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Great expectations...........
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:18 pm
by herronpeter
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 7:22 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
Big horns little Horns. Light bulbs. Ball beatings.Big and small couplers. Mars light. Bolts and Screws.
Well, those do cost more generally........if that sort of thing appeals to you.
Ouch
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:52 am
by Chris Webster
I think that seller could get $75+ for the items in that lot if they broke it up into 7 to 10 different listings, added better photos, and moved the non O-scale specific stuff (constant lighting kits, lights) to the HO categories.
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:19 pm
by J. S. Bach
The air horns alone would be worth the opening to me if I wanted them. Last year I would have jumped on this auction.
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:18 am
by herronpeter
I think this might fit this category. It is a beautiful beautiful model, but 10K.........?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3519025978Peter
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 8:53 am
by up148
Yeah, that's a pretty silly price, but Dave was a major UP collector who always overvalued his collection (IMHO) even back to the 90's. But, its his model so............. Personally, I've never seen one bring more than $6K and not too many years ago they could be had in the $4-5K range. It's all supply and demand.
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:22 am
by Chris Webster
up148 wrote:Yeah, that's a pretty silly price
I don't think I'd call it silly after seeing examples like this OMI Union Pacific C-855A C-855B C-855A 3 unit set that was recently bid up to $6,100:
Ebay #143500989273, O scale brass Union Pacific C-855A B A 3 unit set Custom Painted OMI-0203, 204The UP #80 set strikes me as being worth more than C855A set.... but I'm not going to be buying either, so what do I know?
up148 wrote:It's all supply and demand.
I keep hearing that one single estate sale can flood the O scale brass market with supply, but I have yet to see that phenomenon drive down the prices of pieces I'd like to buy.
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:54 am
by rex desilets
And yet, we keep hearing how the hobby is dying....
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 11:09 am
by Rufus T. Firefly
rex desilets wrote:And yet, we keep hearing how the hobby is dying....
Lost track of how many decades that song has been sung. Then again, I'm not running out and buying $10k brass items either, so for those folks, maybe they are hearing a different song. A box of sticks and bag of detail parts provides plenty of entertainment for me.
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:08 pm
by ScaleCraft
rex desilets wrote:And yet, we keep hearing how the hobby is dying....
Oh, but it IS! Those buyers are just getting shiny bling to have with them in their coffins.
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:11 pm
by ScaleCraft
You need to read a bit closer. That's Canadian.
About $1,200 US, right?
Snicker.
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:10 pm
by herronpeter
Well, Snicker, my copy of the auction ad says US10,000, so l'm guessing that means American money, not Canadian. I could be wrong, but....................
Peter
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 8:03 pm
by ScaleCraft
all I saw was da linque....and some bloke in C, eh? N, eh?, D, eh?, was selling it.
You'd think them folks would have an issue with converting currency from Crappy Tyre Dollars to Greenbacks, but mayhaps naught.
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 7:37 am
by herronpeter
Well if you missed out on the one that was listed for $7500, here’s another one to bid on!
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3526170951Peter
Re: Great expectations...........
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 4:07 pm
by Rufus T. Firefly
All yours to enjoy.
