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 Posted - July 25 2012 : 9:27:00 PM
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This is a picture of some trains in an estate sale this weekend. Anything collectable?
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Posted - July 25 2012 : 9:42:25 PM
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| The gray SP one to the left...about $70 to 80. Everything else...interesting but mostly meh....
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Posted - July 25 2012 : 9:43:21 PM
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You really need to post multiple large pictures with close ups to tell, but there's a Rivarossi SP Krauss Maffei in there that could go for $30 - $50. Not sure what the bullet train goes for, and it looks like there's a GM Aerotrain in the back.
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Posted - July 25 2012 : 10:49:43 PM
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Yes, that SP Krauss Maffie sells well, those Aerotrains also bring good money. I'd like to see better photos of those two high-speed bullet trains on the right. Other than that, everything else appears "meh", but you never know, seeing just the ends of the cars isn't much to go on mostly.
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Posted - July 25 2012 : 11:00:33 PM
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Hey guys,
From what I can see, the best piece in the lot is this one in the FAR left corner:
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Mustangs_n_Trains/20120725225729_big$.JPG
It is a Rivarossi Diesel Locomotive A DA/R o A A/R
http://www.rivarossi-memory.it/ENGLISH_VERSION/Riva_American_Locos/Riva_A_DA-R_Eng.htm
They typically sell for $100 - $150 depending on the day and condition. Even parts ones sell for ~$50
This is a silver one I sold. The black with red & whit stripes version in this lot is older:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370560188858&ssPageName=ADME:L:EOISSA:US:1123
Here is a parts black / red / white one I sold:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370614236159&ssPageName=ADME:X:L:US:1123
That was the best I could come up with on a ~10 second glance, but it is a very good one.
Sean
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Edited by - Mustangs_n_Trains on July 25 2012 11:09:40 PM
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Posted - July 25 2012 : 11:02:58 PM
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quote:Everything else...interesting but mostly meh....
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I see you missed the best one in the lot Shay!
Sean
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Posted - July 25 2012 : 11:19:29 PM
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I saw it too Sean, but wasn't sure. The red & white stripes seemed like a giveaway, tho.
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Posted - July 25 2012 : 11:51:46 PM
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| Sean, how in the heck did you catch that, did you use your bionic eye!!
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 10:10:44 AM
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quote:Sean, how in the heck did you catch that, did you use your bionic eye!!
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - July 25 2012 : 11:51:46 PM
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It is just how I roll I guess. I have a knack for it. My vision is 20:650 without my glasses and corrected to a whopping 20:40 with them. So I did that with a handicap you might say. LOL It is just how I manage to make some really good buys others miss. I spot the details. Yes, Nelson! It was the read stripes and the general short stature and length that convinced me. I only went to the Rivarossi Memory website for the image to show all you guys.
Like this purchase of mine last week:
Can anyone spot the gem in there?
I used to collect Hotwheels and I would notice the change in color of a stripe, logo or windshield tint. It got to the point where i had thousands of cars and thy would change so many details ever so slightly that it just drove me nut so I quit buying them all and stuck to just Mustangs an a select few muscle cars.
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 10:22:51 AM
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| I dont see a gem, just a lot of hard work....
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 10:31:10 AM
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quote:I dont see a gem, just a lot of hard work....
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Hi GG1!
I see the drive gearing for our Forums logo image:
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Mustangs_n_Trains/20120726102718_4286291328_debb574f5f_o.jpg
/tyco/forum/uploaded/Mustangs_n_Trains/20120726102818_gear.JPG3
I'll throw that gear in with this stuff:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9977705@N05/4839116109/in/set-72157623238233266
and the rest is going in the scrap box or will be sold in various lots of single parts!
Sean
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 10:53:06 AM
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 I'd of got EVERYTHING at that sale!
I sees a Amtrak Japan Turbo & the Areotrain
What looks like a Bachmann Chessie steam Those are hard to get! O.O
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 12:02:38 PM
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I just was looking at the photo and I noticed this Mantua / Tyco Aerotrain:
I did not notice it last night when I looked at the photos I think b/c my screen is smaller than the two I have here on my desk at work.
