Ed, If you got 20% below the book value on HO brass you were lucky. The HO brass market is in a total collapse (with ripples bleeding into the other scales as well.) S brass is certainly way down in value. It's a buyers market.
So, enjoy what you have today. Don't horde it up for tomorrow. Chris Borgmeyer The recession and model trains and Ebay...etc. Posted by: "Ed" [email protected] [email protected] Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:34 pm (PDT) Just thought I would mention that I watched a trio of PBL slim princesses (S.P. narrow gauge #8, #9 and #18) sell for $450 to $550ea. These are premium factory painted gems, and while I am a fan of the Carson and Colorado, I am doing S standard gauge so I did not bid. The scary thing is how cheaply these sold given their pedigree ($1250 a piece when originally sold by PBL. I think that high end stuff, for now at least, is a dead issue (if you are a seller) to move on Ebay. Having just sold off all my HO, most of it to friends, I watched the three pieces of HO brass I sold on ebay, all PFM, fetch twenty percent under what the brown book value was. I think this is a comment, better than anything on CNBC financial news, regarding the state of the economy. I have noticed, however, that most of the S Scale kits and locos, listed on Ebay, seem to fetch a fair price. This is good place to be... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
