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You never know what might appear at a local auction and I was ten minutes too late yesterday to secure this. It was described as "large brass train" which I suppose it is! Sold for £280.
Just to be clear, that was £280 for the Prairie and two carriages.
Sorry you missed it Mike - even though GW isn't your thing!
Highly likely to appear again on a well-know web auction site in the near future, with an additional '0' on the price?
Andy
Wow Mike, and was this 2.5" gauge? What a bargain!
Yes, they are Chinese-made GRS Gauge 3.
Just shows that everyone should keep an eye on their local auction houses.
Mike
Quote from: Andy B on Sep 06 2019 11:13
Highly likely to appear again on a well-know web auction site in the near future, with an additional '0' on the price?
Well, I wasn't to far out..... 2x£550 (coaches) + £1250 (loco) = £2350
ref: http://g3forum.org.uk/index.php/topic,2422.msg15831/topicseen.html#msg15831 (http://g3forum.org.uk/index.php/topic,2422.msg15831/topicseen.html#msg15831)
Andy
I shall be surprised if they sell at those prices : Anyone familiar with the GRS Prairie tank will tell you they are a bundle of trouble (bad Chinese motors in particular will cost another £150 to replace with a decent motor/gearbox and adding radio control and battery power will cost another £200 or more). The "B Set" coaches are prone to falling apart....poor soldered joints.
Wait a month or two and the price will likely fall a few hundred.
John.
I have often wondered how much the models that I have made would sell for -at auction? If my executor made the cost of building them at auction and a few coppers more then I think that I would be happy with that...
Hopefully after fees they would make enough for a contribution to Great Ormand St.
Regards
Ralph