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Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 11:28 pm
by RDSRR
Found out today that Jim Cantner purchased the entire Louis Bartig collection on locomotives. Don't know the final price but they were asking between $4000 and $8000 per unit. I think there were 18 to 20 locomotives. As far as I knew he never sold one not even to Mike Hill
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 11:45 pm
by E7
Would be interesting to see a list of them.
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 8:12 am
by cole7015
Yes I would like to see a list my self.
Bill Basden
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 8:41 am
by herronpeter
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 1:02 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
Must be nice to have lots of disposable cash laying about....
How many of Bartig's models were P48 - thought Canter was a P48 guy....
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 2:02 pm
by Jay Criswell
RFT,
Yeah, that's what I thought. The next time he calls (we're working on a couple of projects) I'll have to ask him.
Jay
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 2:36 pm
by E7
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Must be nice to have lots of disposable cash laying about....
You bet! We must be in the wrong racket!
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:How many of Bartig's models were P48 - thought Canter was a P48 guy....
Pretty sure that is correct. I suppose if you can swing buying 80 or so models with a low end price of 4K, making them P48 probably ain't a big deal!
Rich
Maybe Dan D. can enlighten us!
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 3:22 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
E7 wrote: I suppose if you can swing buying 80 or so models with a low end price of 4K, making them P48 probably ain't a big deal!
Makes you wonder how few ever understand the concepts of "enough" and/or "too much"?
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 4:52 pm
by Arthur P. Bloom
Jeez...put on some decent clothes and stand up straight...just sayin'...
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 4:55 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 7:48 pm
by Robert
A talented man. I bet very few people with his skill level would be building model locomotives. Nevertheless every once in a while such a talent makes an appearance, much to our delight. We don't hear much about Tom Mix...he is in that league as well.
Robert
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 8:13 am
by herronpeter
THE Tom Mix, the famous cowboy? An early Rod Stewart!
Peter
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 9:13 am
by Robert
Well I had in mind this Tom Mix.
http://proto48.org/p48_art_05.htmRobert
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 11:07 am
by Robert
Re: Louis Bartig Collection Sold
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 12:48 pm
by Roy
This article is so cool! I've made brass spoked wheels for a 1914 Model T Runabout in 1:64 scale, and at some point I'm going to make some engine drivers. I'm also not a professional machinist, and I still have my Unimat SL.