A variation on the issue, not only your model trains but any other supporting research material should be accounted for, or at least potential heirs made aware of it's value. A recent case encountered in conversation was an individual with a layout and a considerable amount of supporting documentation in the form original railroad documents, blueprints, etc. On his passing, the heirs eventually contacted his club for help in disposing of the models. When asked about the paper work, it turned out they had already consigned those "musty old papers" to the trash, and were very upset to learn that their value may have been more than the models. "Why didn't anyone tell us?" Hard to do when you act before asking, but if the owner had told them before hand a valuable collection would have been saved.
Pieter E. Roos --- On Sun, 1/16/11, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. ------------------------------------ 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/
