08-26-2009, 05:35 PM
You are certainly correct in differentiating between collector markets, and the general,"I want a trainset" crowd....
If I was a collector, i certainly would be keeping an eye on eBay, on the off-chance that someone unaware of what they're offering might have something that is certainly "rare", and be asking a fraction of the price it is worth....
I suppose there are guides that list every known train artifact ever made and what they may be worth, but that's something that's beyond the scope of someone simply wanting to offer something for sale.
I still say that the worth of an item is what someone is willing to pay for it, whether on ebay or at a train collectors convention....
If I was a collector, i certainly would be keeping an eye on eBay, on the off-chance that someone unaware of what they're offering might have something that is certainly "rare", and be asking a fraction of the price it is worth....
I suppose there are guides that list every known train artifact ever made and what they may be worth, but that's something that's beyond the scope of someone simply wanting to offer something for sale.
I still say that the worth of an item is what someone is willing to pay for it, whether on ebay or at a train collectors convention....
Gus (LC&P).