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 Posted - February 11 2013 : 7:48:22 PM
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Are any of these things rare, uncommon, or are they of the "dime a dozen" variety.
Mantua green Pennsy F7 A & B unit from the 60's
Varney DRGW reefer, Varney GE Appliance box car, Tyco Brachs Candy car
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Posted - February 11 2013 : 8:20:57 PM
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Far as the rolling stock, the GE Appliances and the Brach's you don't see often at all, not sure how rare, but definitely would sell easily, especially the Brach's hopper. NOt sure on the green Pennsy's, they are not super rare, I have a pair myself.
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Posted - February 11 2013 : 8:26:23 PM
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The F-7 AB sets are getting harder to find. I see the ATSF silver/red combo all the time. If all of that is priced cheap, go for it!
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Posted - February 11 2013 : 9:27:22 PM
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quote:The F-7 AB sets are getting harder to find.
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In nice shape and as a pair, yes. You'd be amazed to see what some people do to them 
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Posted - February 11 2013 : 9:57:52 PM
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I've not seen the matching B unit very much. The F unit is fairly common, I think.
Is the Brach's candy car a red box era car? If so, then I would say that it has some decent value.
By that I mean worth listing on Ebay.
The Varney's... in my opinion, the plastic Varney cars are kind of cheap, blah. The older metal Varney stuff is moderately collectable.
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Posted - February 13 2013 : 04:14:23 AM
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The Brach's candy car will bring stupid money no problem, $30-$50, maybe even more.
The B&O car, best you can do is check eBay. It's something they made up with screens for the wood boxcar for the logo and number. Some plastic Varney items are good money and some aren't. The Rio Grande reefer is fairly common.
The Pennsy F7 is somewhat common but the B's are fairly scarce. If they have all the steps and sideframes they're worth hanging onto.
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Posted - February 13 2013 : 06:13:44 AM
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I have never seen the B&O, GE appliances car before. The Brach's car has always been hard to find.
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Posted - February 14 2013 : 06:39:00 AM
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| Varney book values it lower than the National BOH cars, which I've had three of over the last 10 years, and have sold two of them for between $20-$30 without a box. Might be worth listing and see what happens, I didn't look to see if any had been sold recently.
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