed at $2600. That was several years back. So it appears to me someone got a pretty decent buy. I would want to have the space to run them indoors.

Consider that the recent run of Key Cab Forwards went for 7K plus.

Rich

[bob turner]

Scale City is one of our posters. He is setting a new high in the price of brass - here is a US Hobbies MT-4 that sold for five grand! These things, painted and weathered, have sold for $900 at OSW over the last decade.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Southern-Pacif ... SwxDxcp5tS

[E7]

Scale City is one of our posters. He is setting a new high in the price of brass - here is a US Hobbies MT-4 that sold for five grand! These things, painted and weathered, have sold for $900 at OSW over the last decade.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Southern-Pacif ... SwxDxcp5tS

If the thing is sold he should END the auction, so it doesn't appear online. I missed the SOLD in the title because I don't expect to see SOLD in what appears to be live auction.

Not trying to start a big argument here, but there is no way of knowing what the thing sold for if it sold off auction. Your $900 price is as lot closer to reality.

[Jay Criswell]

Bob,

I'm not so sure about that.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Southern-Pacif ... _cvip=true

Jay

[bob turner]

Strange. Both ads are still there. Maybe he will pop up and tell us what happened?

I was bemused by the Max Gray Daylight for $2500, but figured the seller did not know the market. Haven't seen the Adams E6 pair lately; they must have sold.

I aam buying so little these days - It really is only a matter of curiosity. I am building another 40' of train rack in the Decathlon hangar, so I can vacate the train room for a new roof. No room for more trains at any price.

[Roy]

Bob,

I'm not so sure about that.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Southern-Pacif ... _cvip=true

Jay

That was the previous listing. The seller upped his opening bid.

[Jay Criswell]

With no bidders! Ebay doesn't show it as sold but the listing says it is. Something strange in the neighborhood?

Jay

[Roy]

Agreed. Raising the opening bid may have been a mistake correction, or it may be a manipulation - which would be consistent with the "sold" description for an ongoing auction.

[Chris Webster]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Southern-Pacific-SP-MT4-MT-4-4-8-2-O-Scale-Brass-Pro-Paint-Weathering-/223547775171?_trksid=p2047675.m43663.l10137&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true

I'm not a fan of his mono-tone weathering jobs.