I cannot entirely fault the hobby shop owner, as most will also offer a consignment option, where the real seller gets a higher proportion of the value, but where the seller wants to dispose of everything at once for cash (the dim brother-in-law again), the buyer is assuming the risk of some items moving more slowly than others.
I have had a long-standing agreement with a good and knowledgeable friend that if either of us goes first, the other will help the widow dispose of our holdings. Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > I am sorry about the lost of the husband, but this tells me they did not talk > to each other about things in their lives. > > Linda, who you have met many times, knows where my prices guides, inventory > sheets, etc., for my train collection and other things like US coins baseball > cards. etc. She has a very good idea on the total of what my collectables are > worth. Maybe no each piece, but she knows the sum in total as again, she > knows about price guides etc., as a price guide is just a guide. > > The wife did not do much research on this nor did the friend. > > I do not put full fault with what she got completely on the buyer, yes, he > could of done better for her, but they always say get 3 offers in things in > life and she did not. > > Mike > > From: JGG KahnSr > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 1:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Estate Disposal > > > > At the risk of stereotyping, it should be borne in mind that this is the late > modeler's BROTHER-IN-LAW... > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > The SADDEST story I ever heard was of a widow, after being offered help by > > one of her husband's brass collector friends to help dispose of the > > trains, giving them to her brother for disposal. He sold thousands of > > dollars > > worth of brass to a local dealer who paid pennies on the dollar, and then > > tagged them at their worth. She had NO idea of their value & lost thousands > > of dollars in the deal. > > Jim Lyle > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [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/