Nelson.. I see you got that one though now that I went back through the messages..
Sean
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Edited by - Mustangs_n_Trains on July 26 2012 12:04:12 PM
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 12:37:05 PM
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| Sean, looks like a Varney Aerotrain kit. Mantua/Tyco made the Talgo Train.
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 12:42:45 PM
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| I'm with you microbuss, I would have gotten the whole lot and sort it out later. When I first seen it yesterday, I thought it was a gold mine!
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 12:43:45 PM
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quote:Sean, looks like a Varney Aerotrain kit. Mantua/Tyco made the Talgo Train.
Originally posted by waw47Â -Â July 26 2012Â :Â 12:37:05 PM
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You would be correct waw47. I do not have (or really want right now) either so it is difficult to remember the difference between the two. Good eye!
Sean
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 12:46:05 PM
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quote: quote:Everything else...interesting but mostly meh....
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I see you missed the best one in the lot Shay!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - July 25 2012 : 11:02:58 PM
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My eyes aren't THAT good....
...nice catch.
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 2:19:28 PM
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Sean,
Yeah, I guess I got the eye, too. I sent PTgolf a PM about the RR switcher well before your post. I thought this was a lot he'd bought, but he said it's just from an estate sale website. Impossible to know the condition of the thing in that photo. Here's a pair in excellent shape for these -- all steps intact -- that went for less than $50 a piece.
http://tinyurl.com/cy8tjza
It's certainly not worth bidding on that lot for it. The lot might be worth it if you get it for a low enough price and re-sell at a profit like someone we all know (/tyco/forum/uploaded/NickelPlate759/icon_mi_4.gif), but other than that, I'd pass.
What is the steam loco on the right? I thought it might be an Athearn B&M Pacific, but the domes are wrong.
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 3:59:48 PM
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quote:I'm with you microbuss, I would have gotten the whole lot and sort it out later. When I first seen it yesterday, I thought it was a gold mine!
Originally posted by GG-1 Guy - July 26 2012 : 12:42:45 PM
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Yeah tho I would of kept alot of it Sold whatever extras I already had 
I would of traded off the SP Krauss Maffie for a Rio Grande one
Anyway the garage/yard sales haven't been selling any trains lately
Only thing I have got was a Hogwart's Express
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 7:39:58 PM
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no one else pointing out the athearn hustler in the front? I love the steam in the far back corner, i wish this was an offer to us or i'd be all over it
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Posted - July 26 2012 : 9:48:31 PM
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I also notice what looks to be an AHM/Roco Minitanks flatcar on the far left. Not sure who made the one in the center.
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Posted - July 27 2012 : 3:18:30 PM
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quote:This is a picture of some trains in an estate sale this weekend. Anything collectable?
Originally posted by ptgolf - July 25 2012 : 9:27:00 PM
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There's a TYCO MDT Rocket-set Switcher next to the SP KM, five rows to the right has a silver/red Athearn Hustler, a grey Derrick car just behind the curved chord bridge, Athearn B & O trailer, to the left of the red & white Aero-train is a Roco Track cleaner, right end of picture has a Bachmann Southern Pacific 4-8-4, lower shelf has the remaining Aerotrain coaches...
back to upper row: a modified AHM Army Tank Transporter to haul two tanks...
Don't offer more than $100 (for the whole bunch), or you may have a financial hang-over shortly afterwards.
Some goodies... but also some oldies you add to a bone yard.
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Posted - July 27 2012 : 6:45:31 PM
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| Zebrails, your new handle should be Eagle eye's!!
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Posted - July 29 2012 : 1:03:53 PM
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quote:
Sean, I HAVE a pretty much MINT Rivarossi shunter, that you pictured here..... The first link....
You looking for one?
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Posted - August 01 2012 : 8:41:47 PM
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quote:
Sean, I HAVE a pretty much MINT Rivarossi shunter, that you pictured here..... The first link....
You looking for one?
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â July 29 2012Â :Â 1:03:53 PM
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Hey John!
I would never be able to pay the full current market value for it. Otherwise, I am always looking.
Sean
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